Keynote Speakers
Professor A.B. Rami Shani
Rami works at Orfalea College of Business, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California and at the School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan Italy.
Rami developed an interest in collaborative work in organizations while working for the Israeli Institute of Productivity in the late 1970. For many years, based at Case Western Reserve University, Calpoly University, Stockholm School of Business, Tel Aviv University and Politecnico di Milano, he continued to work with organizations and practitioners while advancing both the scientific body of knowledge around action research and collaborative management research methodologies and the development of scholarly practitioners. He is the author, co-author or editor of 21 books and over 80 articles. Most recent books include “Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness” (Volume 1, Edited with S. Mohrman, Emerald, 2011); “Fundamentals of Organization Development” (4 Volumes, Edited with D. Coghlan, SAGE, 2010), “Research in Organization Change and Development (Edited with W. Pasmore and R. Woodman, Emerald Publications”, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012-in press) and “The Handbook of Collaborative Management Research” (Edited with B. Pasmore, S. Mohrman, B. Stymne and N. Adler, SAGE, 2008).
Rami works at Orfalea College of Business, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California and at the School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan Italy.
Rami developed an interest in collaborative work in organizations while working for the Israeli Institute of Productivity in the late 1970. For many years, based at Case Western Reserve University, Calpoly University, Stockholm School of Business, Tel Aviv University and Politecnico di Milano, he continued to work with organizations and practitioners while advancing both the scientific body of knowledge around action research and collaborative management research methodologies and the development of scholarly practitioners. He is the author, co-author or editor of 21 books and over 80 articles. Most recent books include “Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness” (Volume 1, Edited with S. Mohrman, Emerald, 2011); “Fundamentals of Organization Development” (4 Volumes, Edited with D. Coghlan, SAGE, 2010), “Research in Organization Change and Development (Edited with W. Pasmore and R. Woodman, Emerald Publications”, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012-in press) and “The Handbook of Collaborative Management Research” (Edited with B. Pasmore, S. Mohrman, B. Stymne and N. Adler, SAGE, 2008).
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Dr. Clare Rigg
Clare Rigg works at the Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland. Following an early career in economic development and urban regeneration in Birmingham, England, she developed an interest in collaborative working that was further fostered through encountering action learning as an approach to management development in 1990. For many years, based at the universities of Birmingham and Birmingham City, she worked with practitioners from across diverse sectors, integrating action research and action learning into organisation development, management learning and community development work, continuing this work with a move to Ireland in 2005. Her doctorate, completed at Nottingham Business School in 2001, took a discursive approach to exploring relations between management learning and organisation practice. She is particularly interested in the inter-relationships between multiple levels of learning and change. She has researched and written on action learning, critical action learning, collaborative working and organisational development, including three co-authored books Action Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development in Public Services (Routledge, 2006); Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy (FT Prentice-Hall, 2007) and Learning and Talent Development (CIPD, 2011).
Clare Rigg works at the Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland. Following an early career in economic development and urban regeneration in Birmingham, England, she developed an interest in collaborative working that was further fostered through encountering action learning as an approach to management development in 1990. For many years, based at the universities of Birmingham and Birmingham City, she worked with practitioners from across diverse sectors, integrating action research and action learning into organisation development, management learning and community development work, continuing this work with a move to Ireland in 2005. Her doctorate, completed at Nottingham Business School in 2001, took a discursive approach to exploring relations between management learning and organisation practice. She is particularly interested in the inter-relationships between multiple levels of learning and change. She has researched and written on action learning, critical action learning, collaborative working and organisational development, including three co-authored books Action Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development in Public Services (Routledge, 2006); Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy (FT Prentice-Hall, 2007) and Learning and Talent Development (CIPD, 2011).
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