Workshop Approach Research Articles

Linking IT planning to business strategy

Information Strategy Planning is of growing importance. There are available a variety of formal methodologies for carrying out information systems planning, none of which are particularly well aligned to the current business planning views. The author was concerned that the value of the approaches used in business planning, most notably those of Michael Porter, were being ignored by the information systems planning methodologies. Both mechanisms yield insight and both are required to make strategic gains from IT. The paper explains the experience at Simon Engineering in combining Porter's value chain and five forces approach with the more usual Information Engineering methodology for information planning. A workshop approach was adopted and the conclusions drawn that the information strategy must be seen and developed as an integral part of, and at the same time as, the business strategy, and that both Information Engineering and Porter's approaches are necessary component parts of creating an integrated business and IT strategy. IT strategies cannot be developed independently of the business strategy, nor should they follow the business strategy. Successful IT strategies must be developed at the same time as the business strategy.

Improving service delivery

Outlines a workshop approach to evaluating service delivery in order to improve customer service, as well as developing a service strategy and designing delivery systems consistent with this strategy. Describes the tools used in the workshop ‐ particularly the ′Service Triangle′. Sums up the benefits of such a workshop in evaluating service delivery.

Collaborative life history narratives: heroes in reading teachers’ tales

Interesting perspectives emerge when teachers interview other teachers about their shared profession. The narratives reveal common themes. Interviewed subjects are cast as heroes born to the task, subjected to trials, and strengthened through their tolerance and balance. In this study, a model is offered for a student centered workshop approach to oral history and for narrative accounts of teachers. Several paradigms are presented which may account for some of the thematic consistencies in the teachers’ narratives. In particular, inside learning, narrative framing, and teachers’ professionalism are used as critical lenses. When you tell about a life, everything changes; only it's a change that nobody notices: the proof is that people talk about true stories. As if there could be true stories; events take place in one direction, and we tell about them in the opposite direction. You seem to start at the beginning... but in reality you have begun at the end.... The end is there, transforming everything. Sart...

Determining the training needs of planners.

Since the NHS Planning System was formally introduced in 1976 both it and the NHS itself have undergone a succession of changes and reorganisations. To facilitate the introduction of the Planning System an integrated programme in training for planning was established by the DHSS. Over the years since then, training in planning has developed in a less integrated manner and by the late 1980s it was felt that the situation should be reviewed to meet the challenges of the forthcoming round of strategic planning. Accordingly, the Health Services Management Centre was commissioned to carry out a study into the training needs of planners. Because of the restricted timescale a workshop approach was adopted and leading planners and managers from all tiers and all professions from different parts of England and Wales were invited to participate. The project had two main foci which are discussed here. Firstly, current and future changes in the NHS and its environment which might or will impact on health care planning and, secondly, the identification of the groups which require training in planning, the skills and competencies they require and possible methods of acquisition.

Computer‐Aided Chemistry at Surrey — the way ahead

This article describes the objectives and rationale of the degree course in Computer-Aided Chemistry at the University of Surrey. The course, which is the first of its kind, represents a sharp break with the past in that industry was intimately involved in the early stages of the planning as well as providing subsequent support; furthermore, much of the teaching is done via a workshop approach. The course aims to produce high-calibre chemists, particularly of the analytical kind, with a firm foundation in computing and having benefited from the close collaboration and cooperation of industry.

Community driven tourism planning

More communities in British Columbia, Canada, are developing their tourism potential as a means of diversifying their local economy. There has been a rise in community consciousness and recognition of the part played by tourism in conservation. Evidence suggests that communities and the tourism industry can work together to form mutually beneficial partnerships. Workshops are organized to bring the industry and community together with a view to the development of a synergistic working relationship. Examples of effective cooperation in British Columbian communities using a workshop approach are given to emphasize the potential for community driven tourism planning.

Rhetoric and Composition: A Sourcebook for Teachers and Writers

This concise edition of Writing from Start to Finish uses basic oral forms to help students produce the expository, informative, and job-related writing they will need for their college and professional careers. Using the principles developed in John Schultz's Story Workshop approach, students learn what makes writing work for themselves and for their readers, how to employ the traditional rhetorical and story forms in their writing, and how to write in these basic forms with an audible written voice, strong imagery, a feeling of address to their reader, and a real sense of having something to say. To provide encouraging and clearly executed models for beginning writers, this rhetoric-reader contains many selections of nonfiction and fiction by professional and classic writers as well as impressive pieces of student writing produced in story workshop classes. Students learn to do the sort of writing that students and teachers relish.

Staff Development Needs Analysis: A Workshop Approach

When staff development needs analyses are being planned, the possible methods are numerous. They include questionnaires/surveys, interviews, consultation of ‘key’ people in the organization, customer surveys, use of the Delphi Technique, problem solving (Kepner-Tregoe), organizational audits, functional audits, observation and measurement, and more. Given the time constraints, and the avid interest and wish to contribute on the part of all staff members, the authors chose the mechanism of workshops. The experience is recounted below.

Musical Development Through Personal Growth: A Workshop Approach

Musical Development Through Personal Growth: A Workshop Approach

Teaching Planning to City Planning Students. An Argument for the Studio / Workshop Approach

The studio / workshop was largely aban doned as a pedagogical device in city planning curricula during the late 1960s It has now been reintroduced, somewhat tentatively, in number of places The fun damental reason for this seems to be the recognition that urban studies and urban planning are not synonymous Teaching the two as if they are fails to recognize that planners plan This paper is an argument for the studio / workshop as an important means for providing planning students with an educational environment in which many of the basic skills that are central to the creative act of planning can be learnt and / or tested. In designing studio / workshop courses the lessons of the past must be borne in mind Recent advances in planning theory and methods need to be incorporated into the studio experience if it is to enhance the student's understanding of the planning process At the same time, the limitations of the studio / workshop must be recognized. This paper is offered as an invitation to the establishment of a dialogue among planning educators While there is some empirical evidence to support the arguments presented here the data base on which it draws is largely an anecdotal one

A Workshop Approach to Library Security

Despite increased concern with library security and problem patrons, there is a lack of training materials on these issues. In response to local needs the Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee developed a workshop package called People, Problems and Policy which provides a framework for librarians to analyze common problem situations, evaluate their own response and work on creating effective library security policy. Included in the workshop package is a short discussion film, a detailed outline for conducting the workshop and sample security policies. This package has been used successfully in a variety of library situations.

Stress Prevention and Management: A Workshop Approach

This article presents a theoretical rationale for a workshop on stress prevention and management and describes the “Stress and the Classroom Teacher” workshop as an approach that has applicability in various counseling settings, including those outside the educational field. The goals of this workshop include reducing participants' sense of isolation, increasing their self‐awareness of the causes and effects of distress, identifying job‐related successes and strengths, and formulating a tenative plan and action steps to prevent or alleviate the distress: workshop activities are outlined. Several conclusions are drawn regarding the value and significance of this intervention mold.

The Design of Intellectual Experience

Sharing experiences with students is essential to learning, but difficult to accomplish. The authors suggest a workshop approach, give a detailed example, and discuss basic principles for worksheet design.

Training Women in Management: A Continuing Education Workshop Approach

Training Women in Management: A Continuing Education Workshop Approach

A Workshop Approach to Improving Managerial Performance

(1977). A Workshop Approach to Improving Managerial Performance. Research Management: Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 16-20.

A workshop approach to continuing education.

A workshop approach to continuing education.

A short-term, intensive workshop approach for the treatment of human sexual inadequacy.

A rapid treatment approach to common sexual dysfunctions has been used in treating 59 couples, including 74 symptomatic individuals. Using a multidisciplinary team approach in an intensive 2 1/2 day workshop format, symptom improvement has been obtained in 86.5% of the dysfunctional individuals, with complete symptom reversal in 63.5%. The intensive workshop format has resulted in a saving of both patient and professional time and is seen as a viable and successful alternative to more time-consuming approaches of treating various sexual dysfunctions.

A Workshop Approach to German Literature: Reliving Schiller

The use of literature in an advanced German course to improve the students' language skills while developing their understanding and appreciation of good German writings often proves to be a disappointment. The language necessary to discuss literary texts and to write about them seems to be too sophisticated; the poor knowledge that students have of German history and literature increases their reluctance to express any personal judgment on the readings. The study of literature often appears to be a rather meaningless intellectual homework. I have found, however, that enjoyment of literature and, therefore, motivation for progress in the language can best be gained by the students if they personally experience the situations and conflicts of the readings within the living context of classroom interaction.

Principles for Principals: How to Plan Successful Teacher In-Service Workshops

Some advantages of using a workshop approach to inservice growth are: (1) workshop participants have the same experience and this facilitates consistency of the message. If you want all of your teachers to hear the same story you may use a workshop approach. (2) more than one point of view may be shared concerning common problems. Group dynamics can be used effectively in workshops. (3) workshops are economical and convenient. (4) teachers feel more secure in a large group with other teachers who share common goals and problems. (5) new programs and materials can be shared and coordinated.

Workshops about the physical structure of the classroom: An interesting way to work with teachers

This paper presents a method for school psychologists to work with teachers in an interesting and uncommon way. From a review of the literature it appears that the physical structure of the classroom affects the learning process. Educators generally seem unaware of the impact of these factors upon the learning process. A workshop approach, which encompasses a theoretical frame of reference, experience with a classroom model, and concrete suggestions about classroom changes, is utilized.