AOM 2005 CMS Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

The Critical Management Studies (CMS) Interest Group welcomes suggestions, offers of contributions and formal proposals for its 2005 PDW.

We particularly encourage ideas which acknowledge the location and theme of this year’s conference, and which foster professional development in reflecting on global issues past and present,  empire(s) to globalization(s) and the local engagements with them of managers, management, and of critical communities.

We also are keen as part of the PDW to foster engagements with specific managerial disciplines and subdisciplines, to enter into dialogues with other divisions and interest groups, and not least to submit ourselves to the critical gaze that we let play on others.

Finally, we recognize the importance of professional development in its traditional sense, and would love to hear suggestions about sharing emergent ideas and methodologies in Critical Management Studies, about approaches to its teaching, and about work and career issues for doctoral, early career and more established faculty, and indeed for non-academic sympathizers with CMS.

Please feel free to come up with and suggest ideas even if they fall short of a formal proposal – particularly if your previous engagement with CMS IG and its PDW’s have been limited – we are always keen to hear new and different perspectives.

Although there is a deadline of October 29 2004 for formal proposals, submitted directly to Bill Cooke, please do contact him with suggestions and ideas at any level of development, on cooke.cmsig@umist.ac.uk beforehand (the sooner the better).

Formal proposals should include:  

1. title,

2. description of the workshop and activities

3. a very brief indication of its relevance to CMS

4. time requirements of the workshop (v)submitter (contact person) and Presenter(s) information, including name, affiliation, address, phone, fax, and e-mail for each person(vi) other division/Interest Groups which migh co-sponsors  and why. But you are advised to contact Bill Cooke before you get to this stage.

AOM 2005 MC Division Professional Development Workshop Series: Call for Proposals 

 

The Professional Development Workshop series (PDW) of the Management Consulting Division (MC) is a platform for sharing knowledge and expertise about the profession and practice of management consulting, including teaching and research on consulting. The PDW series allows for the in-depth exploration of a range of consulting related issues with enthusiastic and experienced colleagues in a congenial setting.  

The 2005 MC Division PDW series will be organized into several tracks including:

Global Consulting in the 21st Century  - This 2005 PDW theme track will feature a panel of experienced consultants discussing global issues.  Practicing consultants who would like to be considered for the panel are asked to send a brief description of global consulting experiences. Following the panel discussion, we are planning to create specialized small group spaces, or communities of practice in a number of management consulting practice areas* such as:

• Strategy
• OD
• IT
• HR
• Leadership development and coaching
• Career counseling
• etc.

*We are soliciting proposals from Academy members who are interested in playing a leadership role in such an effort. Please send a brief description of your expertise.
Consulting Skills - Experienced consultants who would like to provide a skills development training workshop for either the basic skills track or the advanced skills track are asked to send a description of a two hour session.
Teaching Consulting - Volunteers are sought for a panel to address the challenges of teaching consulting. Please send a brief description of your teaching and curriculum development experience.
Research in Consulting - Proposals are sought for presentations on and about consulting research (how to do research, issues in need of research, where to publish).  
Participants and proposals from other divisions are welcome; particularly those involved in the related consulting specialties mentioned above. Please send submissions and any questions you may have to Susan Adams, Bentley College (sadams@bentley.edu ).

AOM 2005 MOC Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

 The Management and Organizational Cognition Division (MOC) encourages the submission of your creative ideas for PDW sessions.  We encourage you to consider the conference theme -- A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century – as you create your PDW proposal.  Other timely issues, such as identity, image, sensemaking, shared cognition, perceptual processes, cognitive maps and structures, and countless others are also welcomed as PDW topics.  PDW formats are flexible. 

To submit your MOC PDW proposal, please download and fill out the PDW submission form located at:  http://aomweb.pace.edu/moc/

Then e-mail your completed form as an attachment to Mary Waller at mwaller1@tulane.edu by November 15, 2004.

AOM 2005 OM Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

Operations Management (OM) Division invites submissions that would contribute to the advancement of OM field for professional development workshops (PDW) at the 2005 Annual Meeting at Honolulu.  PDW sessions will be scheduled for August 5 through August 7, 2005.  PDW proposals that are developed jointly with other divisions/groups and/or that reflect the Conference theme, “A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century,” are particularly welcome.  On August 6, 2005, a Doctoral Consortium Research Incubator will be held intended to provide opportunities to doctoral students to discuss their research with distinguished OM scholars.  Scholarships may be available for qualified students.  For more information about OM Division please visit http://aom2.pace.edu/om/  

AOM 2005 ODC Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

"A New Vision of Management in the 21^st Century" is the theme for the 2005 AOM conference.  Please utilize this opportunity to submit creative and challenging PDWs that explore how our field of ODC can shape a new vision of management. 

PDWs' are a platform for colleagues to share knowledge and expertise and foster the development of workshop participants.  Coordinated by the Academy's many divisions, interest groups, and theme committees, PDW sessions are different from regular academy sessions in that they can have a
longer time frame and use a more interactive/participative format.

Note that PDW space is limited, so PDW proposals that are co-sponsored by several divisions or interest groups are encouraged as we can share room allocations. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a PDW session to be sponsored by the ODC division please make sure that all proposals include:

1. The Workshop Title
2. Full description of the workshop and activities
3. Time requirements of the workshop
4. Submitter (contact person) and Presenter(s) information, including name,
     affiliation, address, phone, fax, and e-mail for each person.
5. Division/Interest group sponsors being solicited and why

Please send submissions and any questions you may have to Michael Manning @ mmanning@nmsu.edu.  Please note:  Michael will be on sabbatical for fall 2004 so please contact via email during this time)

AOM 2005 OCIS Division Professional Development Workshops:  Call for Proposals

Deadline for Submissions: November 8, 2004

Proposals are invited for the pre-conference professional development workshops (PDW) to be held at the upcoming Academy of Management Meeting in Honolulu. The theme of the 2005 AOM conference is “A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century” and the OCIS Division will accommodate this theme during the PDW, with an emphasis on with on the use, management, value, or role of organizational communications or information technologies in supporting a new vision of management for the 21^st century.

Professional Development Workshops are scheduled between 1 PM August 5 (Friday) and Noon August 7, 2005 (Sunday). The PDW portion of the AOM is an opportunity to be innovative, to discuss questions that are unresolved, to share best practices in teaching, scholarship, research, and practical application of ideas, to go outside the conference hotel and explore “live case experiences,” to discuss and debate, and to organize the kind of novel sessions that you always wished you could attend at the Academy. 

PDW sessions can take a number of forms: workshop, invited speaker, panel discussion, town hall meeting, debate, tour, keynote address, reception, etc.  For instance, both the Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium are OCIS-sponsored PDWs that will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2005. We welcome traditional, as well as nontraditional formats and ideas.  In particular, we encourage proposals that:

- relate to the conference theme
- are innovative
- are cross-divisional, jointly sponsored by two or more AOM divisions
- feature Ph.D. students, junior faculty, as well as “veterans”
- include non-US based colleagues
- feature colleagues from a variety of disciplines
- include practitioners, as well as academics

All PDW organizers will be required to submit a formal proposal, preferably by email to the OCIS PDW Chair, Ulrike Schultze (uschultz@mail.cox.smu.edu), by no later than Nov. 8, 2004. However, we encourage organizers to contact the PDW Chair by early October so that we can work with you to develop a successful submission.  Proposals will be evaluated according to their ability to draw an audience (esp. OCIS members), as well as the criteria listed above (e.g., fit with conference theme, innovative, cross-divisional, etc).  

If you are unable to submit your proposal via email, please fax or mail your proposal (in time for it to reach its destination by Nov. 8) to Ulrike Schultze at the address above.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

All proposals should be 2-3 pages in length and must include:

• The PDW Session Title

• Summary of the activity and session objectives

• Relevance of the session to OCIS Division members and member of other AOM divisions

• Names, affiliations and titles of the organizer(s) and other presenters

• Address, phone/fax and email of organizer(s) and other presenters

• Desired length of time for the session

• Preferred date and time for the session

• Anticipated audience size and composition

• Desired room arrangement (e.g. lecture style, banquet rounds, etc.)

• Need for any specialized equipment (anything beyond the standard set up will require separate funding)

• Whether the session is open to all or requires advance registration

• Whether the session will charge a fee or activity charge

• Names and affiliations of sponsors who will provide funds for the session (if applicable)

AOM 2005 ONE Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

Organizations & the Natural Environment (ONE) is accepting all types of proposals. Be creative. Think about vision and the environment and about joint proposals with other groups. Lets take advantage of Hawai. Proposals that involve trips are encouraged. Lets get practioners involved. We can bring corporate executives to our meetings, government officials, representatives of NGOs, so be creative in your thinking!  The submission deadline is 11/15/04, but earlier submissions are encouraged.  If you'd like to discuss an idea before submission, please send an e-mail to Alfie Marcus at AMARCUS@csom.umn.edu.

AOM 2005 SIM Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

In the PDW program, Social Issue in Management (SIM) hopes to stress the overall 2005 AOM "A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century" theme.  In SIM as elsewhere, PDWs create forums for colleagues to share knowledge and expertise.  They have at least two  advantages over regular academy sessions in that they allow longer time frames and more interactive/participative formats.

PDW proposals that are co-sponsored by several divisions or interest groups are encouraged.

If you wish to submit a proposal for a PDW session to be sponsored by the SIM division please make sure that your proposal includes:

1. The title of the workshop.

2. A full description of the workshop and activities it contains

3. Time requirements of the workshop

4. Submitter (contact person) and Presenter(s) information, including name, affiliation, address, phone, fax, and e-mail for each person.

5. Any additional Division/Interest group sponsors being solicited, if any, and the rationale for doing so.

Please send your proposal to Tom Donaldson at SIM_Business@wharton.upenn.edu  by November 15.

AOM 2005 TIM Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

The TIM Division is looking for bold, interesting, provocative (you get the idea...) proposals for the pre-conference activities at the Academy of Management Meetings in Honolulu.  PDWs take place on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday leading up to the conference. The proposals can be for any type of session related to our area.  Many sessions in the past concerned helping the members of the Division, with tutorials, reviews of the latest research or methods, and panels on topics of interest to the membership.  We welcome such proposals, as well as joint sessions with other divisions and proposals for unusual, provocative, or controversial topics (related to TIM, of course!).

As TIM Division PDW Chair for the 2005 conference on the theme "A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century," I invite you to submit a proposal for a PDW. All proposals must be submitted via email (aomtimpdw@wharton.upenn.edu) as soon as possible, but no later than November 15, 2004.  Please email your proposal -- do not use regular mail.

Proposals will be selected on the basis of their 1) innovativeness, 2) currency and relevance to the division,  and/or 3) connection to the overall conference theme.

The proposal should include the following information in a 1-2 page memo:

1. Organizer's name, affiliation, address, phone/fax, and email

2. Session title

3. An outline of the proposed session, including a statement of planned activities, rationale for the workshop, and the target audience.

4. Proposed day (Fri., Sat., Sun) and time (from Friday 1 pm to Sunday noon), and estimated running time (sessions typically run anywhere between 2 and 4 hours)

5. Policy regarding participation (e.g., pre-registration, by invitation, no restriction).

6. Information on all facilitators:  name, affiliation, address, phone/fax, and email.

7. Suggestions for co-sponsoring divisions or interest groups.

8. Ideal room setup, including food and audiovisual requirements.

Historically, proposals that can be co-sponsored by multiple divisions are more likely to be accepted.  In addition, the earlier your proposal is submitted, the easier it is to obtain your preferred date and time.  All organizers will be informed of PDW decisions no later than December 10, 2004.

International Theme Committee Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

We encourage members of ITC to consider submitting a proposal for a PDW that will help us deepen and broaden interests and that will fit with the conference theme of "A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century".

We are seeking interactive and innovative workshops that foster the charge of the International Themes committee to:

• Internationalize the Academy as an organization.

• Help Academy members improve their understanding of the internationalization of business trade and other forms of organizational transactions.

• Encourage Academy members to become exposed to or provide exposure for organizational scholarship being conducted outside of the U.S.

• Assist the membership committee in its charge to expand internationally and to integrate international members into the Academy.

Collaboration with other committees and divisions is encouraged and most welcome.

If you have questions about submissions or suggestions for topics, please contact Claire A. Simmers, ITC PDW chair, simmers@sju.edu, ph:  610-660-1106.  Please note that the submission deadline is November 15, 2004, but early submissions are strongly encouraged.

 Practice Theme Committee Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) is focused on enhancing the inclusion of practice perspectives and issues within the Academy, the use of prctice and research in creating knowledge, the development and dissemination of useable knowledge, and the involvement of practice-scholars in our activities. We welcome proposals for innovative PDW sessions that pursue the above themes. We also welcome submissions of collaborative, academic-practitioner research projects that could benefit from discussion and assistance with others engaged in similar endeavors.

Teaching Theme Committee Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

 Drawing upon the theme of this year's conference, "A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century," the Teaching Theme Committee (TTC) encourages PDW submissions that explore ways that promote discussions and debates on the scholarship of teaching and learning, new approaches in pedagogy and in the delivery of our courses (including technology) as well as how management educators assess and evaluate learning and the transferability of new knowledge.  We welcome submissions that allow for collaboration between divisions that stimulate the cross-fertilization of ideas and innovations that expand our thinking, allowing us to envision new possibilities for our classrooms.