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Interesting places to visit: on site or
virtually
Conferences
AQP’s 25th Annual
Conference
The Association for Quality
and Participation
http://www.aqp.org/conference/
February 24-26, 2003
New Orleans, LA
The keynote speakers for AQP’s 25th Annual
Conference are:
- Herman Cain: opening session on Monday,
February 24, at 8:00 a.m. Topic: “Leadership
Is Common Sense.”
- Coach Herman Boone and Coach Bill Yoast:
closing session on Wednesday, February 26, at 10:30
a.m. Topic: “Teamwork, Leadership, and
Diversity.”
2003 Conference of the Association for
Business Communication: The World Within the Words:
Business Practice in Plain Language
Association for Business Communication (ABC)
http://www.theabc.org/2003%20Toronto%20Call%20for%20Papers.htm
April 3-5, 2003
Toronto, Canada
Language usage is at the heart of business
activity, but as our economies face international,
legal, and technological changes, the language of
business gets very complicated. How can we improve
communication among groups, organizations, and
industries? What standards should companies use when
they communicate with various stakeholders
(customers, employees, investors, government, etc.)?
How do industry and societal trends affect
communication research, pedagogy, and practice?
Papers, panels, and workshops will addresses current
issues and practices in business and professional
communication.
14th Annual ASQ Koalaty Kid
Conference
American Society for
Quality
April 6-8, 2003
Ottawa, Canada
The annual Koalaty Kid conference travels north to
Ottawa and offers highlights such as:
- All-day preconference training covering many
continuous improvement initiatives in the world of
education.
- Local tours of K-12 schools using quality
tools.
- Informational breakout sessions on topics that
appeal not only to educators, but also to parents
and even businesspeople.
4th International Congress for Family and
Human Systems Constellations: Passion and
Responsibility in the Heart of Conflict
Institut für Systemaufstellungen Wuerzburg
http://www.international-hellinger-congress.com/kongress2003eng.html
April 30-May 3, 2003
Congress Centrum, Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Using constellations and methods from therapy,
education, social life, conflict resolution,
politics, and spiritual practice, this international
congress attempts to enable participants to take on
passionate responsibility for what is going on in the
world, whether it affects their own most personal
interests or transcends them, and whether it happens
in Africa, North or South America, Australia, Asia,
or Europe.
Web Sites
Collaboratory for Research on Electronic
Work
http://intel.si.umich.edu/crew/
CREW, the Collaboratory for Research on Electronic
Work, is a research unit within the School of
Information at the University of Michigan. Research
at CREW focuses on the design of new organizations
and the technologies of voice, data, and video
communication that make them possible.
Center for Effective
Organizations
http://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/CEO.cfm?doc_id=611
Since its founding in 1979, the Center for
Effective Organizations (CEO) at the Marshall School
of Business at the University of Southern California
has conducted cutting-edge research on a broad range
of organizational effectiveness issues. CEO has
conducted research that influences how organizations
are managed and also makes important contributions to
academic research and theory. CEO’s pioneering
research in the areas of organizational design and
effectiveness has earned it an international
reputation for research that bridges the gap between
academic theory and management practice.
SeeIT (Social and Economic Explorations of
Information Technology) Project
http://seeit.mit.edu/intro.asp
The SeeIT (Social and Economic Explorations of
Information Technology) Project at MIT’s Sloan
School of Management began in September 2000 and is a
five-year multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of
the effects of information technology on
organizational and work practices. To ensure
consistent and systematic data over time, they intend
to focus research investigations in two primary
areas—transformations in the nature of commerce
and transformations in the nature of work.
The Center for Work, Technology, and
Organization (WTO)
http://www.stanford.edu/group/WTO/overview/welcome.shtml
The Center for Work, Technology, and Organization
(WTO) is a research center located within the
Department of Management Science and Engineering at
Stanford University’s School of Engineering.
WTO’s faculty, graduate students, and
industrial research partners are committed to basic
and applied research that will help organizations
better understand how work is changing and how to
design more effective organizations and
technologies.
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