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Director of the On-Campus Human Resource Development Doctoral Program
Fax: (202) 994-4928 Email: nealcha@gwu.edu |
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Dr. Neal Chalofsky is a professor of the Human Resource Development Graduate Program at the George Washington University, Washington, DC, and director of the HRD doctoral program. He is also the director of the Forum for the Meaning of Work, a research and development institute that is affiliated with the HRD program at GW. His teaching responsibilities include: foundations of HRD, group dynamics & facilitation, innovative learning techniques, consultation, and a special seminar on the meaning of work; at both the masters and doctoral level. Neal's research interests include values, motivation, & meaning of work, individual & group learning, and the development of the HRD profession; both in the US and internationally. Previously he was a professor and director of HRD graduate studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He has also been an internal HRD practitioner, manager, and researcher for several federal government and corporate organizations. Neal has consulted with such organizations as Mobil Research & Development Corporation, U.S. Department of Education, Computer Sciences Corporation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Smithsonian Institution, Ernst & Young, Inc., the World Bank, and Bell Atlantic. He has also worked with the Postal Service in South Africa, ICI, International in Taiwan, and Groupo Alpha in Mexico. Neal's consultation interests are in the areas of establishing a culture in organizations based on meaningful learning & work, group facilitation & team development, program evaluation, and improving the organizational HRD function. He has been a member of the national Board of Directors and chair of several national committees of the American Society for Training and Development; as well as past president of the Washington, DC chapter. Neal is currently the coordinator of the preconference on Integrity and Meaning of Work for the Academy for Human Resource Development annual national conference. He has been a speaker at numerous national and local conferences, and was a keynote speaker at the first annual conference of the New Zealand Society for Training & Development. Neal has also presented at conferences and meetings in Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, and South Africa. He is also a reviewer for Human Resource Development Quarterly. | |||
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Recent Publications and Presentations | |||
| Books: |
Bianco-Mathis, V., & Chalofsky, N. (1998) The full-time faculty handbook. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Bianco-Mathis, V. & Chalofsky, N. (1996) The adjunct faculty handbook. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Bianco-Mathis,V. & Chalofsky,N.(1994) The invisible academics: A handbook for adjunct graduate-level faculty. Washington, DC: The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area Chalofsky, N. & Reinhart,C.(1988). Effective human resource development: How to build a strong and responsive HRD function. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. | ||
| Articles: |
Chalofsky, N. (2003) An emerging construct for meaningful work. In Human Resource Development International. 6:1, pp.69-83.
Chalofsky, N. (1996) Professionalism comes from theory and research: The "why" instead of the "how- to" In Rowden, R.(ed) Debating the future of educating adults in the workplace, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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| Presentations: |
The Meaning of Work: From Theory to Practice, preconference and Research Panel on the Meaning of Work, Spirituality at Work conference, Center for Visionary Leadership, Washington, DC, 1998
Professionalization comes from theory and research. The Academy for Human Resource Development Annual Conference, Chicago, IL., 1998 Learning in the learning organization, The Association on Employment Practices and Principles Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 1997 Using co-researchers, Conference on Human and Organizational Studies, Ellicott City, MD, 1997 Building research agendas, Conference on Human and Organizational Studies, Ellicott City, MD, 1997 The meaning of work: A literature review, the Academy of Human Resource Development Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1997 Assessing qualty, service, and effectiveness in job performance, The American Society for Training & Development Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 1997 Reengineering the Organizational HRD Function: Two Case Studies, Academy for Human Resource Development, Minneapolis, MN, 1996 A New Paradigm for Learning in Organizations, presentation, The Learning Company Conference, Andover, MA, 1995 Instruction in HRD Academic Programs,symposium moderator,The Academy of Human Resource Development national conference, St.Louis, MI, 1995 Achieving a Socially Responsible Learning organization culture, presentation, the annual conference of the Organization Development Network, Baltimore, MD, 1994 The Role of HRD in the Learning Organization, workshop, the Chinese Society for Training and Development, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993 Symposium chair, The Nature of Learning in the Learning Organization national symposium, The HRD program, GWU, Washington, DC, 1993 Toward a New Paradigm for Learning in Organizations, The Nature of Learning in the Learning Organization national symposium, The HRD program, GWU, Washington, DC, 1993 Transforming HRD From a Training Function to a Learning Function, keynote address for the Human Resource Development Division annual conference; of the South African Institute for Personnel Management, Johannesburg, 1993 Increasing the Capacity for Learning in the Learning Organization, annual conference of the American Society for Training & Development, Atlanta, GA, 1993 An Innovative Course on Innovative Learning, annual meeting of the HRD Professors' Network of the American Society for Training & Development, Atlanta, GA, 1993 Corporate Social Responsibility and Learning, annual meeting of the University Council for Research in Human Resource Development, Austin, TX, 1992 Corporate Social Responsibility and Learning, annual meeting of the University Council for Research in HRD, Austin, TX, 1992 The Washington HRD Consortium: A Case Study of a Professional Support Group, research track of the annual conference of the American Society for Training and Development, New Orleans, LA, 1992 The Professional Ways of Knowing Symposium, Commission on Professional Education of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Montreal, 1991 Transformative HRD: the Continuing Evaluation of the HRD Profession, annual meeting of the University Council for Research in HRD, St.Paul, MN, 1991 The New HRD: Building the Learning Organization, annual conference of Region IV of the American Society for Training and Development, Williamsburg, VA, 1991 Using focus Groups for Evaluation and Empowerment, annual conference of the American Society for Training and Development, San Francisco, CA, 1991 Mapping New Paths to Organizational Effectiveness (co-facilitated), annual conference of Region II of the American Society for Training and Development, Arlington,VA, 1990 Models for HRD Practice Study, annual conference of Region I of the American Society for Training and Development, Newport,RI, 1990 Effective Human Resource Development, Best of American Human Resources Conference, New York, NY, 1990 Beyond the Traditional Labor Pool: Managing Diversity, Creative Approaches to Recruitment and Retention Conference, New York, NY, 1990 Corporate Training Strategy to Ensure Retention and Maximum Use of Skills, Creative Approaches to Recruitment and Retention Conference, New York, NY, 1990 Effective HRD: How to Build a Strong and Responsive HRD Function, American Society for Healthcare Education and Training National Conference, New York, NY, 1990 | ||
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