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Dear List Members,
Some of you might be interested in a software workshop that is
coming up soon in the UK. The workshop will use the cognitive
mapping method (developed by Colin Eden and Fran Ackermann
(University of Strathclyde)) and Decision Explorer, the software
developed to support it.
Title: Advanced Decision Explorer Workshop
Host/ Sponsor: Banxia Software Ltd
Date: Monday 26th June 2000
Trainer/ Facilitator: Dr Fran Ackermann, University of
Strathclyde
Location: London, UK
Description:
This workshop will focus on cognitive mapping (both paper based
and computer supported), its application for decision support in
strategy development, use of the Decision Explorer software to
support the process and workshop facilitation issues. The ideas
presented in the workshop are based on the research and writings
of Colin Eden and Fran Ackermann (both of Strathclyde
University, Glasgow). Their book, "Making Strategy: the journey
of strategic management" (Sage 1998), deals in detail with some
of the techniques covered in the workshop.
Decision Explorer (the ideas mapping tool developed to support
cognitive mapping) can be used to generate "maps" of ideas and
to pull them together to form a coherent picture that will help
to improve understanding of a situation. It is a "visual
thinking" tool, which can be used with information generated by
an individual or a group. Prior to the workshop you will be sent
preparatory materials, so that you will have a basic level of
familiarity with the software, thus allowing the workshop to
focus on issues beyond "which buttons to press!"
For more information contact:
For further details (including cost) please contact me by email
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Further details can also be found at
http://www.banxia.com/training.
Regards,
Jenny Brightman
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http://www.banxia.com
Banxia Software Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 141 552 3082
Fax: +44 (0) 141 552 5765
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