1st EAWOP WorkLab

EAWOP is calling European practitioners working in the field of Work and Organizational Psychology to develop and enhance their professional skills using a new kind of developmental platform. WorkLab is a workshop event that provides opportunities to:

• Learn how recent research and theory can be applied in practice;
• Understand modern organizational life and its dynamics better;
• Acquire new skills when working with complex, changing systems;
• Create new methods and approaches in consulting work;
• Contribute practitioner input for future research agendas;
• Network with other practitioners and discuss new ways and methods.

1st EAWOP WorkLab - 4-6 October 2012

Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa Hotel, Helsinki, Finland

• Our programme is based on decision-making;
• How we assess and then make decisions (Prof. Marise Born, The Netherlands);
• When decisions don’t go to plan; well-being and burnout (Prof. Michael Leiter, Canada);
• Motivation, what moves us to action (Prof. Katariina Salmela-Aro, Finland);
• Making good decisions in complex organizations (Prof. Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe, UK)

Download programme (PDF)

Learn more about the Hilton Helsinki Hotel (PDF)

Registration
Places initially are available to EAWOP Constituent
associations. Nominees must be:

a) senior practitioners working in WOP for at least five years;
b) experienced in at least one of the WorkLab topic areas*; and
c) can evidence being inspired and committed to practitioner activities.

Organizing committee
Angela Carter (UK) a.carter@sheffield.ac.uk;
Kristiina Fromholz-Mäki (Finland) kristiina.fromholtzmaki@pp1.inet.fi;
Henry Honkanen (Finland) henry.honkanen@kolumbus.fi

Info
WorkLab opens at 16.00 4 Oct with a reception, sessions begin 5 Oct.
*Each session will be half-a-day in length
After some initial input each facilitator will work with you through a series of exercises to appreciate the application of the material.
Sessions will be followed by peer discussion and a facilitated question and answer session.