As part of the Congress, on October 18 Diego Castro, from the EDO Group (UAB), will be the coordinator of the symposium called “Organization and development of networks for interuniversity and international cooperation” which is within the thematic framework of communication, participation and work in networks.
The symposium will serve to reflect on some challenges, problems, possibilities and opportunities offered by networks in the university context. This is intended to be done from two different perspectives: on the one hand, the necessary relations of support and collaboration between universities to generate shared structures, and on the other, the development of initiatives and cooperation programs.
The main objective of the contribution will be to analyze the possibilities and limits that universities find in the networks in which they participate. Therefore, each contribution will focus on a specific real network. The proposal must specify their uses, the forms they adopt, the main difficulties and current challenges they face, the needs that generate them and the benefits obtained.
The symposium, coordinated by Diego Castro, will have five contributions from seven academics from four different universities (UAH, UAB, UGR and l’IPG) from Spain and Portugal:
- “Office Relations with Ibero-America: Ibero-American vision of the University of Alcalá” – Mario Martín (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares)
- “Office Relations with Ibero-America: the experience in the network” – Diego Castro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- “Generation of work networks for the promotion of inter-university cooperation” – Aleix Barrera Corominas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- “Networks and social commitment of the University” – Mohammed El Homrani (Universidad de Granada) and Pedro Tadeu (Instituto Politécnico da Guarda)
- “Work in the network to support the management of educational organizations in Ibero-America” - José Luís Muñoz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and David Rodríguez Gómez (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
On October 19th, within the framework of XV CIOIE, the symposium on educational organizations and social commitment, entitled “Promotion and development of organizational ethics”, will be held. This is based on the premise that the development of educational organizations and democratic processes have led to important transformations in their conceptions, ways of functioning and social responsibilities. More and more it is emphasized in its social function and both the ways of acting of professionals and of the organizations themselves are reviewed. In this sense, the main challenge of the symposium is to analyze organizational ethics in educational institutions in order to adapt to current society – which is changing, globalized and sensitized by social issues. In addition, it wants to promote new practices, guaranteeing the collective and responsible practice of organizational ethics by the educational community.
Coordinated by Joaquín Gairín, the Symposium collects a total of four contributions: Begoña Román Maestre will focus on “Ethics in social services: some values for action” serving as a reference for educational organizations as the quality of services goes through the coordination of professionals. The contribution of Josep Maria Duart focuses on “The ethics of educational organizations: possibilities and limits”, emphasizing the importance of ethical reflection on the organization and management of educational centers. The proposal of Maria del Mar Durán will be “Steer or lead to promote and develop ethically-active professional groups,” focusing on the analysis of group behavior, understanding that the object of organizational ethics is human behavior. The symposium concludes with the contribution of Sara Colorado Ramírez on “School leadership and organizational ethics” where emphasis is placed on schools having to keep their role and participation in a dynamic society.
All the information about the Conference here.