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This Conference is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems (CSGSS) www.csgss.org and The A. K. Rice Institute
Conference Theme
The Primary Task of the conference is to provide opportunities to experience and explore identity within organizations, and the inevitable authority questions that arise in relation to it, in such a fast-changing world.
Both organizations and individuals have identities - a sense of stability and continuity over time and a fit between how we see ourselves and how others see us. With rapid change, identity may be seriously strained in individuals and in organizations. Who are we in this unfamiliar new world? How do we know ourselves in our work roles if we no longer can do things the way we used to? What about how we do things can change and what can't? What is the relationship between the identities of individuals in the organization and that of the organization itself? How does leadership shape organizational identity, especially during times of major change?
These questions are intimately linked with issues of authority. How is our authority re-negotiated in rapidly changing situations? How do individuals and organizations find and act with authority if their practices don't seem to fit with emerging realities? What happens then to the authenticity we associate with a reliable sense of identity? What happens to authority when identity concerns lead to reactively opposing change or are simply abandoned in favor of what others may temporarily want?
Learning Opportunites
Learning opportunities include experiencing and reflecting on:
- Groups – their dynamics, formation, interactions with other groups, vitality, and variability depending on size, structure and goals
- Identity - how various aspects of individual identity are elicited, interpreted and used by groups with and without the conscious consent of the individuals involved.
- Authority – how one understands, exercises and relates to it in oneself and others.
- Roles - both formal and informal, both chosen by the individual and assigned by the group.
- Leadership – what it means and how it develops within the conference in relation to members and staff.
- Task – how a group’s stated task and what it actually seems to be doing might differ dramatically.
- Management – how resources are deployed and the inter-relatedness of learning and action.
- Transformation – how one effects change in role and in the dynamic of a group
- Application - how conference learning can powerfully inform work life in one’s back-home organizations
Conference Fees
(Fee covers tuition, room and board):
$1450.00 fee, postmarked on or before December 13, 2009
$1600.00 fee, postmarked after December 13, 2009 and by January 11, 2010
$100 reduction for members of A.K. Rice Institute Affiliates (specify cen-ter) or associates of AKRI
$100 reduction for attendees of the 2009 Leadership Institute sponsored by the A.K. Rice Institute (Bryn Mawr, PA)
$50 additional reduction for CSGSS members
$50 reduction for three or more persons applying as a group from the same institution
$200 non-refundable deposit to reserve a space (balance due in full by January 11, 2010)
Participants with limited resources may apply for tuition reductions by sub-mitting a letter stating the reasons for the request. The letter must be post-marked by December 13, 2009 and must be accompanied by a completed application and a $200.00 refundable deposit. A limited number of commuter spaces are available for the conference fee minus room cost.
Please use attached registration form to register . To may download a registration form, or contact the Associate Director for Administration at the address below .
Contact Information
Please direct all questions concerning registration and participation in the conference to:
Kevin M. Wilson MEd, HPT, CPT
Associate Director for Administration
102 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: 970.631.6807
E-mail: kmw@wholeelephant.com
STAFF
Conference Director: M. Gerard Fromm, Ph.D..
Associate Conference Director: Anat Hornung Ziff, MA
Associate Conference Director for Administration: Kevin Wilson, MEd, HPT, CPT
Assistant Director for Administration: Natalie Thomas, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.A.Ed.
Consulting Staff
M. Gerard Fromm, Ph.D
Thomas Golebiewski, Ph.D
Samar Habl, M.D.
James Krantz, Ph.D.
Michael A. Lindsay, Ph.D.
Julia Moore, Organization Consultant
Janice K. Wagner, LICSW
Anat Hornung Ziff, MA
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