The PRACTICE THEME COMMITTEE seeks exciting, innovative, interdisciplinary workshops involving researchers and practitioners
for the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 3-7, Boston
(August 3-4, Friday-Saturday, for PDW presentations)
Online Submissions Due Date: January 10th, 2012 at 5:00 PM ET (New York time): http://submissions.aomonline.org/2012
PDW formats are highly flexible and can take the shape of workshops, panels, training sessions, etc. We seek creative and interactive proposals that would interest members of several academy divisions. It is a plus to include managers and/or consultants from firms, not-for-profit organizations, NGOs, and public sector organizations. While we encourage submissions on this year's theme, we are most interested in submissions that bring together presenters with deep experience in some arena of practice with researchers on the given area of practice for dialogue, learning from one another, and generating reflection and action among Academy members – whether or not they directly address the 2012 theme.
This year's conference theme, "The Informal Economy," provides a forum to address activities that are beyond the influence of the formal market, the regulations of official institutions, and the representations of authorized company flow charts or documents. Why and how does the informal economy matter, from the perspective of practice? In particular, we invite you to take the challenge that a practice perspective offers to engage with questions like:
- What are the work practices that differentiate the formal economy from the informal economy? How do we bridge theory and practice in understanding the cross-economy differences?
- How do volatility, uncertainty, and amorality in institutions encourage informal economic activities and practices? How do we co-create knowledge between practitioners and academics to understand the informal practices in relation to their environment?
- How do we foster the moral and the sacred in the leadership and management practices of the informal economy? How can we better understand the role of the "phronesis" in addressing 'mal-practice' and 'mis-management' in advancing greater accountability in research and practice?
- How do we advance management curricula, so that they address practice in a way that is relevant to both formal and informal aspects of the global economy?
The Practice Theme Committee was created by the Academy of Management to give practice a central focus in our deliberations, along with research and teaching. We aim to:
- Develop greater awareness of what practice means and how it can usefully inform our scholarship in terms of both research and teaching.
- Identify and profile exemplar initiatives that bridge the gap between theory and practice and engage practitioners and academics in the co-creation of knowledge.
- Create a platform for ongoing engagement with practitioners so that the knowledge we discover is relevant and has impact.
Please note that the "Rule of Three" applies for the 2012 PDW program. If you have any questions before submitting, please contact Kuo Frank Yu FrankYu@CityU.Edu.HK, PDW co-chair, and Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, kgschuyler@alliant.edu, PDW co-chair. Apologies for cross-posting!
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler
Alliant International University
One Beach Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone 415/955-2143
Academy of Management
PDW Co-Chair - Practice Theme Committee
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