To all:
The due date for PDW proposals for the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, in Anaheim, is only two weeks away, November 15. A copy of the CALL sent to the list earlier is reproduced below, and I welcome inquiries about ideas for proposals. I would like to encourage submissions from SIM members, including proposals that feature support and participation from Divisions of the Academy other than the SIM. Please email a copy to me, in addition to submitting it in the new Academy online submission system.
You will see the the CALL appearing on all three listservs to which many of us subscribe, so apologies, as usual, for the cross-postings.
Barry
SOCIAL ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT (SIM)
Barry Mitnick, PDW Chair, University of Pittsburgh, mitnick@katz.pitt.edu
2008 SIM Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals The Social Issues in Management (SIM) division is seeking creative proposals for the PDW sessions (August 8-10, 2008) at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Anaheim. The theme of the conference, "The Questions We Ask," provides an excellent opportunity to examine the research achievements, domains, and boundaries of SIM and to promote communication and collaboration with colleagues doing SIM-oriented research in other divisions of the Academy. Consistent with the overall conference theme, we especially encourage submissions that:
o Critically and creatively examine the status, processes, and quality of theory-building in the core literatures of our field. Where has the field been; where is it going; what kinds of inquiry are likely to get us there? PDWs that actually aim to develop new theory - that can serve as incubators of new theory that builds on and/or integrates core theory in the field - are especially welcome.
o Critically assess what we really know - what has empirical work in our field really established about the behaviors of organizations, management, and societal actors relevant to what we study? Again, PDWs that act as incubators for new empirical research that extends knowledge in the core areas of our field are especially welcome.
o Critically assess the knowledge bases we have accumulated that permit and promote social repair: For example, do we know how to prevent unethical behaviors in organizations? Do we know how to design and manage systems of government-business interactions so as to prevent undue influences? Do we know how to ensure that firms do not shift costs to stakeholders unable to oppose that shifting? If one of the tasks of our field is to develop systematic knowledge about social issues in business, do we yet know, in effect, how to fix the world?
o Critically and creatively examine the dilemmas of publication in our field, and the reputational hazards that can attend careers focused on the research areas of our field. Can work in SIM that is housed in the business school ever be at home in the business school?
o Critically and creatively discuss the design of business education that includes the knowledge bases of our field. Are there ways to get beyond the debate over whether there should be a required course and how work in SIM topics should be integrated across the curriculum (in addition to required coursework)? Do we need to shift debate from educational process - what and how to teach -- to basic issues of outcomes - what should managers be able to do after being trained in our literature? How do we need to organize managerial training to ensure such outcomes?
In general, PDWs should seek to involve colleagues from other divisions. Because we must negotiate the use of a limited number of hours, it is always easier to schedule a PDW if it is jointly sponsored by two or more AOM divisions. Authors of proposals should try to arrange these ties so that they are explicit in their submissions.
The submission deadline is November 15, 2007 - but earlier submissions are encouraged because parts of the program may be filled on a rolling basis. For the first time this year, all submissions must be made online: http://submissions.aomonline.org/2008Please also email a copy of your proposal to Barry Mitnick at mitnick@katz.pitt.edu by November 15, 2007. Please contact Barry if you have any questions or would like to discuss possible proposals.
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Barry M. Mitnick, Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration and of Public and International Affairs
Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Fax: 412 648-1693
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