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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>Time: 6.15pm - 8.00pm including questions. Cost: Free.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Coffee and biscuits provided. All welcome! Especially PG students.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>To ensure a place, register as soon as possible with: </FONT></SPAN></B><A href="mailto:coakese@westminster.ac.uk"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>coakese@westminster.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></I></A><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></I><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">June 22nd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Willy Coupar <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Director: Bayswater Institute<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Employee Relations in the twenty-first century<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="Times New Roman">–<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Will it be Employee Engagement or a role for TUs?<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="Times New Roman">–<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Employee Relations continues to be a major theme in many workplaces across the UK. Despite the steady fall in trade union membership, and the reduction in the number of disputes, flashpoints such as the recent BA strike remind us that workplace conflict is still with us.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="Times New Roman">–<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Unions continue to play a major role, especially in the public sector. The threat of thousands of job cuts in that sector will create an atmosphere of uncertainty and further conflict seems likely.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>In the private sector the role of unions is now increasingly concentrated in a limited and declining number of industries. A clear north/south divide is emerging as well.<BR> <BR>More employee relations issues, individual or collective<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>are being resolved by recourse to law. This is a major change which shows no sign of slowing down. <BR> <BR>Unlike the Thatcher government, the new administration shows few signs of having an ideologically driven agenda for the workplace. <BR></SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Instead employee engagement is being widely advocated as a breakthrough in how organisations are managed, a source of measureable competitive advantage for organisations,whilst taking staff along on a journey which promises to improve their lives at work.<BR> <BR>Governments are strongly committed to the idea. A major report " The McLeod review" sets out key engagement principles and offers a list of practical steps and case studies. The new government has recommitted and asked for further work to be done on the topic.<BR> <BR>At the same time a great deal of work is now being done in the research community to test how effective employee engagement actually is. Researchers are also seeking to validate the tools being used to measure engagement in practice. Both the research and practitioner communities are divided. Is Employee Engagement nothing more than “old wine in new bottles”. What does this mean for the future of employee relations and for the role of unions? How should researchers and practitioners interested in the field react? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>This seminar sets out to identify answers to some of these questions.</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">William Coupar became the Director of the Bayswater Institute in 2009. He was director of the IPA from 1997-2008 and led its Partnership Company<I> </I>initiative. In 1999 he was asked by government to chair the Partnership Fund. From 2000 – 2007 he was a member of the ACAS Council He was lead project manager for the UKWON consortium which delivering multi-million pound projects for the European Social Fund. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">After university he joined the transport industry working with five companies before joining Chesterfield Transport as its managing director, where, in 1990, he led an employee buy out .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>He has worked with many organisations helping them work through change management and workplace issues in a mentoring or analytical role. He has worked with the NHS, government agencies, in the voluntary sector and leading unions. At European level he has worked with EWCs, with the Commission and with social partners in Brussels. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>13<SUP>th</SUP> Year!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>“Questioning Technology: A panel led discussion”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Panel topics:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>1. What is Technology? </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>This presentation explores whether technology is embedded in devices or whether there are alternative perspectives</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Dr Roy Woodhead, Transformation & Integrated Services, HP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>2. Which comes first, Science or Technology?</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>This presentation questions the assumption that scientific knowledge has primacy over technological knowledge and whether a different view could offer new approaches to the development of new capabilities <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Katie Walsh, IT Consultant, HP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>3. What is our relationship with Technology? </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>This presentation builds on the previous ones and explores the relationship between people and technology and questions some of the assumptions many people hold<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Dr Kamaran Fathulla, International Academy, University of Essex<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>4. Open discussion</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>Each presenter will take around 10 minutes to put forward views that will stimulate a rich discussion. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>Dr Roy Woodhead, HP<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Roy currently works for HP Transformation & Integration Services (TIS) and has a diverse background spanning construction, consulting on some of the world’s largest oil and gas investments, working with IT scientist in HP’s R&D labs and socio-technical approaches to process improvement. He was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University for over ten years and engaged with Action Research methods to achieve large scale innovation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Roy holds a PhD in complex group decision making related to major Capital Investment projects from the University of Leeds, and a First Class BSc (Hons) degree from Sheffield City Polytechnic. He is currently managing a large scale transformation within the Service Transition lifecycle stage on the largest IT infrastructure project in Europe.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>Katie Walsh, HP<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Katie has over 13 years IT experience gained from numerous IT projects across a diverse spectrum of industry areas within the public and private sectors. She currently works for HP Enterprise Services as a Consultant focusing on Service Management. Her experience encompasses software development, requirement elicitation and documentation, reporting and basic project management skills, as well as developing good working relationships.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Katie’s education and experience is primarily focussed within technical environments and she has focussed on gaining the hybrid skills that enable her to understand both the technical and business aspects within IT. She holds a BSc (Hons) 2:1 and Master degree. Additionally, Katie recognises the importance of industry standard qualifications and holds an ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis and ITIL V3 foundation certification. She is self motivated in her work, education and career development aspirations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>Dr Kamaran Fathulla, University of Essex<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Kamaran Fathulla is a computing/electronic lecturer at the International Academy, The University of Essex. Kamaran obtained his Master’s degree in User Interface Design from Liverpool John Moore University and his PhD from the University of Salford.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kamaran’s research work underpinned in the Multi Aspectual philosophical work of the Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd. Kamaran’s main research work is in diagrams and their uses in everyday life. He also explores ways in which Multi Aspectual thinking can be applied to other domains of interest. Kamaran is also the Editor of a newly established electronic journal called IJMAP, International Journal of Multi Aspectual Practice, </SPAN><A href="http://chimera69.essex.ac.uk/IJMAP"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT color=#0000ff>http://chimera69.essex.ac.uk/IJMAP</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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