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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA CONTACT: Roxanne Henze |
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October 23, 2002 |
(703) 726-8302 |
GW
VIRGINIA CAMPUS TO HOST SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
LEARNING’S 3rd
RESEARCH GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 28-29
Experts
From MIT, Unilever, World Bank and GW
Present Recent Research on Organizational Learning and
Leadership
ASHBURN, VA – The George Washington
University’s Executive Leadership Doctoral Program and Center for the Study of
Learning are co-sponsoring the 2002 Society for Organization Learning’s (SoL)
Research Conference at GW’s Research and Technology Campus in Ashburn,
Va. The two-day conference,
themed “Relevance and Rigor,” will explore the latest developments in
organizational learning and transformation. The conference hours are Monday,
October 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, October 29, from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
The mission of the SoL Greenhouse Conference is to bring together international groups of practitioners, consultants and researchers to examine and explore more innovative and effective ways to understand and to aid organizational learning and to understand the challenges facing today’s leaders.
“This
conference will help build a bridge between the business community and
universities by providing practical insights from the business world to enhance
theory development and research agendas at learning centers such as the GW
Virginia Campus,” said David R. Schwandt, director of the GW Executive
Leadership Program and the Center for the Study of Learning.
Speakers for the conference include:
- Egbe Osifo, manager of the Human Development Division for the World Bank, will speak on human development issues ranging from education and social protection to health in developing countries.
- John Sterman, Standish Professor of Management and director, Systems Dynamic Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School, will address attendees with a talk entitled, “Cloudy Skies: Mental Models About Global Warming.”
- David Schwandt, GW professor of human and organizational studies and director of the Executive Leadership Program and the Center for the Study of Learning, will present the latest research of the Center for the Study of Learning.
- Arjan Overwater, senior vice president for Unilever, will speak about the company’s latest work in leadership development and their plans for further research on the key factors in successful organizational transformation.
The Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) was founded in April 1997 as the successor to MIT’s Organizational Learning Center. SoL is a not-for-profit, member-governed corporation created to connect corporations, researchers and consultants to generate knowledge about and capacity for fundamental innovation and change by engaging in collaborative action inquiry projects.
The GW Executive Leadership Program was founded in 1989 to build a community where scholars and practitioners can come together in the pursuit of learning to gain insights into the human and organizational phenomenon. The program is currently celebrating the recruitment of its 15th cohort of scholar-practitioners, and has over 80 doctoral alumni who continue to serve their communities as well as impact their organizations and industries through practice, scholarly writing, research and presenting at conferences around the world.
Chartered in 1989, the GW Center for the Study of Learning is an international research and development organization devoted to issues of learning in the field of Human and Organizational Studies. The center’s mission is to develop a theoretical base for organizational, group and individual learning and development by studying the factors that enhance and prevent organizations and/or individuals from performing and learning.
The
GW Virginia Campus serves an international technology and management community
from its research and technology campus near Dulles International Airport in the
Northern Virginia technology corridor.
Since opening in
August 1991, the campus has grown from modest beginnings with 50 acres, 200
enrollments, and $50,000 in funded research to a strong, vigorous cluster of
academic programs with over 3,000 enrollments, 90 acres and funded research that
tops $28 million in the areas of transportation safety and security, information
technology and telecommunications.
Attendance is limited to 100
SoL and GW members and invitees.
Media
wishing to cover this event should contact Roxann Henze at
(703)
726-8302 or rhenze@va.gwu.edu.
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