Conference on "Knowledge Management: Concepts and Controversies."
FINAL CALL FOR REGISTRATIONS
Dear Colleague
Please find below details of our forthcoming conference at the
University of Warwick, February 10th to 11th 2000. This promises
to be a very lively event with contributions from leading international
academics and practitioners.
Places for this conference are nearly full so if you would still like to
register please do so NOW.
(booking form is available at
http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/boofrm2.html )
"Knowledge Management: Concepts and Controversies".
Knowledge Management has been presented by some as a crucial
element of organisational performance yet is dismissed by others
as the latest management fad. If the debate on Knowledge
Management is to keep pace with the practice, there is a need for
substantive research to address the novel concepts and
controversies of this emerging field. This conference will provide an
opportunity to present and debate such research by:
* disseminating research findings from studies dealing with the
management of knowledge in organisations
* encouraging debate around the critical themes raised by
knowledge management
* helping to promote an active research community in this field
comprised of both academics and practitioners.
This conference is being hosted at the University of Warwick by the
ESRC Business Process Resource Centre. It is aimed both at
academics researching in the broadly defined field of Knowledge
Management and managers wishing to reflect critically upon their
practical experience.
There are 2 keynote speakers at the conference. The first is David
Snowden, European Director of the Institute of Knowledge
Management. The title of David's talk is "Cynefin: a sense of time
and place the social ecology of knowledge management". The
second is Professor Frank Blackler Dept. of Behaviour in
Organisations, Lancaster University Management School. The Title
of Frank's talk is "Objects, Absences and the Social Construction
of Knowledge".
Other accepted papers include contributions from:
J-C Spender
Haridimos Tsoukas
Steve Fuller
Victoria Ward
Mats Alvesson
Papers will also be presented by firms such as ICI and Rolls
Royce, on their KM experience
The Final timetable is available at:
http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/time1.html
http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/time2.html
The fee for the conference is 220 pounds. This fee includes 1 nights
accommodation in a four star hotel, and the conference dinner.
Day rate (conference only - no accommodation): 140 pounds
Both days - with no accommodation - 160 pounds
Student rate (no accommodation or dinner) 110 pounds
The conference organisers are:
Rebecca Dale, bprc, University of Warwick; Prof. Harry
Scarbrough, Research Director, Leicester University, and
programme manager for the BPRC Knowledge Management
stream; Dr. Jacky Swan Warwick Business school, and
programme manager for the BPRC Knowledge Management
stream.
The Conference committee is comprised of
Prof. J-C Spender, New York Institute of Technology
Prof. Bob Galliers, Warwick University
Richard Hull, CRIC,UMIST and Manchester University.
Dr. Dorothy Leidner, INSEAD, Paris
Yasmin Merali, Warwick University
Prof. Sue Newell, Nottingham Trent University
Prof. Paul Quintas, Open University Business School.
Philip Taylor, Open University Business School
FULL details are available at the conference web-site:
http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/kmconf.html
If you would like further information, please contact Rebecca Dale,
on +44
(0)1203 524344 or email
R.Dale@warwick.ac.uk
Rebecca Dale
Research Fellow
Business Processes Resource Centre
tel.: (01203) 524 344
fax: (01203 524 307
email:
R.Dale@warwick.ac.uk
http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk