Making AOM Sessions Exciting
There is a growing concern that the quality of AoM sessions is unbalanced.
While some sessions are interesting, others fail because
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presenters cannot convey key points,
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discussants don’t offer insightful comments, and/or
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the audience is not engaged.
While the field has evolved dramatically and the Academy has grown considerably,
presentations at the annual conference have changed little. A Professional
Development Workshop during the Chicago '99 Annual Meeting explored ways
of improving sessions so that our members find them interesting, informative,
and stimulating. The focus was on presenters, discussants, and the structure
of sessions.
The panel and audience provided quite a number of suggestions that are
listed on the downloadable PDF file below . The workshop was chaired by
Russell Coff (Emory U.) and Jing Zhou (Texas A&M U.). The panel included:
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Sally Blount-Lyon (U. of Chicago)
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Michael H. Lubatkin (U. of Connecticut and E.M. Lyon)
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Karl Weick (U. of Michigan)
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Edward J. Zajac (Northwestern U.)
Russell Coff and Jing Zhou have written the final report from this
PDW and we now make it available to all AoM members. Many of the ideas
have been around for some time but have not generally been adopted. The
key task at hand is how to diffuse the innovations. We highly recommend
reading this document when planning your sessions in Toronto 2000. Download
it here!
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