Unconferencing as an Approach for Facilitating Organisational Learning and Change
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This paper discusses the potential of unconferencing, a relatively new alternative to traditional conferences, as method for facilitating organisational learning and change. The paper describes the application of unconferencing at a large university (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich) which aimed at developing project proposals for CO2 reduction. The processes and outcomes of the unconference are described. A qualitative analysis of observations, narrative interviews and a participant survey was carried out to investigate whether, how and to what extent unconferencing can facilitate organisational learning. 1 Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Patricia Wolf, Lucerne School of Business, Zentralstr. 9, 6002 Lucerne, Switzerland, phone: +41(0)41 228 41 62, fax: +41(0)41 228 41 51, e-mail: [email protected]
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