LLinE Lifelong Learning in Europe

The First International LLinE Seminar 4-5 September 1997 in Helsinki

· a working seminar for professionals in the fields of developmental work, research and practice

· keynote speakers presenting different approaches for improving working practices: Prof. Yrjö Engeström, Finland, Prof. Joseph Kessels, the Netherlands, Sue Williams, U.K., Prof. Peter Kern, Germany, Ass. Prof. Torsten Björkman, Sweden

· an opportunity to reflect and receive feedback on theories and current practices in dialogue with other experts

· the most interesting experiences will be published in the international journal Lifelong Learning in Europe LLinE


THURSDAY 4 SEPT

PROFESSOR YRJÖ ENGESTRÖM
The Academy of Finland and University of California, San Diego
Director of the Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research at the University of Helsinki
Change Laboratory as a Tool of Organisational Learning: Transformation at the Children's Hospital in Helsinki

KARI RUUSUNEN, Manager of Kvaerner Masa Yards Piikkiö Works
Transformation at the Kvaerner Masa Yards Piikkiö Works Finland

case presentations:
L.-Å. LINDBERG, V. BECKMAN-LARSSON and M. MULLER: case
YLVA FÄLTHOLM and ANNA LINDBERG
A new hospital – a learning culture?

PROFESSOR JOSEPH W.M. KESSELS, Centre for Corporate Education, Leiden University
Learning Culture and the Corporate Curriculum

case presentations:
GIORGIO BERTINI
Learning audit: new developments and results

ANDREI PODOLSKI
On psychological knowledge base for lifelong learning under conditions of radical social-economic changes.

FRIDAY 5 SEPT

SUE WILLIAMS, Senior Lecturer, Wolverhampton Business School
Action Learning: Breaking with Tradition?

Professor TORSTEN BJÖRKMAN, Luleå Technical University Sweden
Promoting upsizing in an era of downsizing. Pros and cons of strategies to get all on board the lifelong learning initiative

case presentations:
CEES TERLOUW
Improving working practices of teachers in applied communication science.
L. ABRAHAMSSON
Learning organisation for everybody?-Gender perspectives as a tool in creating learning organisations

PROFESSOR PETER KERN, Fraunhofer-Institute IAD Germany
Managing Organisational Change - on Our Own Way to Learning Enterprises

case presentations:
LENA RANTAKYRÖ
How can small firms find the way to Learning Enterprises?