Programme
The sponsor of the 2012 Pre Conference Workshops is Kennedys.
Pre Conference Workshops
A programme of practical, evidence-based workshops will run through-out the day on Tuesday 26th June before the official commencement of the conference on the 27th June. (In addition a set of three one-day statistics training courses are offered on Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th and Friday 29th June. These are to be booked independently of the IWP Conference. Details of these can be found here).
Venue:
Sessions 1-6 will be held at Novotel Hotel, 50 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PR (beside St Paul’s Hotel).
Session 7 will be held at Millenium Gallery, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ (beside Novotel and St Paul’s Hotel).
Time:
Registration for morning sessions from 9.45am onwards at Novotel Hotel. Refreshments on arrival.
- 10.30-13.00 Morning Sessions 1-3
- 14:30 – 17:00 Afternoon Sessions 3-7
Registration for afternoon sessions from 1pm onwards at Novotel Hotel.
13:00 – 14:30 Buffet Lunch in Novotel Hotel for morning and afternoon delegates
Fee: £100 per half day workshop (includes refreshments and lunch). Delegates are encouraged to attend morning and afternoon sessions.
How to register Click here. to book your place. Places are limited so please register early.
Further details about the sessions below.
2012 Pre Conference Session 1
Date: 26th June at Novotel
Time: 10.30am-1pm
Title: CLEAR IDEAS: A practical model for generating more effective innovations
Presenters: Dr Kamal Birdi, Ms Merryn McGregor
About:
Organisations must now continually innovate in order to survive and thrive in a global marketplace. But how do you keep coming up with truly original new ideas? What levers can you use to make sure your new products or processes are successfully realised?
Our workshop draws together extensive research and practical experience to provide participants with a systematic process (CLEAR IDEAS©) for effectively generating and implementing new ideas at work. Based on the work of the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Organisation and Innovation (COI), where researchers studied hundreds of private and public sector organizations to identify the major facilitators and inhibitors of innovation, the CLEAR IDEAS model has been created as a way of transferring major research findings into practice.
Hundreds of participants from the UK and abroad have already taken part in our workshops and evidence of impact shows that using the CLEAR IDEAS approach can really help maximize organizational outcomes and enhance value for money.
Why should you attend:
Participants will learn how to:
• Find and define opportunities for incremental and radical innovation
• Use different creative thinking techniques to help produce more original ideas
• Generate methods for evaluating the quality of new ideas
• Identify barriers to innovation-led change and develop strategies for getting ideas for new products, services or processes put into practice
Who should attend:
The workshops are open to anyone with an interest in introducing new approaches at work.
2012 Pre Conference Session 2
Date: 26th June 2012
Time: 10.30am-1pm
Title: The value of values: How social innovation can benefit companies and employees
Presenters: Dr Ute Stephan
About:
This workshop will demonstrate how Social Innovation – the introduction of novel products, services, processes or business models that simultaneously meet societal needs and are financially self-sustaining – can make good business sense.
Societal trends such as the aging of the workforce, increasing migration, cultural diversity, poverty, social exclusion, as well as the challenges of climate change require companies increasingly to take on social responsibility, formerly thought not to be part of their business. Indeed, companies that build on and innovate around these societal trends enhance their competitive advantage and generate new income streams. While, employees find working in these companies typically more engaging and their work more meaningful.
The workshop will discuss real-world examples and provide insights into successful strategies and business models for social innovation. It will be evidence-based, drawing on cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on social business innovation and the role of prosocial value for entrepreneurial firms.
Why should you attend:
The aims of the workshop are to help participants:
• To learn more about social innovation, the benefits it can bring to their company and employees, and strategies on how to implement it in their business.
Who should attend:
Business leaders and entrepreneurs as well as researchers interested in innovation and/or prosocial motivation and those wishing to learn more about the potential of the social side of business to engage employees.
2012 Pre Conference Session 3
Date: 26th June 2012
Time: 10.30am-1pm
Title: Different shapes, sizes and styles: how to work effectively with others
Presenters: Dr Angela Carter, Dr Carolyn Axtell
About:
This workshop looks at the current complexities of professional work and how to gain effective outcomes. We will explore how to work effectively with complex work groupings (e.g., dispersed teams, supply chains), cross boundary working and effective communication. The workshop will involve a mixture of presenting research findings and engaging in activities to illustrate some of the common challenges involved in working in complex groups and across boundaries. It will also explore how to overcome some of these key problems.
Why should you attend:
Is it difficult to identify WHO is exactly working in a team; how do you account for different people’s perceptions of team membership; who is in a team and who isn’t? what about people who work on the boundaries of teams? how can you communicate effectively with diverse teams in different locations?
This workshop will enable you to make sense of complex work systems with the aim of enabling you to communicate and work more effectively with them.
Who should attend:
Practitioners and researchers working with groups, teams and complex systems
2012 Pre Conference Session 4
Date: 26th June 2012
Time: 2.30pm-5pm
Title: Getting the measure of 21st century careers
Presenters : Professor John Arnold
About: The purpose of this workshop is to consider recent changes in the careers landscape and the corresponding changes required in how work psychologists assess an individual’s career development and success. Self-report measures that have arisen from 21st century research on careers will be introduced. Participants will be invited to evaluate these, and also bring forward any recently-developed assessment instruments they have encountered which attempt to reflect the attributes needed to manage careers successfully these days.
Why should you attend:
The aims of the workshop are to help participants:
• Evaluate how recent careers research can contribute to the tools at their disposal when researching careers or working with clients/colleagues on their career development.
Who should attend:
Researchers, consultants and managers looking for up to date and fresh ways of construing and assessing the career development of individuals.
2012 Pre Conference Session 5
Date: 26th June 2012
Time: 2.30pm-5pm
Title: Happier and more productive: The power of positive psychological resources
Presenters : Dr Karoline Strauss
About:
Psychological resources such as optimism, confidence, positive mood, and the ability to find meaning in one’s life enable people to cope with challenges and contribute to thriving. Organisations do not only benefit from the psychological resources of their workforce but they can also contribute to their development.
This workshop will offer an engaging mixture of short research briefs and interactive practical exercises. It will have a practical focus outlining strategies for developing psychological resources in organisations, and offer participants first-hand experience with resource-boosting tools.
Why should you attend:
The aims of the workshop are to help participants:
• Understand psychological resources and how they link to behaviour and performance at work
• Understand how these psychological resources can be developed in organisations
• Explore their own psychological resources
• Experience tools and exercises based on rigorous research findings to boost psychological resources
Who should attend:
Anyone interested in developing the psychological resources of their organisation’s workforce, in conducting applied research on psychological resources, and in developing their own psychological resources.
2012 Pre Conference Session 6
Date: 26th June 2012
Time: 2.30pm-5pm
Title: Understanding workplace bullying: Why does it happen, how does it impact on individuals and organisations, and what can we do about it?
Presenters: Dr Christine Sprigg, Dr Karen Niven (University of Manchester), Diarmuid Deeney (Kennedys)
About:
This workshop will enable participants to understand more about why bullying at work occurs, and what the potential costs are for individuals and organisations. The workshop will be based on recent research on workplace bullying from across the globe, with a particular focus on research conducted in a range of UK organisations by Dr Christine Sprigg and colleagues funded by the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH).
In addition, Diarmuid Deeney will discuss the legal picture examining recent workplace bullying cases in the UK.
Why should you attend:
The aims of the workshop are to help participants:
• Understand what workplace bullying is and how it can impact on the well-being of employees and performance of organisations
• Explore what practical steps organisations can take to limit the likelihood of bullying occurring and limit the damage it can do
• Learn about the legal issues surrounding workplace bullying cases in the UK
Who should attend:
The workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about what behaviours at work can be construed as bullying and anyone interested in knowing more about what academic research on bullying has taught us so far.
2012 Pre Conference Session 7
Date: 26th June 2012
Time: 2.30pm-5pm
Title: What does evidence from organizational psychology research really tell us and how do we know? The challenges and benefits of systematic literature reviews
Presenters: Professor Rob Briner Dr Malcolm Patterson
Venue: This workshop will be held at the Millenium Gallery, beside the Novotel and St Paul’s Hotel.
About:
This practical workshop will address the following questions: (1) What sort of claims about our knowledge do we make as organizational psychologists?; (2) What is the basis of such claims?; (3) How do publication bias and null-hypothesis significance testing inhibit the publication and dissemination of evidence?; (4) How can in principle systematic reviews (including meta-analyses) improve our understanding and knowledge of research evidence?; (5) How are systematic reviews done?; (6) How can the findings from systematic reviews be used to inform both practice and research?
Why should you attend:
The workshop provides an opportunity to reflect on the claims we make as organizational psychologists about the knowledge we possess, and consider ways of making our claims more reliable and valid through the use of systematic reviews of evidence.
Who should attend:
The workshop is aimed at practitioners, students and researchers.