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1st Global e-Conference on Fit: IN PROGRESS NOW

  • 1.  1st Global e-Conference on Fit: IN PROGRESS NOW

    Posted 11-19-2007 04:41

    1st Global e-Conference on Fit: IN PROGRESS NOW

    Just go: http://conclave.open.ac.uk/fit-conference

     

    Apologies for cross-postings

     

    1st Global Online Conference on Fit

     

    I thought colleagues might be interested in this online conference that is running Monday through Wednesday for a couple of reasons:

     

    1.  If you are teaching or researching in the domain of fit, it will be clearly be of interest to you. The conference contains ten new research papers, nine teaching and learning zone papers containing materials for teachers, four doctoral studies, a multimedia workshop and four keynote presentations from leaders in the field:

     

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              Annelies Van Vianen and J.W. Stoelhorst, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:placename></st1:place>

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              Ben Schneider, Valtera Corp. and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place>

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              Cheri Ostroff, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place>

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              Amy Kristof-Brown, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Iowa</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

     

    2.  It offers a possible vision of conferencing in the future. This conference has been set up at virtually no cost and registration is free to all. There are no travel costs. And the nature of the interaction allows for a more detailed, considered, prepared and thoughtful engagement with participants than is commonly possible in face-to-face conferences. Is this a vision of conferencing in the future?

     

    To visit the conference, please use the following link: http://conclave.open.ac.uk/fit-conference

     

    Registration is free and takes just a few moments.

     

    Thanks for reading this message and I hope you can make it to our conference,

     

    <st1:personname w:st="on">Jon</st1:personname> Billsberry

    Conference Organiser

      

    Dr. <st1:personname w:st="on">Jon</st1:personname> Billsberry

    Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Open</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>

    Research Director, Human Resources Division, The Open University

     

    Chair, B824 Managing Human Resources

    Co-Editor, Organization Management Journal

    Chair, Organisational Psychology track, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">British</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Management

    Secretary, Management Education and Development division, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>

     

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    The Open University

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