Dress code: casual / jeans

 

Programme - 10th April

 

Prior to starting time 1pm - check into Lancaster House Hotel (5 mins walk away).

 

Room: C87 (Management School third floor, Behaviour in Organisations Dept)

 

1:00 - 1:15     Tea and coffee

 

1:15 - 1:30     Welcome and introduction (Mark)

                               A network to establish what our contribution to soft-OR will be

 

1:30 - 2:00     Pyramid activity (Mark)

                               Finding out what our different expertise and interests are

 

2.00 - 3.00     Oval Mapping-type session (Duncan)

                               Thinking about the future for soft-OR

 

3.00 - 3:30     Tea and coffee

 

3:30 - 5:00     Oval Mapping cont. (Duncan)

 

5:00 - 6:00     Discussion

                               The ins and outs of the oval mapping technique

                               Can you facilitate groups from the back seat, or as a participant?

 

6:00 - 7:00     Change and freshen up, or drinks in the hotel foyer (cash bar available)

 

7:00                Meet hotel foyer for taxi to Lancaster

 

7:30                Evening meal at Crow's, 10 King Street (near Waterstones)

                               (£25 budget per head inc drinks, chip in if you eat or drink more!!!)

 

 

 

 

Programme - 11th April

 

Breakfast in hotel available – charge to your room and we'll pay.

 

Same Room: C87 (Management School third floor, Behaviour in Organisations Dept)

 

 

9:00 - 10:30   Discussion: Facilitating large groups (led by Gilberto)

                               Before coming please read : White L. (2002) Size matters: large group methods and the process of operational research. JORS 53:2 (Feb 2002) pp 149-160.

 

10:30 -11:00  Tea and coffee

 

11:00 -12:30  Presentation and discussion by Brian Wilson, author “Soft Systems Methodology – Conceptual Model Building & Its Contribution” 2001, John Wiley.

 

12:30 - 1:15   Buffet lunch

 

1:15 - 2:15     Chaired discussion (led by Ian)

                               How do we sell process consultation / soft-OR to clients?

 

2:15 - 3:00      Wrap-up, reviewing objectives and progress made

                               What do we do next?

                               When, where, potential themes to discuss, presentations, etc?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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