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All workshops take place in the BMS seminar room at the TU (MA 212) and usually last the whole day, i.e. about 8 hours. As a rule we have a limited number of 12 participants.
Summer Semester 2010:
1. Team Dynamics and Leading Teams (2 days workshop) on
April 24 and 25, 2010
2. Writing mathematics workshop (2 days workshop) on
June 11 and 25 , 2010 (13.00 - 16.00), fully booked! We have a waiting list.
3. Applying for jobs and positions in English (2 days workshop) on
June 12 and 13, 2010.
4. Mathematical graphics workshop (2,5 days workshop) on
June 25 - 27, 2010. Friday (9.00-12.00), Saturday/Sunday (9.00-16.00)
5. Communication skills/conflict management (2 days workshop) on
July 10 and 11, 2010, fully booked! We have a waiting list.
Outlook for the winter semester 2010/2011:
1. Intercultural training: Germany for the experienced and newcomers (1 day workshop) on
October 12, 2010.
2. Presentation training (2 days workshop) on November 20 and 21, 2010
3. Organisation and work methods (2 days workshop) on December 4 and 5, 2010
4. Training on voice and speech, for women (2 days workshop) on January 29 an 30, 2011
More detailed information:
Team Dynamics and Leading Teams
on April 24 and 25, 2010
Betty Boden
Learning objectives:
- The five phases of team development and what comprises a balanced team
- A spectrum of leadership styles and their respective effect and efficacy
- How preference-oriented leadership functions, and the 13 linking skills necessary
Workshop overview:
Most enterprises require some degree of teamwork, affecting not only overall performance of the entity, be that a business or institution or project, but also personal job satisfaction. The needs and expectations of team members are complex and interdependent, making the ability to cooperate no less valuable than the qualifying skills any post requires.
This workshop shows students how to identify and apply diversity in teams actively, and introduces a variety of leadership styles, alongside an examination and application of a range of leadership tools. There will also be a discussion of conflict within teams and how best to approach this.
Writing mathematics workshop
on June 11 and 25 , 2010
Prof. Günter M. Ziegler
This will be a two afternoons workshop on "how to write mathematics so that others enjoy the reading". This will not be theory lectures, but you will write...
Applying for jobs and positions in English
on June 12 and 13, 2010
Simon Chaplin
Learning objectives:
Participants learn
- how to write a good covering letter in English
- about the differences between a German and English CV and produce their own CV in English
- how to deal with difficult interview questions through role-plays in English
The content of the seminar comprises the following ten modules:
1. What are your strengths and weaknesses? How are these perceived by others?
2. What makes a good covering letter? What should you include and what not?
3. The differences between the German and English CV - what is permitted and what is forbidden?
4. The differences between applications in academia and industry
5. Applications for scholarships
6. The psychology of job applications
7. Typical interview questions
8. How to answer these questions
9. Job interview practice I - you as the candidate with video camera feedback and analysis
10. Job interview practice II - you as the interviewer – with video camera feedback and analysis
Mathematical graphics workshop
on June 25 - 27, 2010
Bill Casselman
Bill Casselman proposes a three-day workshop. The drawing tool will be the Python interface to PostScript. It now comes with a companion JiScript, with almost the same command language, but an interface to Java and animations.
The home pages are (respectively)
http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/piscript
http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/jiscript/
Communication skills/conflict management
on July 10 and 11, 2010
Betty Boden
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place”
George Bernard Shaw
The majority of misunderstandings arise out of one party or both having made an assumption about the other. Nobody ever thinks they are being unclear while sending their message, but every message is open to interpretation, frequently with results surprisingly divergent from the original intent.
Although there is never a guarantee that you will always be understood the way you meant it, you can at least increase the likelihood of comprehension if you are equipped with good grasp of conversational pattern and framing, and with how to perceive the interests of others and practise low friction communication. This workshop provides many practical exercises to develop these skills.
This workshop will examine various aspects of communication:
· The foundation of successful communication
· What conversational type are you?
· What stokes conflict – barriers and overcoming them
· Guidance on conducting criticism
· Negotiation techniques
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