The annual Complexity and Management conference is open for booking here.

The concept of culture in organisations is widely used but often poorly understood. So how do group identities and a sense of belonging emerge, and what methods might we employ to understand them better? How might we do justice to the contradictions and tensions that are constant themes shaping the experience of group life?

Our keynote speaker Professor Candida Yates has had to withdraw her offer speak with great regret. Instead we are delighted to welcome Dr Patricia Shaw, who will be familiar to many of you, who will give the key note instead, in conversation with Prof Nick Sarra.

The Complexity and Management Conference is intended as an antidote to the sense of drift and thoughtlessness which can afflict managers in organisations because of the sheer complexity and pace of work, and the abstractions of contemporary management discourse. The currency of the conference is conversation, reflection and meaning-making about things that matter to us in and beyond the workplace. Saturday afternoon will be given over to delegate-led workshops to explore the conference theme. Sunday morning will be a chance for Prof Karen Norman and I to reflect together on some of the themes of the conference to offer a further reflexive turn in thinking.

For those seeking an insight into some of the ideas informing the body of thought termed complex responsive processes of relating, there is a one day workshop on Friday 7^th June.

The conference begins at 7pm on Friday 7^th (unless you attend the one day workshop, which begins at 9.30am) and finishes at 2pm on the 9^th June. The fee includes all board and lodging at Roffey Park Institute, Horsham, UK.

Any questions, write to me at c.mowles@herts.ac.uk