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Eighth Annual Symposium on
Individual, Team, and Organizational Effectiveness
May 24-26, 2000 ** University of North Texas **
Denton, Texas
Sponsored by: The Center for the Study of Work Teams
Team Track Focus for 2000: Virtual Teams
This symposium addresses issues facing today's organizations
and offers participants useful and challenging information, research
and applications.
For full program details please see our web site at
http://www.workteams.unt.edu/conf/summer/intro.htm
or contact (940) 565-3096 or (940) 565-2198 or
melanieb@unt.edu
Program Highlights:
About the Conference
This conference provides in-depth presentations by the world's
leading thinkers on individual, team, and organizational
effectiveness to help you answer the "hows" and "whys" that
underlie organizational effectiveness. Cutting-edge ideas will be
shared in sessions that include commentary and guidelines for
application by leading business practitioners (Discussants).
Discussants are a unique and popular feature of this symposium is
the participation of leading business practitioners as Discussants.
The role of the Discussant is to act as a translator of the
theoretical and conceptual content of the presentation into the
language of practice. Discussants this year include:
Beth Baldwin, Nortel Networks
Susan Boyle, BoeingVashti King, INTRIA-HP
Frank Mancusco, Shell Chemical Company
Ronald Shenberger, Well Formed Outcomes
Roger Sumlin, Enron
Lonnie Thomas, Boeing
Marian Wagner, FEMA
Scott Wayland, Stanley Works
PROGRAM -Keynote Speakers
Personality and Effective Team Performance
Robert Hogan, University of Tulsa
Building Strength and Managing Risks in Organizations
James Quick, University of Texas - Arlington
Twenty Years of Work Team Research: Lessons LearnedEric
Sundstrom, University of Tennessee
Case Study Keynote Speakers
Individual and Work Group Technology Integration
Richard Thier, Xerox & Paul Teslauk, University of Maryland
The Team Experience at Allstate Insurance
Carla Zuniga, Allsatate Insurance
SAMPLE OF PRESENTATIONS:
How to Maximize Indiviudals Potential at Work
Assessment & Outcomes of Virtual Team Interaction Styles
Demographic Diversity and Virtual Work Environments
Virtual Teams and Organizational Structures
Personal Empowerment in a Changing World
Mediocre Performance vs Personal Responsibility
Leadership in Virtual Teams
Advanced Virtual Teams
Virtual Team Fitness
Team Identity Formation in Virtual Teams
Diagnosing Organizational Health
Local vs Remote: Motivations for Virtual Team Participation
International Virtual Teams: Oppotunities and Problems.....
......are just a portion of the presentations offered at this event.
For full program details please see our web site at
http://www.workteams.unt.edu/conf/summer/intro.htm
or contact (940) 565-3096 or (940) 565-2198 or
melanieb@unt.edu
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Melanie Bullock
Center for the Study of Work Teams
University of North Texas
POB 311280
Denton, TX USA 76203-1280
E-mail:
melanieb@unt.edu
Ph: 940-565-2198 Fax: 940-565-4806
Center Web Page:
http://www.workteams.unt.edu
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