The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on
SPETSES,
GREECE
4-8 July 2001
Associate Professor, University of Idaho, College of Education, Moscow, USA
Dr Jennifer Olson
College of Business, University of Idaho, College of Education, Moscow, USA
Learning Teamwork Skills: How, When, and Where?
Abstract:
Successful individuals in business and educational settings
are those who know their job expectations, have skills in these
areas, and are motivated to achieve organizational goals. Employees
typically perform at the individual and team levels in organizations.
Regarding individual and team skills, how, when, and where do
employees obtain them? Abilities associated with individual performance
are acquired through formal and informal educational/learning
experiences. Abilities linked with working in teams, although
often included in university coursework, are more difficult to
teach in classrooms. Hence, these skills are left for informal
and on-the-job learning. One challenge for higher education is
to be involved with lifelong workplace learning opportunities
for teams rather than just individuals. This presentation covers
an innovative in-service learning approach for teams in business
and educational settings that has been developed at a university.
Key features to be discussed include content and process issues
associated with the training materials.
Bionote
Philip Olson, Professor of Business, University of Idaho,
USA, teaches and conducts research in the following areas: entrepreneurship,
strategy, organization theory, quality and teaming.
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Presentation Type
30 min. Paper
Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
Overhdead projector
Speaking Date/Time Restrictions
Country
USA
