held at
The Business School, University of North London
Wednesday, 20th October 1999
Convenors: Chris Carter and Len Holmes
Keynote speaker: Professor Stewart Clegg, University of Technology, Sydney
Chairs:
Morning session: Dr. Mick Rowlinson, Royal Holloway College, University
of London
Afternoon session: Dr. Frank Mueller, Royal Holloway College, University
of London
Presenters:
Chris Carter, The Business School, University of North London
Dave Crowther, Aston University
Professor Margaret Grieco, University of North London
John Hogan, Royal Holloway College, University of London
Len Holmes, The Business School, University of North London
Dr Steve Little, Open University
Workshop Programme
| 10.00am | Pre-programme electronic excursion (visiting the electronic odyssey with assistance of experienced navigators) |
| Morning Session: | Chair: Dr Mick Rowlinson, |
| 11.00am | Opening: The emergence of e-form: a challenge for organisational
theory (M. Rowlinson) |
| 11.10am |
New wheels,
no deals: client structures and electronic governance |
| 11.40am |
Instant audits and social transparency: the new ground of electronic
accounting |
| 12.10pm | Trade
Unions on-line: Technology, transparency and bargaining power (J. Hogan and M. Grieco) |
| 12.40pm | Morning wrap up: Where are we now and where are we going? (L. Holmes) |
| LUNCH | |
| 2.00pm |
Tele-options for community
business: an opportunity for economic development in Africa |
| 2.30pm | Keynote address: The organisational impact of globalisation (S. Clegg) |
| 3.10pm |
Design and Determination: The Role of Information Technology in the Development
Process |
| 3.40pm | An ontological agenda: the end of the line, the beginning
of the link. Reflections on an odyssey (M. Grieco and L. Holmes) |
| 3.50pm | Electronic ontology and radical organisation theory:
wrapping up and setting out (S. Clegg) |