Dear AOM colleagues:
The AOM submission deadline is less than a week away. I hope that you are aware of the Academy's Diversity and Inclusion Theme Committee and considering submitting a PDW proposal to us. Below is the D&ITC call for proposals.
Warm regards,
Bernardo Ferdman, D&ITC PDW Chair, 2012 Conference
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION THEME COMMITTE (D&ITC)
The Diversity and Inclusion Theme Committee (newly formed in 2010) is charged with helping to ensure that the Academy fully supports and leverages the scholarly contributions of its diverse members and contributes to their professional development. Our mission is to provide learning and outreach opportunities across the Academy of Management that foster a more diverse and inclusive community in which all members are involved in, and contribute to, the growth and success of the organization. The Committee's work is guided by the following core values and principles: 1) Diversity is all of the multiple lines of difference that characterize our current and future membership; 2) Inclusion means that all members have the opportunity to be represented, to have their voices heard and valued, and to have influence on AOM; 3) Inclusion requires identifying and removing barriers to all members' full participation in the activities and decision-making of AOM; 4) The growth and success of AOM are dependent upon having a globally diverse perspective and broadening the scope and impact of our field; and 5) AOM will be strengthened and improved to the degree that we incorporate the knowledge and perspectives of its diverse membership and constituents.
The Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) are a platform for colleagues to share knowledge and expertise and support each other's professional growth, and so provide a perfect opportunity to develop innovative and creative workshops that will benefit Academy members and further the mission of the Diversity and Inclusion Theme Committee. The conference theme for 2012, The Informal Economy, reminds us that what happens in organizations extends well beyond what is formally described in organizational charts or documents. Similarly, the Academy of Management most likely has its own informal economy, one which surely has important implications for diversity and inclusion. For the D&ITC programming at the conference, we would like not only to contribute to the conference theme, but also to address the Committee's mission and to provide opportunities-through interactive workshops and/or other suitable events-to facilitate efforts to develop a more inclusive Academy. We thus encourage any PDW proposal that addresses D&ITC's central mission, in ways that support and bring life to our values and principles. We particularly welcome proposals of sessions that will attract participant interest and will be suitable for co-sponsorship with multiple divisions. In their proposals, submitters should make sure to address how they will disseminate information about their session and encourage attendance, participation, and engagement.
Some examples of the types of sessions we welcome are PDWs that:
- Seek ways to understand the current levels of inclusion and/or ways to enhance inclusion in the Academy.
- Enhance member knowledge and skills pertaining to diversity and inclusion, in their multi-faceted forms and manifestations.
- Help Academy leaders serve the diversity of member needs and backgrounds and foster more inclusion across multiple lines of diversity.
- Provide opportunities for positive and developmental interactions among members of diverse backgrounds, in ways that can lead to enhanced inclusion.
- Assist in the sharing of knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of the Academy's diverse membership.
PDW Chair: Bernardo M. Ferdman, Alliant International University, bferdman@alliant.edu
Annual Meeting website: http://annualmeeting.aomonline.org/2012
Submission website: http://submissions.aomonline.org/2012
Bernardo M. Ferdman, Ph.D. <bferdman@alliant.edu>
Professor, Organizational Psychology Programs
California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant International University (http://www.alliant.edu)
10455 Pomerado Rd., San Diego, CA 92131-1799, USA
Tel. +1 858 635-4408; Fax +1 858 635-4455
Webpage: <http://bernardoferdman.org>
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inclusion means everyone's voice matters. -B. Ferdman