Arthur Freedman

Arthur Freedman, Ph.D.

Director of Research

Arthur M. Freedman is an organization development and change management scholar-practitioner. He is the Principal of Arthur M. Freedman & Associates. He is a Former Director of both the AU/NTL MS in Organization Development Program and the MS in Human Resource Management Program in the Department of Public Administration, School of Public Affairs, American University.

In addition to being a member of the WIAL Board of Directors, he is the Vice President of Research, responsible for developing the research agenda for the Institute as well as identifying academics and scholar-practioners to conduct WIAL-sponsored research.

He earned both his B.S. and MBA at Boston University's College of Business Administration and his Ph.D. in Personality and Clinical Psychology at the University of Chicago.

He is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and an Adjunct Professor at both the National Labor College and at George Washington University.

He has consulted with government, non-profit, and commercial organizations throughout North America as well as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Zimbabwe

Dr. Freedman is a Fellow and former board member of the Society of Consulting Psychology (Division 13, American Psychological Association) and a Fellow of Division 52 (International Psychology), American Psychological Association. He is a Past-President of the Society of Psychologists in Management (SPIM).

His received the Most Outstanding Article for 1998 award from the editors of the Consulting Psychology Journal, American Psychological Association, Division 13 (Consulting Psychology). He also received the 1994 RHR International Award for Excellence in Consulting Psychology from Division 13 (Consulting Psychology), American Psychological Association.

His publications include:

  • Marquardt, M., Leonard, H.S., Freedman, A.M., Kaiser, R., Hill, C. Leadership and Organizational Development through Action Learning. Contract with American Psychological Association Press for 2008 publication date.
  • Freedman, A. M. (2006). Action Research: Origins and Applications for ODC Practitioners. In, B. Jones, & M. Brazzel (Eds.). The NTL handbook of organization development and change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/NTL Institute.
  • Freedman, A. M. (2005). Swimming Upstream: The Challenge of Managing Promotions. In R.B. Kaiser (Ed.) Filling the Leadership Pipeline. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 25-44.
  • Freedman, A.M., & Stinson, G.H. (2004). Herding Cats: Lessons Learned from Managing and Coordinating Organization Development Consultants. Consulting Psychology Journal, 56(1), 44-57.
  • Zackrison, R.E., & Freedman, A.M. (2003). Some Reasons Why Consulting Interventions Fail. Organization Development Journal, 21(1), 72-79.
  • Freedman, A.M. & Leonard, H.S. (2002). Consulting to Groups and Teams. In, R. Lowman (Ed.), Handbook of Consulting Psychology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Freedman, A. M., & Zackrison, R. E. (2001). Finding Your Way in the Consulting Jungle. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.