In the past, productivity was regarded by many as strictly a technical process of measuring output based on work processes, labour hours and measures of labour effort. After decades of research, we know that productivity is inextricably linked to creating healthy human relations, increasing trust and the quality of relationships and increasing the emphasis of intrinsic rewards that motivate people to work together efficiently and effectively towards a common set of goals.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to the six criteria identified by Fred Emery and Einar Thursud that underpin workplace productivity. In presenting the six criteria, the workshop will also introduce participants to the principles of Open Systems Theory (OST), particularly organizational design and the analysis of an organization in the context of its environment.
After completing this one-day workshop, participants will, the same day, receive a Certificate attesting to their participation in this workshop.
This workshop is designed to create an experiential and participative learning environment using both small group process and large group conversations supplemented by a presentation of theory followed by dialogue. This workshop employs the appreciative process and principles of OST in order to create this environment for experiential learning as well as for the diffusion of OST concepts and practices.
This workshop is for everyone who is interested in improving productivity and fostering healthy human relations within any organization. Managers, HR practitioners, employees, or volunteers who want a better understanding or different perspectives of their workplace and their organizational design, as well as community leaders looking to foster more community engagement and participation, students in management or organizational development, planners and professionals involved in strategic planning or organizational effectiveness.
David has spent the last 15 years in administration specializing in strategic planning, organizational development & transformation, and customer relationship management. David’s experience includes process improvement, organizational change, large & small group facilitation and team leadership. He has initiated and led the transformational change for units as small as five employees to sectors with 600 employees.
David has also designed and facilitated workshops on planning, team building, quality management, work process analysis and effective communication. He has also worked with OST unique design and has taken both introductory and advanced OST with Merrelyn Emery.
David is Secretary of the Board of Directors of Tectonics Research Group Inc., a company with patented earthquake warning technology, currently installed in fire stations in California. Through Tectonics, David has experienced the particular challenges of facilitating a team to convert a new idea into a prototype, through product testing and finally to an approved, marketable industrial product.
Anne Waymann’s consulting and facilitating work includes contracts related to organizational effectiveness, strategic planning, communication and conflict resolution. Anne has been working at Concordia University since 2003 in a controllership role on the construction projects at the University. Prior to joining Concordia, Anne acquired 15 years of management experience at SNC-Lavalin and General Electric specializing in finance and accounting. Her greatest interests have been in employee relations, interviewing, hiring, client relations, building effective and collaborative teams, and work environments.
In 2007, Anne graduated with an M.A. in Human Systems Intervention and has taken OST training. Anne was a Teaching Assistant for the Interpersonal Communications and Relationships course in the Applied Human Sciences Department.
Izabel Coutu is a certified Personal and Professional Coach as well as a process consultant with experience consulting for the government, health care, non-profit and private sector organizations. She has successfully used participative process to support diverse organizational needs such as strategic planning, an on-going evaluation of organization programs, an employee competencies development plan, co-designing and co-facilitating off site sessions on leadership and large group sessions with health care professionals on improving the heath care system.
As the Chair of the Board of the Family Center Défi – Famille in St-Jean-de-Matha, Izabel designed and facilitated change processes to engage the whole system in a reorganization of its activities as well as designing and facilitating a participative process to engage and educate future parents about breastfeeding. Izabel was also a Teaching Assistant for several courses in the Applied Human Sciences Department.
Payments can be made by Cheque (payable to CHRCS), Visa, MC or Debit card. If you are paying by Visa or MC please indicate this on the Registration Form and a representative from the Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies will contact you to obtain your credit card information and authorization for payment.
This registration form may be faxed to 514-848-2262 or sent by e-mail to Laura Dota at centreh@alcor.concordia.ca to reserve your space. Registration will be verified on receipt of payment.
Laura Dota, Workshop Series Coordinator
Centre for Human Relations & Community Studies,
Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, VE 225-04, Montreal, Qc, H4B 1R6
Tel: 514.848.2424 ext. 2273
Fax: 514.848.2262
Email: centreh@alcor.concordia.ca
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