Donald L. Anderson
Instructor
Strategic Communication • Organizational Development
Donald.l.Anderson@colorado.edu

Professional Experience

Dr. Anderson works with senior executives to facilitate large scale change and organization transformation, with a particular focus on organization design and talent management. As director of organization and talent development at Oracle, he is responsible for organizational change initiatives that range from executive coaching to leadership development to complex organization design engagements. He is the author or editor of four books, including the bestselling text Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change. His most recent book, Organization Design: Creating Strategic & Agile Organizations, was published in July 2018. Dr. Anderson has also published a number of articles on organizational change in academic publications such as the Journal of Organizational Change Management and the Journal of Business & Technical Communication.

Education

  • PhD, Communication
    University of Colorado, Boulder
    Dissertation: Dialogism and Organizational Change: Discourse and Intertextuality in a High-Tech Corporation
  • MA, Rhetoric and Communication 
    University of California, Davis
    Thesis: ‘Company Officials Announced Today:’ Ethnography and the Analysis of Organizational Rhetoric
  • BA, Sociology
    University of California, Davis

Research, Presentations, and Publications

  • Anderson, D. L. (2019). Organization design: Creating strategic & agile organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
  • Anderson, D. L. (2017). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change. (4th ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Anderson, D. L. (ed.) (2017). Cases and exercises in organization development & change. (2nd. ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Anderson, D. L. (2015). Mikhail Bakhtin. Entry in Oxford Bibliographies in Communication (http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756841/obo-9780199756841-0161.xml)

Anderson, D. L. (2012). Benchmarking organizational identity: How who ‘we’ are emerges in team dialogue (pp. 179-200). Discourse perspectives on organizational communication (eds. J. Aritz & R. Walker). Lanham, MD: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. [Winner of the 2012 Association for Business Communication award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication]

Anderson, D. L. (2012). Organization development interventions and four targets of post-acquisition integration. OD Practitioner, 44(3), 19-24. [Special issue on OD’s role in improving mergers and acquisitions]

Anderson, D. L. (2011). Organizational change and communication: Questions for transformation. (French language publication titled Comment utiliser les communications et les discussions: Pour faciliter les changements organisationnels?) Gestion, 35(4), 90-95.

Anderson, D.L. (2008). Bakhtin, Mikhail. In W. Donsbach (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication, Vol. 2 (pp. 289-291). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Anderson, D. L. (2006). Reorganizing human resources at ASP software. In Case Studies in Organizational Communication. (2nd ed.), Eds. J. Keyton & P. Shockley-Zalabak (pp. 167-175), New York: Roxbury.

Anderson, D.L. (2005). “What you’ll say is...”: Represented voice in organizational change discourse. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 18, 63-77.

Anderson, D.L. (2004). The textualizing functions of writing for organizational change. Journal of Business & Technical Communication, 18, 141-64.

Broadfoot, K., Deetz, S., & Anderson, D.L. (2004). Multi-levelled, multi-method approaches in organizational discourse (pp. 193-211). Handbook of Organizational Discourse (D. Grant, C. Hardy, C. Oswick, N. Phillips, & L. Putnam, eds.). London: Sage.

Tracy, K., & Anderson, D.L. (1999).  Relational positioning strategies in police calls: A dilemma.  Discourse Studies, 1, 201-225.

Video interview with Dean, School of Management, Regis University, Denver, CO. July, 2009.

Anderson, D. L. (2009). Benchmarking organizational identity: How who ‘we’ are emerges in organizational change discourse. Paper presented at the 2009 Association for Business Communication special topics conference on organizational discourse. Los Angeles, CA.

Panelist, (2009, May). Current issues and future directions in the field of organizational discourse. The 2009 Association for Business Communication special topics conference on organizational discourse. Los Angeles, CA.

Panelist, (2006, Feb). Organizational Sustainability: Developing Organizations for the Future. University of Denver.

Panelist, (2005, March). Ethics in the classroom and in the boardroom. University of Colorado, Boulder: Graduate Teacher Program.

Instructor, (2004). Pedagogy of Critical Thinking. University of Denver Master Teacher Program.

Panelist, (2003-2004, Spring). Career options for graduate students in the social sciences.

University of Colorado, Boulder, Graduate Teacher Program

Guest speaker, (2003, Spring). Karen Tracy’s graduate meetings seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Anderson, D.L. (2003). Intertextual translations: Organizational change and discourse in a high-tech corporation. Paper presented at the 2003 International Communication Association convention, San Diego, California.

Anderson, D.L. (2003). The textualizing functions of writing for organizational change. Paper presented at the 2003 International Communication Association convention, San Diego, California.

Anderson, D.L. (2001).  Mikhail Bakhtin and dialogism in organizational discourse studies. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association convention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Colloquium presentation, (2001, Fall).  Dialogic organizational change: Interdiscursivity in a high-tech corporation. University of Colorado, Boulder.

Tracy, K, & Anderson, D.L. (1997).  Complaining to the police: A discursive dilemma. Paper presented at the International Communication Association convention.  “Top 4” Paper.

Teaching

  • University of Denver
  • Regis University
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • UC California, Davis
  • Red Rock Community College
  • Front Range Community College

Awards

  • Master Teacher, 2005, University of Denver.
  • International Association of Business Communicators (Colorado chapter) Bronze Quill award competition recipient, 2005.

Professional Affiliations

  • Academy of Management, Member, 2008 to present
  • International Communication Association, Member, 1999-2004
  • National Communication Association, Member, 1993-2004
  • Western States Communication Association, Member,  1993-2003