HERDSA: Conference announcement

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Wim Gijselaers, University of Maastricht posts this message:


Call for Papers

Educating Knowledge Workers for Corporate Leadership

7th Annual EDINEB International Conference

June 21 - 23, 2000

At Newport Beach Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach, 
California, USA
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Creative, intellectual capital is generally 
considered to be one of the greatest assets of an 
organization or business firm. Companies not only 
compete on quality, service and timeliness, but 
also on knowledge. It is increasingly recognized 
that organizations have to be effective at 
creating or acquiring new knowledge and 
successfully applying that knowledge to their own 
activities. These demands place a high premium on 
the way work is organized and knowledge workers 
are selected and prepared for corporate 
leadership.

The business world is asking management schools 
to deliver innovative learning systems adapted to 
their specific training needs. But business 
schools are facing a strain of competitive 
educational initiatives offered by corporate 
universities and business training centers. 
Should they resist, react, or redefine the 
academic role for business society?

The 2000 International Conference of EDINEB 
offers an exceptional opportunity to collaborate 
and network with people from the academic world, 
corporate training centers, and consulting firms. 
The central focus on the conference theme is 
highlighted from different perspectives of 
professional training centers, business 
organizations, and business schools. EDINEB 
designs a variety of session formats to provide 
different platforms for learning by participants.

We welcome abstract submissions on any topic 
related to the themes below. 
* Connecting business education with the needs of 
the corporate world
* Innovative learning systems for knowledge 
workers in business organizations
* Identification of knowledge and skills needed 
by academic graduates, knowledge workers, and 
(top)executives
* Selection and coaching of business graduates at 
job-entry
* Models of innovative corporate training
* Critical appraisal of the interdependency 
between academic institutions, academic theory, 
business practice, and business organizations
* New perspectives about producing knowledge and 
its role in business organizations
* (Re)design of knowledge management, learning 
systems, and training for corporate leadership
* Measurement tools for learning, transfer of 
knowledge, and organizational change

Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts (500 word maximum) should contain 
author(s) name(s), title/position, institution, 
address, telephone, fax number, and email 
address. Abstracts will be published in the 
official program. Abstract submissions should be 
received on or before December 15, 1999. Authors 
will be notified of status regarding abstracts 
end of January 2000. Send abstracts (preferably 
by email) to:

Email: EDINEB@FACBURFDEW.UNIMAAS.NL
Fax: 	++31 43 3884801


Workshops

Proposals for workshops should include a 
description of the activities proposed and the 
likely benefits for participants. Please indicate 
the preferred duration of your workshop and the 
maximum number of participants

Symposia

Symposia will be scheduled for a two-hour period, 
to allow a number of speakers and time for 
discussion. Symposia are dedicated to a general 
theme, allowing different contributors to present 
different perspectives. Symposium proposals 
should include the names of contributors and 
brief abstracts (maximum 500 words) for each of 
the contributors.

Paper Presentations

Paper presentations are scheduled for 40 minutes (including 10 minutes for 
discussion).

Guidelines for Publication

Full papers should be available at the conference. A selection of conference 
papers will be considered for publication in the EDINEB series: Educational 
Innovation in Economics and Business Volume 7, published by Kluwer Academic 
Publishers. Subsequent information regarding conference guidelines and 
publications will be forthcoming. Information about the EDINEB publication 
series can be found at http://www.wkap.nl/

The EDINEB Network

At the December 1993 EDINEB Conference 
(Maastricht, the Netherlands) the EDINEB Network 
was founded to serve as a continual basis for 
exchanging experiences and knowledge about 
educational innovation in economics and business. 
Among the activities of this Network are 
workshops, providing expertise about innovations, 
publications (Series on Educational Innovation in 
Economics and Business, published by Kluwer 
Academic Publishers), international conferences, 
and other forms of exchange. Network members have 
served both education and industry in the 
development of innovative practices across Europe 
and the United States. Information about EDINEB 
can be found at http://www.unimaas.nl/~edineb

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Wim Gijselaers
Department of Educational Development & Educational Research 
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
University of Maastricht
PO BOX 616
6200 MD Maastricht
the Netherlands

Tel:	++31 43 3883729 (Office)
	++31 43 3884830 (Secretariate)