Curriculum Vitae

Name: Yoram Mitki Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Regular military service: 10.08.1964-12.10.1966 Office Address: College of Law and Business 26 Ben Gurion St. Ramat Gan, Israel Tel : (972) 03 6000803 Cell: (972) 050 2056578 Fax : (972) 03 6000804 E-Mail: [email protected] Home Address: Givat Haim Meuhad, Israel, 38930 Tel : (972) 04 6368550

Education

1972-1974 B.A. Tel-Aviv University, Department of Political Sciences (with distinction).

1978-1980 M.Ss. Tel-Aviv University, Department of Labor Studies (with distinction). Dissertation Title: Determinants of Job Satisfaction and Sense of Affiliation Among the Kibbutz-Born (Supervisor: Prof. Dov Eden)

1988-1991 Ph.D. Tel-Aviv University, Departments of Labor Studies Thesis Title: Sociotechnical Characteristics, Operational Efficiency and Work Satisfaction in Production Departments of the Kibbutz Industry (Supervisor: Prof. Arie Shirom)

Academic Positions & Employment Experience

2013- present Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, College of Law and Business, Israel

2009- 2013 Dean, School of Business Administration, Lander Institute, The Jerusalem Academic Center, Israel

2008-2009 Head, management track, Lander Institute, The Jerusalem Academic Center, Israel

2007-2009 Head, management and organizational development area, MBA programs, , Israel

2006- 2013 Associate Professor, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

1991- 2006 Senior Lecturer, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

2001-2003 Dean, School of Social Sciences and Management, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

2001(summer) Visiting Professor, Department of Human Resources, Business School, University of South Queensland, Australia

1 2000 Visiting Professor, Department of Management, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg University, Sweden

1997 Visiting Professor, Department of Management, College of Business, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA.

1995-1999 Head, Department of Business Administration, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

1997-2003 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Coventry University, Israel, Ruppin Campus

1993-2009 Senior Guest Lecturer, School of Business Administration, , Israel

1987-1991 Lecturer, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

1987-1997 Academic Director of the Human Resources Development Programs, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

1987-1992 Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel

1984-1987 Director of the Israeli Industry STS Consulting Group, Affiliated to the Kibbutz Industry Association (K.I.A.).

1981-1983 Human Resources Manager, Kibbutz Hatzor.

1978-1980 Chairman of the Young Leadership and Student Activities, Mapam (The United Workers' Party in Israel).

1976-1978 Spokesman for Mapam Party (The Israeli United Workers’ Party), covering all activities and initiatives taken by the party representative in the Israeli Government, Parliament and the Histadrut.

1975-1976 Director of Socio-Cultural Activities and Teacher of Social Sciences, “Tsafit” Regional High School.

1970-1972 Manager of the Quality Assurance Department, “Omen” Metal Factory.

1968-1970 Counselor for Foreign Students Program, Kibbutz Hatzor.

Professional activities

a) Professional functions in Academic Administration

2013-present Chairman, Teaching Committee, Faculty of Business Administration, College of Law and Business

2013-present Member, Academic Council, College of Law and Business

2013-present Member, Nomination Committee, College of Law and Business

2010- 2013 Member, Nomination Committee, Lander Institute, The Jerusalem Academic Center

2009-2013 Member, Academic Council, Lander Institute, The Jerusalem Academic Center

2 2010-2011 Member, Nomination Committee, School of Economics and Business Administration, Ruppin Academic center

2006-2010 Member, Academic Council, Ruppin Academic Center

2006-2007 Chairman, Strategy Formulation Committee, Business Administration Department

2005 Chairman, Strategy Formulation Committee, School of Social Sciences & Management, Ruppin Academic Center 2004 Chairman, Student Regulations Committee, Ruppin Academic Center 2003-2010 Member, Teaching Committee, Department of Business Administration, Ruppin Academic Center 2001-2004 Member, Academic Council, Ruppin Academic Center 2001-2003 Member, Executive Management, Ruppin Academic Center 2001-2003 Chairman, Executive and Academic Management Committee, School of Social Sciences & Management, Ruppin Academic Center

2001-2003 Chairman, Faculty Council, School of Social Sciences & Management, Ruppin Academic Center

2000-2003 Member, MBA Program Committee, School of Social Sciences & Management, Ruppin Academic Center

2000-2001 Member, Disciplinary Committee, School of Social Sciences & Management, Ruppin Academic Center 1997-2003 Member, Board of Trustees, Ruppin Academic Center

1997-2003 Member, Planning and Development Committee, Ruppin Academic Center 1992-1995 Chairman, Organizational Structure Committee, Ruppin Academic Center 1995-2001 Member, Teaching Committee, Executive BBA Program, Ruppin Academic Center 1995-2000 Member, Marketing Committee, Ruppin Academic Center 1995-1999 Chairman, Teaching Committee, Department of Business Administration, Ruppin Academic Center

b) Professional functions - National and International

2005-2008 Academic Director, Advanced course on Managerial Approaches, The Israel Management Center

2005-present Member, Sociotechical Roundtable (STS RT) committee for updating teaching, research and implementation method and tools for STS

2000-2003 Member, European Committee for Development of Advanced E-learning Programs (ComSoft) 2002-2009 Academic director, International training programs for Agro-Business, Mashav – Israel Center for International Cooperation (affiliated with Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Agriculture)

3 2000-2002 Member, Committee for Design of International Advanced Training Programs on Management, Mashav -Israeli Center for International Cooperation (affiliated with Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Agriculture)

1999-2002 Academic Chairman, Managerial Training Programs for Non-profit Organizations in Israel 1998-2004 Academic Chairman, Israeli Organization & Management Consultants Forum 1986-1988 Member, Robotics & Automation Committee, Kibbutz Industry Association 1986-1988 Member of Kaplan Prize Committee, Israeli Institute of Productivity & Production with Ministry of Labor & Israeli Industrial Association 1985-1988 Member, Advisory Committee for QC, STS & TQM, Israeli Institute of Productivity & Production

1985-1987 Member, Technological Education Committee, Union of Kibbutz Movements

c) Significant professional contributions

1. Implementation in Israel of advanced managerial approaches 1984-present Leadership and involvement in the implementation of advanced managerial approaches and mainly the Sociotechnical Systems (STS) approach in Israel. This activity includes imparting principles to top and middle level managers, consultants and students by means of lectures, courses, seminars and publication of professional articles. In addition, consultancy and organization guidance in the adoption and application of STS and advanced managerial approaches, including the design of mechanisms for the implementation process. Collaboration with colleagues from universities all over the world mainly in developing STS concept and intervention tools. Taking active part in international conferences and guiding seminars and workshops on this topic in academic and professional institutions in Israel and abroad

2. Innovation and design of academic programs, courses and pedagogic methods: (a) Founding, designing and heading of new academic programs: At the Ruppin Academic Center: Department of Business Administration, including its three majors (marketing, information systems and human resource management and organizational development), and unique first-of-its kind in Israel, executive BA program in Business Administration

At Lander Institute, The Jerusalem Academic Center: MBA program and a Special BA program in Business Administration for Extreme Orthodox Religious Jews ("Haredim") taught in separate campus

(b) Developing of new courses: “Sociotechnical systems as an organizational-managerial approach”, “Advanced managerial approaches”, “Business strategy and human resource management” and, “Organizational learning and continuous improvement”.

(c) Adopting new pedagogic and teaching methods mainly by promoting an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to management studies and by putting emphasis on teamwork and team spirit as part of the educational perspective.

d) Membership in professional and scientific societies

Member, American Academy of Management Divisions of: HRM, OB, OD & Managerial Consultation

4 Member, EGOS – European Group for Organizational Studies Member. STS RT – Sociotechnical Round Table Member, The Israeli Management Center

e) Paper Reviewing and Dissertation Assessing

Reviewing Manuscripts for Presentation Consideration for the Academy of Mangagement Annual Conferences Reviewing and Assesing MBA, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Proposals and Thesis.

Educational Activities Courses Taught

Advanced Managerial Approaches: Principles and Implementation (BA & MA course)

Business Strategy and Human Resources Policy (BA and MA course)

Change, Consultancy and Intervention in Organizations (MA course)

Organizational Learning (BA and MBA course)

Consultation and Intervention Processes in Organizations (MBA course)

Human Resource Management Strategy (MBA course)

Integrative Seminar on Management and Organizational Development (MBA seminar)

Managing Organizational Change (BA course and seminar) Manufacturing Strategy (B.Sc. course) Sociotechnical Systems (BA&MA course and BA seminar).

Managerial Approaches for Engineers (B.Sc. course). Methods and Tools for Human Resources Management. (BA course)

Managerial Approaches for Accountants (BA course)

Community and Public activities

1997-2001 Representative of the public in corporate directorates

1977-1981 Member, Executive Committee, Zionist World Organization.

1977-1981 Member, Executive Committee, Israeli Zionist Council.

1980-1982 Member, Secretariat of Kibbutz Hatzor.

1979-1982 Member, Israel National Council for youth exchange with other countries.

5 1976-1979 Member, Secretariat of Student Organization, Histadrut Trade Union.

1972-1974 President of the Student’s Council, at Tel-Aviv University and Representative of the Students in the Senate, Board of Governors and the Central Committee of the University.

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

2004 Ruppin Academic Center, President's award for excellence in teaching.

2003 Ruppin Academic Center, Department of Business Administration. Best teacher of the year according to students' evaluation and the unit of quality assessment.

1991-1993 Tel-Aviv University, Department of Labor Studies, Best teacher of the year, according to students’ evaluation.

1990 Tel-Aviv University, Scholarship awarded by the Rector of the University and the Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty for excellence in Doctoral Studies.

1989 Scholarship for Doctoral Studies from the Histadrut Trade Union Organization.

1978-1980 Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dean's award for Academic Excellence throughout M.A. studies (each consecutive year).

1972-1974 Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dean's award for Academic Excellence throughout B.A. Studies (each consecutive year).

Publications a) Chapters in books

Mitki, Y., Herstein, R., & Jaffe, E.D. (2011) Repositioning a Destination brands at a time of crises: Jerusalem, in Morgan, N., Pritchard, A. and Pride, R. (Eds.) Destination Brands, Managing Place Reputation, Ch. 24, pp.335-346, Elsevier.

Mitki, Y. (2003) Development Processes, Learning and Competitiveness, in Shani A.B. and Docherty P. (Eds.), Learning by Design, Ch. 6, pp. 106-126, Blackwell Pub. b) Referred articles

Berger, R., Herstein, R. & Mitki. Y. (2013) Guanxi: The Evolutionary Process of Management in China, International Journal of Strategic Change Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp 30-40.

Mitki, Y. & Herstien, R. (2012) El Al Soars from Crisis to Success: Top Management Lead Learning Process, Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 26, no.2, pp. 31-33

Mitki, Y. & Herstien, R. (2011) From Crisis to Success: Three Case Studies in Organizational Learning, The Learning Organization, Vol. 18, No.6, pp. 454-467.

Hertien, R. & Mitki, Y. (2009) Lessons from Fattals Hotel Management Group: The Transition from a Branded to an Endorsement Corporate Identity, Strategic Direction, Vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 6-8

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Mitki, Y. & Herstien, R. (2009) El AL Improves Service Quality without Turbulence from Employees, Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 17, no.2, pp. 30-32.

Herstein, R., Mitki, Y., & Jaffe, E.D. (2008) Corporate Image Reinforcement in an Era of Terrorism through Integrated Marketing Communication, Corporate Reputation Review, Vol.11, No.4, pp.360-370.

Herstein, R. & Mitki, Y. (2008) Communicating a New Corporate Image during Privatization: The Case of El-Al Airlines, Corporate Communications, Vol. 4, pp. 380-393.

Herstein, R. & Mitki, Y. (2008) How El Al Airlines Transformed its Service Strategy with Employee Participation, Strategy and Leadership, Vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 21-25.

Herstein, R., Mitki, Y., & Jaffe, E.D. (2008) Promoting the Fight against Breast Cancer with IMC Strategy: The Case of the Israeli Cancer Association.International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing. Vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 63-75.

Herstein, R. & Mitki, Y. (2008) From Branded to Endorsement Corporate Identity Strategy: The Case of Fattals Hotel Management, Tourism Review, Vol.63, no. 3, pp. 48-56.

Mitki, Y., Shani A.B, & Stjernberg T. (2008) Leadership, Development and Learning Mechanisms: System's Transformation as a Balancing Act, Leadership and Organization Development, Vol. 29, no. 1, pp.68-84.

Mitki, Y., Herstien, R. & Jaffe, E. D. (2007) Learning Mechanism for Designing Corporate Identity in the Banking Industry. International Journal of Bank marketing, Vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 452-468.

Herstien, R., Mitki, Y. & Jaffe, E. D. (2007) From Blueprint to Implementation: Communicating Corporate Identity for the Hotel Industry. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 485-494.

Mitki, Y. & Hersrein, R. (2007) Innovative Training in Designing Corporate Identity. Industrial and Commercial Training Journal, Vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 174-179.

Shani, A.B. & Mitki, Y. (2000) Creating the Learning Organization: Beyond Mechanisms in R.T. Golembiewski (ed.), Handbook of Organizational Consultation, Ch. 117, pp. 911-919, New-York, NY: Marcel Daker Publication, 2nd edition.

Mitki, Y., Shani A.B. & Stjernberg, T. (2000) A Typology of Change Programs: A Road Map to Change Programs and their Differences from a Global Perspective, in R.T. Golembiewski (ed.), Handbook of Organizational Consultation, Ch. 102, pp. 777-785, New-York, NY: Marcel Daker Publication, 2nd edition.

Mitki, Y., Shani, A.B. & Me'eri, Z. (1997) Organizational Learning Mechanisms and Continuous Improvement: A Longitudinal Study, The Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol.10, No. 5, pp. 426-446.

Shani, A.B. & Mitki, Y. (1996) Reengineering, Total Quality Management and Sociotechnical Systems Approaches to Organizational Change: Towards an Eclectic Approach?, Journal of Quality Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.131-145.

Mitki, Y. (1996) Sociotechnical Characteristics, Efficiency and Satisfaction in the Production Department of the Kibbutz Industry, Megamot, Behavioral Sciences Quarterly, Vol. 36 No. 4, pp. 408-434 (In Hebrew).

7 Mitki, Y. & Shani, A.B. (1995) Cultural Challenges in TQM Implementation: Some Learning From the Israeli Experience, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp.161-170.

Shani, A.B., Mitki, Y., Krishnan, R. & Grant, R. (1994) Roadblocks in Total Quality Management Implementation: A Cross Cultural Investigation, Total Quality Management Journal, Vol. 5., No. 6, pp.407- 416.

c) Papers submitted for publication in refereed journals

Mitki, Y. & Shani, A.B. Managing Sociotechnical System Redesign, New Capabilities and Learning Mechanisms, Submitted for publication in Journal of Organizational Change Management

d) Non-refereed professional articles

Mitki Y. (2001) Continuous Organizational Improvement as a Lever for Managerial Success, Management, 137, January 2001, pp. 16-20 (in Hebrew).

Mitki, Y. (2000) Implementing Managerial Approaches in the 21 Century: From Sewing a Button towards Designing a Costume, Status, 107, pp. 38-40 (in Hebrew).

Herstien R. & Mitki, Y. (2000) Building Corporate Brand Names as a Competitive Lever: The Concept and its Application, Executive, June-July 2000, pp. 6-12.

Shani, A.B. & Mitki, Y.(1997) Learning Organization: The Challenge for Managers, Executive , pp. 48-52 April- May (In Hebrew).

Mitki Y. & Shani A.B. (1997) Learning Organization and Human Resources Management, Human Resource Management Journal, 113, pp. 6-10 (In Hebrew).

Mitki Y. & Shani A.B. (1995) Organizational Learning as a Lever for Business Success, Nihul, Israeli Managers’ Magazine, 105, pp.11-17, (in Hebrew).

Mitki, Y. (1995) Total Quality Management and its Effect on Economical-Organizational Results: Some Lessons and Temporary Conclusions from the Israeli Experience, Organizational Development in Israel, Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 29-38, (In Hebrew).

Presentations a) Presentations of papers at international conferences (published abstracts)

Herstein, R., Mitki, Y. and Berger, R. (2013) 'Cities for Sale: How Cities Can Attract Tourists by Creating Events', International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February.

Herstein, R., Mitki, Y. & Berger, R. (2012) Can Companies From Emerging Countries Leverage their Brand by Place Branding?, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June.

8 Berger, R., Herstein, R. & Mitki, Y. (2012) Expected Changes in Far-Eastern Management Philosophy The case of the Future of Chinese Guanxi Based on the Israeli Diamond Industry', 3rd National Conference on “Innovation and Challenges in Management Practices, New Delhi, India, February.

Herstein, R. & Mitki, Y.(2011) Integrated Marketing Communication Strategy in Promoting the Corporate Image of NPO's under Crisis, paper accepted for presentation at the SIBR Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research, Bangkok , Thailand, June.

Mitki, Y. & Herstein, R. (2010) Learning Mechanisms in Designing Corporate Branding in Turbulent Environments, paper presented at the 2010 Global Marketing Conference, Tokyo, Japan, September.

Mitki, Y., Herstein, R. & Jaffe, E.D. (2009) Repositioning a Destination in a Time of Crises: The Case of Jerusalem, paper presented at the Second Annual Asian City Forum, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China, August.

Herstein, R. & Mitki, Y. (2008) Sport and Health Hospitality: A New Challenge for Eastern European Tourism, International Conference - Tourism in the New Europe Global Challenges – Regional Answers, Warsaw, Poland, November.

Mitki, Y. & Shani, R. (2008) Longitudinal Study of Sociotechnical System Redesign: A Case of a Rubber Plant, paper presented at the International STS Roundtable Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, October.

Mitki, Y. & Herstein, R. (2006) Learning Mechanism for Designing Corporate Identity: Lessons from "Peilim" and Conceptual Framework, presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August.

Mitki, Y. (2005) STS Implementation in Israel: Some Lessons, Thoughts and Challenges, presented at the International STS Roundtable Meeting, Montreal, Canada, October.

Mitki, Y. Stjernberg , T. & Shani, A.B. (2000) Triggering Events, Balancing Acts, Dialogue and the Elite roll in Managing Transformation: Some Lessons from a Longitudinal Study, paper presented at the 6th International Conference of the Kibbutz Researchers, Ruppin Institute for Higher Education, Israel, May.

Mitki, Y. & Stjernberg, T. (1999) From Ideological Collectivism to a Welfare Village: Managing System- wide Transformation as a Balancing Act in Kibbutz Shefayim”, paper presented at the 15th EGOS Colloquium, Warwick University, Coventry, UK, July.

Mitki, Y. (1999) Continuous Improvement and Organizational Learning: Challenges and Implications on the Human Resource Development in the 21 Century, paper presented at the 4th National Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, Jerusalem, November.

Mitki, Y. & Shani, A.B.(1996) Systems in Transition: Emerging Paradoxes and Trends, paper Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, August.

Mitki, Y. & Shani, A.B.(1995) Parallel Learning Systems and Continuous Improvements: A Longitudinal Study, paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August.

Mitki, Y., Shani, A.B. & Stjernberg, T.(1995) Systems in Transition: From Total to Focused, and from Local to System - Wide Approaches to Change, paper presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July.

9 Mitki, Y., Stjernberg, T. & Shani, A.B. (1995) The Kibbutz in Transition: Current Trends and Dilemmas, paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Communal Studies Association, Efal Campus, Israel, June.

Mitki, Y. & Shani, A.B. (1995) Cultural Challenges in TQM Implementation: Some Learning from the Israeli Experience, paper presented at the Western Academy of Management, San Diego, USA, April.

Shani, A.B. & Mitki, Y. (1994) Reengineering, Total Quality Management and Sociotechnical Systems Approaches to Organizational Change: Towards an Eclectic Approach, paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, USA, August.

Mitki, Y. (1994) Continuous Improvement and Learning Systems: The Case of a Paper Mill, paper presented at the 10th International conference of the Israeli Association for Quality, Jerusalem.

Shani, A.B., Mitki, Y., Krishnan, R. & Grant, R. (1994) Roadblocks in TQM Implementation: A Cross Cultural Investigation, paper presented at the Western Decision Sciences Institute 23rd Annual Conference, Maui, Hawaii, April.

Mitki, Y. (1993) Sociotechnical Characteristics, Efficiency and Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation in Production Departments of the Kibbutz Industry, presentation at the 4th Conference of the Kibbutz Researches, Givat - Haviva, Israel, December.

b) Presentations at informal international seminars and workshops

Mitki, Y. (2009). Learning mechanisms in City Image Creation. Lecture given at the Annual meeting of the Asian City Forum, organized by the Communication University of China, Changchun, Jilin, China, August.

Mitki, Y. (2008). Strategy, Marketing and Management in Developing new Projects and Products in Agribusiness. International course held at the Maizube Abu-Turab International Training Center, Niger State, Nigeria, January. Mitki, Y. (1994) Cultural Challenges in TQM Implementation: Some Lessons From the Israeli Experience, paper presented at International Seminar on Organizational Models - Cultural Reflections, Center for Managerial Studies, Business School, City University, London, England, March.

Mitki, Y. (1987) Dissemination of Sociotechnical Systems Ideas or How to Learn from Good Examples, paper presented at the Einar Thorsrud Memorial Symposium and Workshop, Oslo, Norway, June.

c) Presentations at Universities and academic Institutions

Mitki, Y. (2009). Agribusiness in an Era of Globalization: Human resource management, Organizational configurations, Quality and continuous improvement in new product or project development. Lectures given at a Course organized by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and the Israeli embassy in Beijing, Changyang city, Lioning province, China, July.

Mitki, Y. (2005) Managerial Aspects of Agribusiness Development and Rural Entreprenurship, National Seminar organized by An Giang University, Long Xuyen, An Giang Province, Vietnam, September

Mitki, Y. (2004) Advanced Managerial Approaches for Modern Agribusiness projects and Entrepreneurship, National Seminar organized by the University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, July.

10 Mitki, Y. (2003) Entrepreneurship in an Era of Globalization: The Role of Quality, Continuous Improvement and Customer Focused in the Execution of New Projects, National seminar for Planning and Implementation of Rural Projects , University of Nitra and the National Institute for Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia, May.

Mitki, Y. (2001) Organizational Learning: from Theory to Practice, Faculty summer seminar, School of Business, University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia, October.

Mitki, Y. (2001) Learning by Design: Some Lessons from the Israeli Experience, National Seminar for researchers, Maejo University, Chiang-Mai, Thailand, May.

Mitki, Y. (2000) Measuring Organizational Learning: Practical and Methodological Aspects, Presented at a seminar on Measuring and Evaluating of Planned Interventions, Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI), Sweden, June.

Mitki, Y. (2000) Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workforce, Faculty and Ph.d. Students Seminar, School of Business, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, May.

Mitki, Y. (1997) The Implementation of STS Principles in Educational Settings, Seminar given to academic staff at the departments of Agriculture and Management, Lioning Agricultural University, Shen-Yang, China, August.

Mitki, Y. (1997) The University as a Learning Organization, Lecture given to faculty, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students at the School of Engineering, Coventry University, England, July.

Mitki, Y. (1995) Advanced Managerial Approaches, Seminar given to department chairs, University of Moscow, Russia, September.

Mitki, Y. (1994) The Role of Organizational Learning in the Implementation of New Managerial Approaches, Paper presented at the Annual Israeli Conference of Human Resource Managers, Zichron Y’akov, Israel, October.

Mitki, Y. (1990) Factors that Aid and Factors that Hinder Designing Military Systems Based on STS Principles, Paper presented in a National Seminar of Psychologists & Organizational Consultants of the Israeli Defense Forces (I.D.F.)., Tel-Aviv, Israel, June.

Mitki, Y. (1988) The Uniqueness of the STS Approach in Developing Human Resources and Improving Organizational Effectiveness, Presented in a Seminar on “Selected Issues on Personnel Management and Labor Relations”, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, May.

Mitki, Y. (1988) The Israeli Experience of STS Implementation, Paper presented in Israeli Managers Symposium, School of Business, Tel Aviv University, Israel, February.

Mitki, Y. (1987) Worker’s Participation in Scandinavian Countries: Achievements and Problems, Paper presented at P.A.N. Annual Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, September.

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