CoREM Workshop for October 2

Join us October 2nd for a reprise of a special CoREM “action learning” event:

The Beer Game: A Participative Lesson in Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Management

Free Registration: Contact Brien Palmer at brienp@adelphia.net or 724-733-5007.

The audience will play the (in)famous Beer Game: a logistics exercise developed by MIT’s Sloan School of Management. You and the other participants will sit at prepared tables and take roles within the organizations in the chain of commerce between brewery and consumer: brewer, wholesaler, retailer, etc. You will respond to orders for beer by building your inventory, brewing more beer, etc. The effects of your decisions (and those of the other participants) will comprise the “market” for this brand of beer. Can you anticipate and react to events effectively? Can you keep the system running smoothly? Can you keep a straight face in the face of the pressure and the hilarious actions of other teams?

The Beer Game was featured and popularized in Peter Senge’s best-selling book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization. On a more local scale, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette covered CoREM’s first public presentation of the Beer Game several years ago with a cover story in the Sunday business section.

Art Davidson and other CoREM members will lead the audience in an exciting and memorable event. Please register ASAP as the table space for participants is definitely limited.

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Date and Time: October 2^nd, 2007, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Place: Forbes Road Career and Technology Center in Monroeville (directions follow)

Sponsor: CoREM (the Council on Realizing Excellence in Management)

Cost: free

Registration: Contact Brien Palmer at BrienP@adelphia.net or 724-733-5007.

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Directions to Forbes Road Career & Technology Center

The Center borders Boyce Campus of CCAC. Address: 607 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA. 412-373-8100 From Downtown Pittsburgh: Go east on Interstate 376 (Parkway East) approximately 15 miles and get off the Parkway in Monroeville at exit 14B (Plum), just past exit 14A (Rt. 48). Proceed north through the intersection with the traffic light to the stop sign at Beatty Road. Van Horn’s Funeral Home will be on the far left corner. Turn right on to Beatty Road and drive to the second stop sign (Community College of Allegheny County--Boyce Campus entrance). Turn right and go approximately 100 feet. Turn left into the Forbes Road Career & Technology Center entrance (Gateway Press building is on the right).

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CoREM is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization. All our revenues come from membership dues. If you find our services valuable, please sign up for membership and submit your tax-deductible $35 fee. (Make checks out to “CoREM”.) Give it to our treasurer Dennis Snedden or send it to him at 613 Library Av., Carnegie, PA 15106-2910.

CoREM provides a forum for the critical study of original and effective leadership methods and principles through collaboration and lifelong learning, to benefit individuals, organizations, and our communities. See CoREM’s programs since the start of 2007 at the CoREM blog: Leading Leaders and Leadership.

CoREM Event for September 11,2007

Can you get financial support for your college bound kids? Come to the next workshop and learn systems thinking can help!

Register free by calling Brien Palmer 724-733-5007 or email bplamer@interlinkbusiness.com.

Using Systems Thinking to Plan for College Costs

CoREM Members and Friends,

Our September workshop will deliver a "triple play" for CoREM: a great speaker, a topic of immediate interest for many of us, and the opportunity to learn about a profound thinking tool.
The Topic: Most of us with children look forward to a good college education for them, but dread the costs. This session will directly address effective approaches to planning and paying for that education.

The Learning: Systems Thinking was popularized in management by circles by Peter Senge, W. Edwards Deming and others. It emphasizes how to conceive of events and situations as parts of an inter-related whole, and how to address problems and opportunities by dealing with the systems of which they are a part.

The Speaker: For most of us, Dr. Ned Uber needs no introduction. He has been involved in CoREM and its predecessor organization since its inception in 1991. He has given several memorable presentations and is one of our most popular speakers. Ned has the ability to make complex ideas understandable in an engaging and very participative manner. He currently serves as a MEDRAD Fellow at Medrad, winner of the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Come and hear a great speaker address a meaningful topic using innovative thinking tools--a quintessential CoREM seminar! See below for registration details.

Date: September 11, 2007
Time: Program - 4:00-6:00 PM, Social time - 6:00-6:45
Place: Forbes Road Career and Technology Center in Monroeville (directions follow)
Sponsor: CoREM (the Council on Realizing Excellence in Management)
Cost: free
Registration: Contact Brien Palmer 724-733-5007 or bplamer@interlinkbusiness.com.
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Directions to Forbes Road Career & Technology Center
The Center borders Boyce Campus of CCAC. Address: 607 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA. 412-373-8100

From Downtown Pittsburgh: Go east on Interstate 376 (Parkway East) approximately 15 miles and get off the Parkway in Monroeville at exit 14B (Plum), just past exit 14A (Rt. 48). Proceed north through the intersection with the traffic light to the stop sign at Beatty Road. Van Horn’s Funeral Home will be on the far left corner. Turn right on to Beatty Road and drive to the second stop sign (Community College of Allegheny County--Boyce Campus entrance). Turn right and go approximately 100 feet. Turn left into the Forbes Road Career & Technology Center entrance (Gateway Press building is on the right).
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CoREM is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization. All our revenues come from membership dues. If you find our services valuable, please sign up for membership and submit your tax-deductible $35 fee. (Make checks out to “CoREM”.) Give it to our treasurer Dennis Snedden or send it to him at 613 Library Av., Carnegie, PA 15106-2910.

CoREM provides a forum for the critical study of original and effective leadership methods and principles through collaboration and lifelong learning, to benefit individuals, organizations, and our communities.

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