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Practice Theme Committee Call for submissions

  • 1.  Practice Theme Committee Call for submissions

    Posted 10-20-2007 10:04
    Posted by administrator on behalf of Kuo Yu (kuoyu@haas.berkeley.edu)

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    From: Kuo-Hui Frank Yu [mailto:kuoyu@haas.berkeley.edu]
    Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:38 PM
    To: bhilton@pace.edu
    Cc: Kuo-Hui Frank Yu
    Subject: Practice Theme Committee Call for submissions
    Dear Division and Interest Groups,

    Please see attached for the PDW call of submissions from the Practice
    Theme Committee for the 2008 AoM Conference. Given the importance of
    practice to the theme “The Questions We Ask,” we encourage you to
    consider the PTC as a sponsor or co-sponsor for your submission.

    Best, Kuo Yu

    PTC PDW Chair

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    Practice Theme Committee (PTC)
    Professional Development Workshops
    Annual Meetings Academy of Management, August 8-13, 2008
    (August 8-10 for PDW presentations) Anaheim, California

    November 15th Deadline http://submissions.aomonline.org/2008

    Call for Proposals
    The Practice Theme Committee is of strategic importance to the Academy
    of Management and spans across all Divisions and Interest Groups of the
    Academy. It aims 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.
    This year’s theme “The Questions We Ask” encourages us to
    self-reflectively examine the assumptions behind current questions that
    inform our practices in research and teaching. It also invites us to
    self-critically acknowledge the forces barring untapped questions. We
    invite you to take the challenge that a practice perspective offers to
    engage with questions such as:
    1. What is practice and why does it matter in Organization Science?
    2. How do theory-driven questions compare to practice-driven questions?
    How can they be connected if the knowledge generated is to have impact?
    3. What research methodologies are better suited for investigating
    organizational and management practices? How can practice as a
    methodology shape future management research and develop new ways of
    learning and teaching?
    4. What knowledge (episteme, techne, phronesis) most influences our
    actions? When is phronesis (practical judgment) most critical? Can it be
    developed, for example, to influence leadership practice?
    We encourage exciting, innovative, and interdisciplinary workshops
    involving both researchers and practitioners and elucidating the link
    between theory and practice. Please note that the “Rule of Three”
    applies for the 2008 PDW program.
    If you like to discuss your ideas prior to submitting, please contact
    Elena Antonacopoulou (eagnosis@liv.ac.uk), PTC Chair or Kuo Frank Yu
    (KuoYu@Haas.Berkeley.Edu) PTC, PDW Chair.


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