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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 10:01:40 EDT
From:         Comserve Support Staff <SUPPORT@RPIECS.BITNET>
Subject:      Announcements of general interest

In this file. . . .

    1.  Request for correspondents
    2.  Communication and the Workplace:  Culture, Language, and
        Organisational Change -- call for papers
    3.  Commission on Semiotics - meetings at the Speech Communication
        Association in Chicago
    4.  Ed-Tech Review -- announcement and call for papers
    5.  Ninth Conference on Computers and Writing --  re-posting

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                      Request for Correspondents

    hi, I'm Marc Cowgill from Va.  Tech.  Could you please pass this
message along to the Comserve user community?  Thank you.

    I am a graduate student of mass communication at Anambra State
Polytechnic Institute in Nigeria.  I am eager to correspond, through the
mail, with others in this field.  My interests include the prospects for
national development, and how mass communication studies can further
this area.  Please write to me at the following address:

Uzoatu, Ayodele B.
P.O. Box 756
Awka
Anambra State,
Nigeria, West Africa
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Annonuncement:  International Conference    (September '93)

"COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE:
          CULTURE, LANGUAGE  AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE"

Organised by: *Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture,
                  University of Technology, Sydney
              *National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research,
                  Macquarie University

September 1-4, 1993, Sydney Hilton International, Sydney, Australia


-An understanding of the role of culture, communication and language is
central to the successful operation of any organisation.

-This conference is an opportunity to engage with the latest ideas
about organisational change.  It will be an opportunity to interact
with people presenting cases of best practice in the negotiation,
delivery and management of communication and culture in the workplace.

-The conference will be divided into six themes.  Plenary sessions
will cover all six themes over the three days.  Smaller workshop and
paper sessions will also be divided into the six themes.  This means
that it will be possible for participants to follow their specialist
area of interest over the whole conference.


CONFERENCE THEMES
=====================

THEME 1: THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK
Changes in the nature of the production process involve new,
centrally important roles for culture and language. Issues to
be addressed include:
    -The extent to which teamwork and collaboration are now productive
tools; and the extent to which production is still dominated by a
division of labour according to the logic of the production line
    -The usefulness of the notions of 'Fordism' and 'Post-Fordism' to
describe the changing nature of the production process and work.
    -The way issues of language and culture fit with new approaches to
the production process, such as Total Quality Management.
    -The demands of new developments in computer-supported cooperative work
    -The way linguistic and cultural diversity presents new challenges
and new creative possibilities in this changing context.
    -The types of oracy and the types of literacy that are now required
in productive workplaces.
    -The linguistic demands of competency-based training and the
limitations in the concept.

THEME 2: WORKPLACE AND MANAGEMENT CULTURES
New ideas and practices of management raise questions as to
whether enterprise management can be seen to consist of a range
of cultural phenomena and metaphors rather than being
'scientific' or based on 'rationality' of the market. Issues to
be addressed under this conference theme include:
    -The degree to which the concept of 'workplace culture' accounts for
differences, such as gender and ethnic/linguistic diversity.
    -The extent to which worker participation and worker involvement
require new management approaches to diversity.
    -The elements of the management discourse and management talk that
are most effective in managing diversity in the production process
and in organisational structures.

THEME 3: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Given the existence of multilingual and multiethnic workforces
in industrial societies, effective industrial relations
strategies need to draw on and take advantage of this
linguistic and cultural diversity. Issues to be addressed
include:
    -The role of culture in historically evolved ways of negotiating
employer/employee claims.
    -The ways in which unions can service cultural and linguistic
diversity most effectively.
    -The role linguistic and cultural diversity plays in negotiating
issues such as occupational health and safety.
    -The ways in which the discourse of effective intercultural
negotiation can be most usefully described and evaluated.

THEME 4: MANAGING DIVERSE HUMAN RESOURCES
In the interests of both workers and management, culturally
diverse resources can be used to the advantage of the
enterprise, and can provide the basis for productive and
harmonious work. The following issues will be addressed:
    -The management of recruitment and promotion in the context of
cultural and linguistic diversity.
    -The extent to which merit is a culturally loaded concept.
    -The roles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.
    -The ways in which discourse can be constructed and managed in a more
inclusive and useful manner in performance and potential appraisal
interviews.

THEME 5: FINANCE AND MARKETING FOR DIVERSITY
The traditional assumptions of cultural homogeneity that
underlie mass production and mass consumption are becoming less
relevant in contemporary multicultural societies and globally
oriented economies. Similarly, different cultural and religious
traditions regarding finance need to be negotiated both as a
result of local diversity and as a result of the increasing
importance of global financial interactions. Issues include:
    -The implications for inter-enterprise communication of different
cultural traditions in dealing with finance and marketing.
    -The ways in which the successful management of diversity in the
workplace can assist an organisation in managing diversity in the
marketplace.
    -The sorts of discourses that are needed to deal with diverse clients
effectively.
    -The ways in which advertisements work as spoken or written texts.
How racism and sexism in the language of advertising operates to
limit market scope.

THEME 6: COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE: TRAINING FOR CHANGE
The training implications of the issues raised in Themes 1-5
will be examined in terms of: effective courses of action; key
tasks for trainers; effective training that encompasses issues
of culture and language; and the expected returns for
enterprises and for the workforce. Issues to be addressed
include:
    -The ways in which traditions of training are themselves the product
of historical and cultural experience.
    -The changing roles of oral and written language in workplace
training.
    -The ways in which a pedagogy for adult learners can be fashioned to
interface with diverse learning styles and linguistic and cultural
differences.
    -The roles of trainers as change agents, given the issues of culture
and language that are emerging in the most productive, competitive
and effective workplaces.

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PROPOSAL FORM

International Conference: "Communication in the Workplace:
                           Culture, Language and Organisational Change"
Sydney, Australia, 1-4 September, 1993

Name:
Present Position:
Name of Institution:
Address:                 City:
State/Province:              Country:     Zip/Post Code:
Home Tel. No:                 Office Tel. No:
    Fax No:


Conference theme I wish to address (tick one)

[   ]    Theme 1:    The Changing Nature of Work
[   ]    Theme 2:    Workplace and Management Cultures
[   ]    Theme 3:    Industrial Relations in a Multicultural Society
[   ]    Theme 4:    Managing Diverse Human Resources
[   ]    Theme 5:    Finance and Marketing for Diversity
[   ]    Theme 6:    Communication in the Workplace:  Training for Change


Title of Proposal:


Type of Session  (Tick One)

[   ]    Paper          (45 minutes - single presentation)
[   ]    Demonstration      (45 minutes - audio/video)
[   ]    Colloquium         (11/2 hours)
[   ]    Workshop         (1 hour)
[   ]    Workshop          (2 hours)

Abstract (150 words)



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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

International Conference: "Communication in the Workplace:
                           Culture, Language and Organisational Change"
Sydney, Australia, 1-4 September, 1993

Title:                       Name:
Address:___________________________________________________________
City:                State/Province:_________________________
Country:                Zip/Postal Code:_________________
Tel:
Institution/Organisation Represented:
Name:
    ___________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________
City:                    State/Province:___________________
Country:                Zip/Postal Code:__________________
Tel:                Fax:___________________________________

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: A$350.00

Attached please find my cheque for: A $350.00
        or
Please charge my Bankcard/Visa/Mastercard: A$350.00

Card No:_____________________________________________________________

Exp. Date:____________________________________________________________

Signature:


OR
I am interested in this Conference - please send me more information
as it becomes available.

All correspondence concerning registration or the program should be
mailed to:

CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE
P.O. Box 721
Leichhardt  NSW  2040
Australia
or by Fax to  (02)  330 3914
or email  to  kwilling@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
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TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS

     Ansett Airlines are the official carrier for this Conference.

     Please make your bookings through Performax Travel
    008 801 730 or (02) 555 8577.  Fax  02 555 8566

     The Conference will benefit from Ansett and from the Hilton Hotel
for all bookings made through Performax Travel.

    Performax Travel will make reservations on the best possible fare
available on the day of booking.  These cheap fares usually have
restrictions which apply so for those who need more flexibility, we
can offer a 30% discount on specified group flights subject to
availability.

     Please bear in mind that the earlier you book the more likely you
are to get special fares.  These cheap seats get sold quite quickly
and there are only a few available on each flight.

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

     Performax Travel can also arrange your accommodation at discount rates.

HOTEL OPTIONS THROUGH PERFORMAX TRAVEL

    Hilton Hotel (Conference Venue)
    Pitt Street, Sydney
    5 star hotel in the city centre
    Cost:    A$145 per room per night

    All Seasons Park Plaza
    Oxford Street, Sydney
    3 star hotel, just to the east of the city centre
    Cost:    A$110 per room per night

    Manhattan Hotel
    Greenknowe Av enue, Potts Point
    2 star hotel, just outside Kings Cross
    Cost:    A$88 per room per night

    Waldorf Apartments
    Liverpool Street, Sydney
    Apartments located in the city
    Cost:      A$160 per night for a one
            bedroomed apartment (can sleep 4)
            A$180 per night for a two
            bedroomed apartment (can sleep 6)
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                        Commission on Semiotics

Please announce: schedule of meetings, Commission on Semiotics, Speech
Communication Association annual national meeting, October 29-Nov.1,'92
Hilton, Chicago
[abbreviated version]

Th.10/29
4-5:20 pm/Conf rm 5b
"Semiotic Determinism and Visual Signs: Towards a Theory of Textual
Determinism. . ." B. King, Widener U.
"Semiotics, Reversibility, and the Implicate (Enfolded) Order" J. Gemin, U.
Wisc. Oshkosh
"C.S. Peirce and the Analytic Destruction of Argument:. . . " T. Puckett,
E. Wash U.
ch: J. Lundy, U. of Wisc.; resp: R. Lanigan, SIU

Fri.,10/30 2:30-3:50 pm, Conf.rm 5e
"World Beat: Returning Culture Through Integral Music" K. Williams, OU
"Hispanic TV: The Emergence of a Third Text" E. Lozano, OU
"Signs in Transition" A. Mickunas, OU
ch: J. Tumas-Serna, Hollins Coll; resp: D. Descutner, OU

Fri., 10/30 7-8:20 pm, Conf. rm 5b
"A Semiotic Perspective on the Structure of Recovery" R. Slagle, CSU
Northridge
"Enduring Messages: A communicative Semiotic of Walls" A. Harris,
N. McChesney,CSU, Northridge
"The Poetic Function of 'Going Home'" M. Kaiser, SIU
ch: R. Wolin, Babson Coll; resp. E. Peterson, U. Maine

Sat. 10/31 Business Meeting 8:30-9:50 am Conf. Rm. 5a

Sat. 10/31 11:30-12:50 pm Conf. Rm. 5i
"TV as icon and Index, and Something Else Entirely: R. Gozzi, Jr., Bradley U.
"Discursive Structure and Discursive Practice: Social Action Implications. .
. " G. Schoening, LaSalle U.
" The Advertising Function of Newspaper Photographs" A. Himsl, U. Maine,
Orano
ch: R. Hobbs, Babson Coll; resp. J. Tumas-Serna, Hollins Coll

Sat. 10/31 5:30-6:50 pm Conf. rm 4b
"The Other as Alien, Monster, Robot: P. Salus, Sun User Grp.
"Race in Space: The Representation of Ethnicity in SF. . ." M. Pounds, CSU,
Long Beach
ch: A. Harris, CSU Northridge; resp. T. Puckett, E. Wash. U.

Sun. 11/1 10-11:20 am Conf. Rm 5d
"Stories as Signs: What is the Difference between Sexual Suggestion and
Violation?" R. Pietropaolo, Villanova U.
"Breaching Codes: The Aesthetic, Moral, and Social Dimensions of Sexual
Violation" L. Townsend, Villanova U.
"The Ambiguities of 'Hooking Up'" G. Mead, Villanova U.
ch: A. Smith, Villanova; resp. J. Martinez, Babson Coll

Sun. 11/1 11:30-12:50 pm, Conf. Rm 5a
"Hard Sell/Soft Sell: Computer Commercails and the Contesting of the Hegemonic
Cultural Elite" K. Kitalong, Mich. Tech. U.
"The Mismeasure of Mesomorphy: A Critical Analysis of . . Body Building"
R. Fiordo, Penn State U.
"TV News, Objectivity, and Abortion" J. Chung, OSU
ch: A. Harris, CSU, Northridge; resp. A. Smith, Villanova U.

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Alan C. Harris, Ph. D.                     telno: off:
Professor, Communication/Linguistics         818-885-2853/2874
Speech Communication Department                   hm:
California State University, Northridge      818-780-8872
SPCH CSUN                                    fax: 818-885-2663
Northridge, CA 91330
                 Internet: AHARRIS@VAX.CSUN.EDU
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       |            ------  ED-TECH REVIEW  ------            |
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       |           ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS           |
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ED-TECH REVIEW is a new quarterly magazine (non-electronic), premiering
January 1993, devoted to the issues and applications of educational
technology to enhance learning and teaching.  Reviewed by leaders in the
field, this international periodical is designed to provide a multi-
disciplinary forum to present and discuss all aspects of educational
technology at the college and school levels.

ED-TECH REVIEW is published by the Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education (AACE) for professors, teachers, developers,
researchers, administrators, teacher educators, and technology
coordinators representing all disciplines and levels of education.

By presenting the ideas and works of those engaged in the educational
process, ED-TECH REVIEW seeks to identify and discuss the opportunities
and challenges created by educational technology.

While there is the need for topic specific publications, hence the AACE
journals on multimedia, math/science, AI, teacher education, etc.; there
is also the need for a publication which shares and reflects upon the
insights gained in these specific areas in a broader forum.  The purpose
of ED-TECH REVIEW is to offer the educational technology community an
open forum or fertile ground in which we can exchange information
between disciplines, educational levels, and information technologies;
thus resulting in the growth of ideas and practical solutions which
contribute toward the improvement of education.

ED-TECH REVIEW contains articles of general interest on educational
technology, columns on specific topics, official AACE notices, and
regular departments.

Departments include:
  Viewpoint            Resources      ED-TECH News      Association News
  Conference Reports   Book Reviews   Product Reviews   Calendar

Articles are invited on any aspect of educational technology in schools
and colleges.  Contributions may include:

     o Current issue discussions       o Tutorials
     o Review papers                   o Opinions
     o Reports on innovative projects  o News briefs
     o Book/product reviews            o Courseware Experiences

Article Guidelines
------------------
Manuscripts are to be submitted in triplicate and should not exceed
2,000 words, approximately 8 typed, double-spaced, 8.5" x 11" size
pages.  Hard copies should be double-spaced; also welcome are
submissions on disk (IBM or Macintosh formats in ASCII and wordprocessor
files) and via e-mail (ASCII) to AACE@virginia.edu.

The format of headings, tables, figures, citations, references, and
other details should follow the APA style.  Visuals and art such as
screen display images, photographs, and line drawings which can help
readers to better understand your subject are welcome and encouraged.

The audience is diverse and the focus is on the issues and practical
applications.  Articles should be understood by the general reader in
educational technology.  As an example, acronyms should be defined and
explained if they are of a special nature.

Subscription Rates
------------------
ED-TECH REVIEW is sent to all members of AACE as a benefit of
membership.  Nonmember annual subscription rate is $29 (U.S.);
$44 (other countries).

Editorial, Subscription, and Advertising Office:
    ED-TECH REVIEW
    AACE
    P.O. Box 2966
    Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA
    Phone: (804) 973-3987
    Fax: (804) 978-7449
    E-mail: AACE@virginia.edu

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The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is
an international, educational organization whose purpose is to advance
the knowledge and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with
information technologies through the encouragement of scholarly inquiry
and the dissemination of research results and their applications.

Quarterly Publications:
     ED-TECH REVIEW
     Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
     Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
     Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
     Journal of Computing in Childhood Education
     Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Conferences:
   ED-MEDIA -- World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
   STATE -- Annual Conference on Technology and Teacher Education
   AI-ED -- World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
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Several people have asked for a reposting of the call for papers
for the Ninth Computers and Writing Conference, so here it is.
Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, and
feel free to forward it to other lists.  Thanks.

                                C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

                         NINTH CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND WRITING

                               The University of Michigan
                                   Ann Arbor, Michigan
                                United States of America
                                     May 20-23, 1993

Conference Theme:

Lessons from the Past, Learning for the Future

Conference chairs:  Emily Jessup, Susanmarie Harrington, William
Condon, Wayne Butler

Poised as we are at the end of the first decade of using computers in
writing classes, 1993 seems a good time to pause and reflect upon
what we have discovered during the last ten years and to look
forward to the next ten.  The program chairs invite interested parties
to propose papers, sessions, or workshops.  We are particularly
interested in proposals exploring one or more of the following
themes:

   --Computers, Writing, and the K-12 classroom
   --Getting started with computers and writing instruction
   --Applications of hypertext in the teaching of writing
   --Multimedia and writing instruction
   --Computers and the reading-writing connection
   --Explorations of the virtual classroom
   --Uses of computers in promoting collaborations:
          --among students
          --across disciplines
          --over long distances
   --The effects of computers:
          --on the learning process
          --on the interactions among students and teachers
   --Changing sociopolitical contexts for computer use

Proposals:  Send three copies of a two-page (double-spaced) abstract
for a paper, panel, or workshop.  Include:  name(s), affiliation(s),
address(es), telephone number(s) and, if possible, e-mail address(es)
for all partcipants.  Also include audiovisual or other equipment
needs (including computers, projection, etc).

Deadline:  All proposals must be postmarked by November 1, 1992.
Notification of acceptance will be mailed by January 1993.

Mail proposals to:
Computers and Writing Conference
English Composition Board
1025 Angell Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

OR

E-mail Proposals to:
Computers_and_Writing@um.cc.umich.edu
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU