IODA 2008 July 2008 Accra Ghana - The Organising Trio

The International Organisation Development Association (IODA) is an international network of Organizational Development professionals, consultants, practitioners and social scientists. This non-profit association has members from many countries that are initiating and supporting organizational change processes all over the world. IODA is dedicated to supporting and strengthening OD principles at the international level through research, academic OD programs, peer mentoring and coaching, networking and sharing of knowledge, international projects, and cultural interchange.

OCIC International is mainly an Organisation Development Consultancy company which seeks to enable organisations to help themselves. OCIC places a premium on excellence and help its clients to evaluate the effectiveness of its (OCIC) efforts in an unusually exacting way.

In collaboration with the University of Cape Coast, OCIC runs a very successful OD postgraduate programme at the Diploma, Masters and Doctorate levels.. Over 350 students are enrolled in various stages of this very unique programme.

"We work ourselves out of a job"

The University of Cape Coast, Ghana (UCC) was established in December 1962 out of a dire need for highly qualified and skilled manpower. From an initial intake of 155 students in 1962, UCC now boasts of a student population of about 17,000 regular students, 4,000 sandwich (summer) students and 20,000 distant learners. With judicious planning and careful execution, UCC has succeeded in establishing itself as a centre of excellence where quality teaching, research and outreach programmes are consistently undertaken.

In collaboration with OCIC, UCC runs a very successful OD postgraduate programme at the Diploma, Masters and Doctorate levels.. Over 350 students are enrolled in various stages of this very unique programme.