The Organizational Behavior (OB) Future Search is a set of interactive activities meant to heighten student awareness about emerging global realities and the individual and organizational adaptations necessary to thrive. Many OB topics (organizational history and design, career management, etc.) are covered in a new context, and most others (motivation, leadership, teams, diversity, etc.) are framed and foreshadowed by the search results. Open systems thinking is modeled throughout. The positive momentum created by this search and the changes in individuals’ orientation to the course help to establish a new, more active learning culture.
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