THURSDAY, April 11, p.m., Room 46

SYMPOSIUM J:
Systems, Management and Organization

Chairpersons: G.Broekstra, Netherlands, and R.Hough, USA

14.00-14.30: Information Systems and Competitive Advantage
S.Treven, University of Maribor, Slovenia
14.30-15.00: Knowledge Utilization Process in Business Environment
M.Verkasalo, P.Lappalainen, Nokia Telecommunications, Haukipudas, Finland
15.00-15.30: Parameterized Petri Nets for Organizing Human and Artificial Agents
G.Agimont, G.Libert, Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
15.30-16.00: Coffee Break
16.00-16.30: Lean Management - through the Looking Glass of System Theory
B. Blöchl, Fachhochschule Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany
16.30-17.00: Systems Methodologies, Reference Systems and Science
D.Tsagdis, University of Humberside, Hull, England
17.00-17.30: Business Ethics in Poland: Sketches to the Portrait
W.W.Gasparski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
17.30-18.00: Managing Stories: A Community Research Perspective on Water
M.Vahl, University of Humberside, Hull, England