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Individual, Team, & Organizational Effectiveness Symposium An nouncement

  • 1.  Individual, Team, & Organizational Effectiveness Symposium An nouncement

    Posted 04-12-2000 02:32
    Dear Melanie,

    I am not able to come over this time.
    How are you?
    Say hello from me to all your colleagues.
    Bye, bye from the Netherlands.
    Beatrice.

    Dr. Beatrice Isabella Johanna Maria (B.I.J.M.) van der Heijden,
    Assistant Professor
    University of Twente/Faculty of Technology and Management/Department HRM
    P.O.Box 217
    7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
    Telephone:+31-53-4894227, Fax: +31-53-4892159
    Mobile telephone: +31-6-53796507 Home: +31-73-5324702
    E-mail: B.I.J.M.vanderHeijden@sms.utwente.nl


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Melanie Bullock [mailto:melanieb@UNT.EDU]
    Sent: dinsdag 11 april 2000 14:28
    To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
    Subject: Individual, Team, & Organizational Effectiveness Symposium
    Announcement


    Please note that this is a cross-posting...thanks!

    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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    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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