Several members of the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) presented at the 12th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe hosted by the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). The conference was held May 25-27, 2011 at the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham, England and focused on Sustaining Growth Through Human Resource Development.
Attendees included:
Alexandre Ardichvili (Professor)
Kenneth Bartlett (Associate dean for graduate, professional, and international programs; Associate professor)
Rosemarie Park (Associate professor)
Louis Quast (Associate department chair; Hellervik/PDI Endowed Chair in Leadership & Adult Career Development)
Daniel Woldeab (WHRE Ph.D. graduate student)
along with
Thomas Jandris (Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education)
Topics presented included:
Minding the Gap: Exploring Differences in Perceptions of Organizational Ethics Between Executive, Mid-Level Managers and Non-Managers
Innovation in Higher Education and the Role of HRD
Given the Rise of the Academic Uses of Technology: Is the Technological Knowledge of Students Outstripping their HRD Professors?