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1^st DHRUVA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON

Women Leadership in Organizations and Society

(IN COLLABORATION WITH SIMMONS COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT)

January 10, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dhruva College of Management (Dhruva) is happy to announce the 1^st International Conference on Women Leadership in Organizations and Society. 

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE ARE:

·       to provide a special forum to present and discuss research based knowledge among academicians, people from industry and practitioners on various issues related to  women leadership, specifically those related to the organizations in particular, and society in general. 

·        to discuss the status, enabling factors, and constraining factors, in the presence, well being, and advancement of women in the organizations and society, particularly in the emerging markets, and generally in and in comparison with the world markets.

·   to learn, share, and study how the pathways to women leadership are multidimensional, consisting of a number of elements that are interdependent to business, society, family, economics, politics, and culture; and how these elements complicate the journey of women leadership and advancement.

The conference provides a unique forum for discussing and debating multi-disciplinary research and practice, by bringing together researchers across academic institutions and industry people to find out the organizational best practices, societal changes, and leadership journeys of both exemplary women as well as next-door women in urban and rural settings, as well as local and global settings.    It also allows for discussion on the conferences on women leadership organized worldwide, for bringing about fundamental changes in the policy frameworks, organizational philosophies, and social attitudes, and for enabling mentors, role models, and peer networks for women.      

AREAS OF INTEREST/ SUB THEMES

Papers should broadly address the conference theme and the issues related to the Women Leadership, with respect to the organizations and the society, especially in relation to the emerging economies in the world.  The ideas should be based on original research, and case studies of regions, organizations, families, or individuals.  They could be on any of the aspects of Women leadership, but not necessarily limited to, the topics given below:

·   Barriers to women leadership (covering issues such as what are they, how valid are the myths about these barriers, how pervasive are they, how do they play out, why they exist and persist, what are their impacts, what has been done about it and what is being done). 

·   Macro Pathways to women leadership (what is being done by the society, families, government, NGOs, and organizations of various types and sizes, and in different regions and communities)      

·   Personal Pathways to women leadership(how well known and lay women are striving to make it, or have made it, or could make it, what are the challenges faced, how easy or difficult are these journeys, what makes these journeys easier or more difficult)       

·     History, Mythology, Religion, and Popular Culture, and impact on women leadership  (is history and mythology a liability or a source of power for women in India and in different communities; what role do the different religions in India play, what role do the everyday customs and media projection of gender play)       

·    Emerging changes in the role and attitudes of women, organizations, and societies (what changes are evident in the student body, in the workforce, in the soap operas, in the cinema, in the newspapers and magazines, in the advertising, and in general social life, with respect to women in particular and gender in general).        

·   Issues of state and national policy, international analysis, and comparative status and situation (including contribution in areas such as new technologies, globalization, legal aspects, environment and sustainability, ethical, and social issues, related to women and gender)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND PANEL DISCUSSION

The Conference will have two parts – morning and afternoon.   The morning session (10 am to 1 pm) will have the opening ceremony and paper presentations.  The afternoon session (2 to 4 pm) will have a panel discussion by a group of accomplished and eminent women.  

The afternoon panel will be a unique forum where some of the most accomplished women will speak candidly about what they have learned on their journeys to success. They will offer practical advice to aspiring women and men student leaders in general and budding women entrepreneurs in particular on the specific skills demanded by today's global marketplace. There will be opportunity to have a dialogue with the speakers during the panel discussion. Finally, there will be an encore discussion on the theme of "Leadership role models for women in Indian culture: How prevalent, How relevant?" It will all add up to an unforgettable day guaranteed to inform, inspire, and empower.

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Selection of papers for presentation and discussion will be based on abstracts of about 400 words. Abstracts must include a clear indication of the purpose of research, methodology, major results, implications, and key references. The author(s) should clearly mention under what area of interest of the conference the abstract is to be included. They should adhere to the following:

Length                                        300-400 words excluding title/cover page and references

Font Times New Roman            12 point

Spacing                                       1.5

Title page Title, author(s), affiliation(s), contact details

Abstracts will be blind reviewed by the experts and only those abstracts approved by the reviewers will be selected. A soft copy of the abstract in Microsoft Word for Windows should reach the convener of the conference not later than December 15, 2008. The electronic copy should be mailed to phshoukathali@gmail.com. Author(s) will be notified of acceptance by December 20, 2008. Acceptance of the abstract implies that at least one of the authors (if a paper is authored by more than one) will attend the conference and present the paper.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF SELECTED PAPERS

The electronic version of the paper should be mailed to phshoukathali@gmail.com at least by December 27, 2008. Papers must include a clear indication of the purpose, research methodology, major results, implications, and key references. They should adhere to the following:

Manuscript could be a research note/ case let of 2000-2500 words, or a full length paper of 4000-5000 words, excluding tables, graphs & charts.   All text should be in double space with 1-inch margins on all the sides using a Font Times New Roman of size 12.

The first page of the manuscript should have the title of the paper, name of the author(s), organizational affiliation, complete mailing address, phone number and E-mail address. Please do not indicate author name, affiliation, or any other such information in the manuscript elsewhere.

Second page of manuscript should have the abstract of 300 to 400 words to be published in Conference Papers. All tables, charts, and graphs should be prepared on separate sheets, after the references section, and numbered continuously in Arabic numerical as referred to in the text. The sources, wherever necessary, should be mentioned at the bottom.

Last page of the manuscript must have a brief autobiographical sketch of all the authors, about 100 words for each author.

References should be arranged in alphabetical order and use the APA Guidelines.

PAPER PRESENTATION COMPETITION

The resource persons desirous of participating in the Paper Presentation Competition will fill in the separate registration form.

The best paper will be awarded a Cash Denomination of Rs.10,000 

The papers will be evaluated on the following parameters:

Research content

Originality

Conceptive Clarity

Presentation Skills

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Last date for receiving abstracts December 15, 2008

Information about acceptance of abstracts: December 20, 2008

Last date for submission of final paper: December 27, 2008

Last date for registration for the conference: January 05, 2009

International Conference: January 10, 2009

VENUE

Dhruva College of Management,

Behind HUDA Oxygen Park,N.H:7

Medchal,Hyderabad-502401.

REGISTRATION DETAILS (conference Registration Form)

Corporate/ Industry

Rs. 1,000/-

Faculty/ Academicians

Rs. 500/-

Research Scholars/ Students/Budding entrepreneurs

Rs. 200/-

Note:

·   Registration fee is waived off for Faculty & Corporates in case their paper is accepted for   presentation.

·   The registration fee includes the conference kit, lunch, high-tea.  

PAYMENT MODE 

Demand draft in favor of Dhruva College of Management, payable at Hyderabad.  

CONTACT INFORMATION

CONVENERS

Chairman

Dhruva College of Management

drspratapreddy@gmail.com

Ph:040-24748153

91- 9949499669/9052092892

DHRUVA AT A GLANCE

Dhruva College of Management espousing the cause of management education, training, consultancy and research offers two year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Management approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt of India.

Dhruva has moved into its state-of-the-art new campus in the suburbs of Hyderabad.  It shares more than a thousand management graduates history.  Many of its alumni made a mark in various corporates across the world.

Dhruva has catapulted itself into the international league through initiative and organized work.  It is retained as the sole principal co-investigator for the state of Andhra Pradesh for Global Leadership & Organisational Behaviour Effectiveness (GLOBE) project of Wharton School of Business, USA.

Dhruva students are exposed to the wider world by way of industry internships, interface with academic and business leaders from all over the world and participation in management meets across the length and breadth of the country.

Dhruva believes in molding an average graduate student into a holistic manager-grounded in the knowledge of management functions as well as steeped in fundamental qualities such as drive, initiative, cultural sensitivity and readiness to see the world as his oyster.

Dhruva's pedagogy provides acquisition of practical and team building skills that arise from business simulations and team projects.  The first two trimesters cover the core curriculum subjects and in the remaining four one may specialize in twin electives from "an array" – Finance, Marketing, HRM, Systems or Production.  This apart there are audit courses such as a foreign language, BPR, CRM, ERP etc.  During the summer intervening the first and second year, students undergo 12-15 weeks of internship on in-company real-time research project.

Dhruva is truly a happening B-School.  Be it working on class room exercises, doing field studies, interacting with industry leaders or being socially responsive, Dhruva students are given ample opportunity to truly explore their innate capabilities and excel as global leader managers.

Besides offering the right kind of training, Dhruva also endeavours in making the students emotionally and spiritually strong.  Here it's not so much a matter of lvy League sophistication as its a culture of values and commitment to ethics & morals.