Learning Organization Conference

Dr. Karen E. Watkins is Professor of Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development in the College of Education at The University of Georgia.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin. Karen’s scholarly interests include organizational learning assessment, informal and incidental learning, and. action science.

Watkins & Marsick developed and validated the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire (1997) used in over 80 published studies. Watkins is the author or co-author of numerous articles and chapters, and 9 books. Named Scholar of the Year by the Academy of Human Resource Development; she was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Academy of Human Resource Development Scholar Hall of Fame in 2014.

She consults with many organizations including recent work with OECD on schools as learning organizations and with the World Health Organization. She was one of the founding presidents of the Academy of Human Resource Development and is currently on the Board of Trustees of the Geneva Learning Foundation in Switzerland.

To be announced

Emerald Publishing are sponsoring a drink reception at the conference on the 25th of June.

Best papers will be considered for a special issue of The Learning Organization (TLO) (https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/tlo.htm), published by Emerald (please note that this special issue will be realized only if there are an enough number of relevant papers – if not, best papers will be considered for a regular issue of TLO).

Those who have an ambition to get their paper considered for that special issue should please make their manuscripts relevant for TLO (please see “Making Your Manuscript Relevant for TLO – from the Editor”, available here: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/news_story.htm?id=8696).

The most promising, “new” (less established, less well-known in the area) conference attendant will be rewarded a copy of the book The Oxford Handbook of the Learning Organization (to be published by Oxford University Press during the winter of 2019-20). 

Emerald Publishing will be awarding the most promising new comer in Learning Organization a prize bundle of 3 books and 3 issues of The Learning Organization journal.

Accommodation

Accommodation needs to be arranged by each participant. 

We have made a pre-reservation of 50 hotel rooms at Scandic Grimstad hotel and you can do your booking directly by mail; grimstad@scandichotels.com

Please use the booking code: BUNI150621

We have arranged for a price of NOK 1290 pr/prs/single room/night and you have to refer to "Learning Organization Conference" in order to get the right price (after 01st of May 2021 regular prices).

There are also private rental opportunities available through Airbnb.

Travel information

Getting here and around

Bus Kristiansand - Grimstad

Taxi in Grimstad:
I-TAXI AS
booking@itaxi.no
370 04 700

Anders Örtenblad, head: anders.ortenblad@uia.no

Miriam Høgseth Joakimsen

Unni Sundberg Holbrook

Torunn S. Olsen

Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen 

Jon Paschen Knudsen

Ivar Amundsen (honorary member)