JIU Seminar, 5th February 2019 The practice and opportunities of using behavioural approaches in organizational change management: Lessons and opportunities for the UN system

The UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) Change Management Review Team in collaboration with the UN System Staff College (UNSSC) hosted a seminar on the 5th February 2019 on the topic of the practice and opportunities of using behavioural approaches in organizational change management: Lessons and opportunities for the UN system.

This seminar was conducted in the context of the JIU’s ongoing review of change management in UN system organizations. Those leading change management in the context of organizational reforms have increasingly recognised the role that organizational culture and individual behaviour play in the success (or failure) of these reforms. This seminar sought to explore the relationship between behavioural science and approaches and organizational change management through hearing and exchanging views on this topic.

The seminar was led by Dr Sukai Prom-Jackson, Lead Inspector of the Change Management review, supported by Mr. Miguel Panadero, Senior Manager at the UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Leadership and Management. The key note speech was delivered by Dr Lori Foster, Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University, USA. Over 25 participants were present in person, and a further 25-30 online drawn from wide range of UN organizations, the private and public sectors, with a range of interesting questions posed and discussed following the presentations.

The video of the seminar can be streamed here

Dr. Foster’s presentation can be downloaded here