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ASC 2003 Conference (Vienna)

Part I: Organizing Organizations
Variations on Three Imperatives by Heinz von Foerster

PROGRAM OF EVENTS
 

Monday, November 10

Tuesday, November 11

Wednesday, November 12

The Imperative of Change:

If you wish to remain yourself, change!

The Imperative of Learning:

If you wish to see, learn to act!

The Ethical Imperative:

Always act to increase the number of possibilities!

09.00-
09.30

Opening Remarks
Ernst von Glasersfeld
(video presence)

09.00-
10.00  
The Imperative of Learning

Stuart Umpleby  

 

09.00-
10.00  
The Ethical Imperative

Humberto Maturana  

09.30-
10.00
Welcome Ceremony with
Art in Rhythm
10.00-
10:45
The Imperative of change

Monika Bröcker

10.45-
11.15

Break

10.00-
10.30

Break

10.00-
10.30

Break

11.15-
13:15

PANEL CONVERSATIONS

1. Conservation and Change in Enterprise:

• The whole is not the sum of its parts
(L. Kauffman)

• Managing Identity through Constructing the Story
(F. Dievernich)

• Rigid Self-Images as Barriers for Managing in Complex Circumstances
(W. Lutterer)


2. Initiation of Strategic Change in Organizations:

• The Play of Play is to Change the Rules
(L. Pawlik)

• A Strategic Basis for Constructivist Communication in Organizations
(G, Rusch)

• Solution Strategies for Selforganization
(G. Ivanovas)


3. Change Processes in Organizations:

• Newness Arises through Repetition
(A. Zimpel)

• Radical Transformations in Complex Organizations
(R. WImmer)

• Change Processes as a New Invention in Organizations
(S. Radatz)

10.30-
13.00

PANEL CONVERSATIONS

1. Learning as Business Strategy:

• Strategic Planning given Uncertainty and Complexity
(G. Küppers)

• From "Do more of the same" to "Do something different"
(K. Kreitman)


2. The Formation of Learning Relationships in Organizations:

• Seeing Grounds Action while Doing Grounds Vision
(P. Bunnell)

• Understanding Understanding as Pragmatic Communication
(S. Brier)

• Esablishing Systems Thinking in Organizations
(R. Ison)


3. Change Processes in Organizations:

• Nurturing the Creative Potential in Organizations
(G. Huhn)

• From Learning to Selforganizing Learning
(B. Pörksen)

10.30-
12:45

PANEL CONVERSATIONS

1. On the Way to Ethical Organizations:

• Alternatives to an Economic Fundamentalism in Business
(A. Leonard)

• Precaution and the Ethical Imperative
(S. Carley)

• Values as Avoidable Power Strategies
(F. SImon)


2. New Strategies and Opportunities for Ethical Organizations:

• Achieving Organizational Flexibility through changes in Belief Systems.
(B. Anger-Diaz, K. Anger and M. Diaz)

• New Strategic Possibilities through changing Organizational Language
(P. Pangaro)


3. Living the Ethic:

• Living as "A Part of the World" according to Heinz von Foerster
(M. Bröcker)

• Organizations arise as Communities in Conversation
(K. Krippendorff)

Monday, November 10

Tuesday, November 11

Wednesday, November 12

The Imperative of Change:

If you wish to remain yourself, change!

The Imperative of Learning:

If you wish to see, learn to act!

The Ethical Imperative:

Always act to increase the number of possibilities!

13:15-
14.30

Lunch

13.00-
14.30

Lunch

12:45-
14.00

Lunch

14.30-
16.00

 

Workshops, Playshops, and Case Studies with speakers from the morning as well as others. 14.30-
16.00

Workshops, Playshops, and Case Studies with speakers from the morning as well as others.

14.00 15.30

Workshops, Playshops, and Case Studies with speakers from the morning as well as others.

16.00-
16.30

Break

16.00-
16.30

Break

15.30-
15:45

Break

16.30-
18.30

Workshops, Playshops, and Case Studies

16.30-
18.00

Workshops, Playshops, and Case Studies

15:45-
16.30

Closing Ceremony with Art in Rhythm

 

18.30-
109.30

Review of the Day with Art in Rhythm

18.15-
19:15

Review of the Day with Art in Rhythm  

 

after
20.00

We go to a Heurigen!

19.30

Heinz, the Magician

A magical demonstration for managers with Magician Christian
(with dinner)