Profesor Theo Veldsman (University of Johannesburg), will present a seminar on Organizational Design , during his visit at the University of Valencia.
Seminar titlle: SEMINAR on ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN AS A CRITICAL ORGANISATIONAL DISCIPLINE. 25 September 2014. 15 hrs. Salon de Grados. Faculty of Psychology. University of Valencia.
All the practical sessions have been supported by a grant from European Commission
Theo H Veldsman
Professor and HOD
Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management
Faculty of Management
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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ABBREVIATED CV: THEO H VELDSMAN
Theo is Professor and Head of the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg since 2008. He holds a Doctorate in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, and is a registered psychologist (Industrial and Research Psychology), as well as a registered personnel practitioner.
Theo has more than 30 years' extensive research and development, as well as consulting experience in the fields of strategy formulation and implementation, strategic organisational change, organisational (re)design, team building, leadership/management development, strategic people/talent management, learning, and development. He has consulted/consults with many leading South African and global companies in the above areas in the roles of Advisor, Expert, Coach/Mentor.
He is the author of about 180 reports and articles covering the abovementioned areas. He is the author of a book titled Into the People Effectiveness Arena – Navigating between chaos and order (2002), dealing with pressing people issues. He has also contributed nine book chapters on respectively organisational culture, organisational change interventions, strategic talent management, organisational partnering, people competency modeling; the profile of the People Professional in emerging economies; the meta-theory of Work Psychology; leading HR; and the design of the HR Function.
He has led the profession of Psychology and Industrial Psychology nationally in South Africa as President on several occasions. He has been awarded Fellowship status by the Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology of SA (SIOPSA). He was given an Award for Life Long Achievement by the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP) in 2012.