knowledge and practical experience you have gained in this course provide the foundation on which you will continue to build your knowledge of the OD field. It is important to stay abreast of current events and to understand how they will affect your practice and your client organizations. Keeping your skills and competencies current will aid you in staying ahead of emerging changes within the field. How will the career opportunities that are most appealing to you be affected by current and future trends in the field of OD?

To prepare:

Consider OD career opportunities you might like to pursue, whether within government or large corporations or consulting firms, as an independent consultant, or through another avenue.
Reflect on how these opportunities may both be affected by and how they may address emerging and future changes in the field as well as the ways in which they may contribute to positive social change.

assignment:
A 2- to 3-page paper written in APA format and style in which you identify and discuss at least three future trends in the OD profession and/or OD practice.

How do you see yourself adapting to and/or applying these future trends?
How will these future trends affect career opportunities that interest you most?
How will these future trends contribute to positive social change?

Support your Assignment with references to recent (within the last 5 years) peer-reviewed, scholarly sources and this week’s Learning Resources.