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Conferencia a cargo del prof. dr. J.H. Erik Andriessen Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University Technology, The Netherlands

En el marco de la formación de postgrado impartida desde la UIPOT, y con el patrocinio delVisitar Web del Banco Santander Central Hispano Banco Santander Central Hispano y el vicerectorat d'investigació i de tercer cicle, se ha organizado la conferencia "Virtual mediated team work: processes and outcomes" a cargo Prof. dr. Erik Andriessen de la Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University Technology, The Netherlands. Esta conferencia tendrá lugar el día 15 de Octubre.

Del 15 al 17 de Octubre de 2007, el Prof. Dr. Erik Andriessen impartirá los seminarios: “New forms of work and employment in Europe and globally”, “Psychological theories of group work”, y “Working with groupware”.

Estos eventos se llevarán a cabo en el salón de grados de la Universidad de Valencia y darán comienzo a las 9,30 h.

La Conferencia "Virtual mediated team work: processes and outcomes", presenta las nuevas formas de trabajo, haciendo énfasis en los grupos virtuales y como el grado de virtualidad puede afectar diferencialmente a los procesos grupales (e.g., comunicación, cooperación) y sus resultados (e.g. satisfacción, rendimiento).

A continuación se describe brevemente la temática de los seminarios:

Seminario 1: New forms of work and employment in Europe and globally:

Organisations and business models change from independent small units, to large autocratic conglomerates and decentralised networks When organizations become networks, when people work in geographically and organizationally dispersed places, are mobile and cooperate in virtual groups, there are often severe problems that must be prevented and/or solved. This seminar will focus on new forms of organizations in Europe and globally, such as telework, project organizations and virtual organizations”

Seminario 2: Psychological theories of group work

Theories of group work and Group Processes are discussed. Specifically, Action Theory, Activity Theory, Structuration Theory and Adaptive Structuration Theory and several other, particularly group dynamic notions are brought together. In this way three levels of behaviour analysis are taken into account, i.e. individual goal directed behaviour and cognitive processes, interpersonal and group processes and macro-social processes

Seminario 3: Working with groupware

“Groupware is a technology designed to help people working in groups to communicate their ideas more easily. The term refers to a specific class of technologies that rely on modern computer networks, such as e-mail, newsgroups and video-phones. This seminar provides an introduction to groupware and analyzes its potential and implications, including a systematic analysis of the conditions required for successful collaborative technology”

 

14/10/2007