Solutions: Seminars in Development Training
Assessing Organizational Culture and Corporate Health:
Presenter: T. Martin Ringer, BE (Hons),
M.Ed.
A One-day workshop
At St. Martin's College, Ambleside, Cumbria, England
10th November 2001
Workshop outline
This workshop demonstrates a means of
determining the health of an organization's culture or the health of a part of
an organization such as a team or division. Theory and practice are combined
with the aim of enabling participants to learn models and processes that can be
applied in almost any organizational setting. The workshop will consist of short
talks followed by experiential application of the ideas presented in the
preceding talk.
The workshop is suitable for executives, managers, team leaders, human resource
practitioners, training and development practitioners and consultants working
with commercial, public sector or voluntary organisations of any size. The
principles learned in the workshop can be applied to the participants' own
employing organizations or by consultants to the organizations of their clients.
Theoretical material is drawn primarily from innovative papers published by the
presenter: in particular the award-winning article Focus and strategic action in
management: Using a systemic model of organizational culture to inform
managerial actions. (Published by Work Study in 1996). This paper describes the
"layered systems model" which provides six windows on organizational
culture, ranging across the board from the strictly rational and pragmatic to
the emotional, relational and intuitive.
Intended outcomes
An enhanced ability to: -
 | Assess and intervene in the culture of organizations |
| Assess
the health of organizations.
|
Bookings
The one day seminar will cost £35.00 including a buffet lunch.Enquiries and applications to Carole Ward, St. Martin's College, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0BL. Tel: 015394 30300.
Martin Ringer: Brief Biography
T. Martin Ringer is an independent Socio-systemic management consultant, and group work trainer based in Rotorua, New Zealand. He practiced for ten years from Perth, Western Australia before returning recently to live in his native New Zealand. He has experience as a manager, trainer and consultant both in the public and private sectors as well as seven years experience as a part time university lecturer in group process. Martin has run training groups and consultancy projects in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, England, South Africa, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany and Finland. He has presented eight keynote speeches and over forty workshops on working with groups and experiential learning at international conferences. Twelve of his articles on groups, experiential learning and organisational culture have appeared in international publications, and another dozen articles have been published in Australia. He is in the process of writing a book on the dynamics of experiential groups. He recently completed research for his Masters degree on training of group leaders and facilitators.Solutions: Seminars in Development Training
Solutions is a new seminar series launched with this first event by Martin Ringer. Further seminars will be led by associates of the College lecturing on the new MA in Development Training.For more information about the MA in Development Training contact Carole Ward, St. Martin's College, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0BL. Tel: 015394 30300 or visit http://www.devtrg.ucsm.ac.uk/
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