Mary Dawn Eipeldauer Oak Ridge National Lab

Event Info

Title:  Experience at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria

Date: Sept 8, 2008
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm

Abstract

Importance of understanding: (1) culture shock, (2) the IAEA organization environment: the multi lingual environment, the cultural differences, and the politics, (3) new requirements at the IAEA for the inspectors and modifications to the basic inspector training, (4) the skill gap and the implication of the gap, (5) the opportunity to provide practical training and a systematic approach, and (6) interpersonal skill development work that I was tasked to perform.