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LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT STUDIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2008
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The LMSSSA2008 conference will be held in <st1:place><st1:city>
Accra</st1:city>
, <st1:country-region>
Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place>
, during the first two weeks in July 2008 specific dates to be announced; expected to adjoin the Academy of International Business 2008 <st1:place><st1:city>
Milan</st1:city>
, <st1:country-region>
Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>
, conference. The conference chairperson is:
Prof. Seth N. Buatsi, Dean, KNUST School of Business
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kumasi, Ghana
Phone: 233-51-63706/63707
Mobile: 233-20-8165101 or 233-24-3144845
Home: 233-51-63661/63662
Fax: 233-51-63708
snbuatsi@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">E-mail:snbuatsi@yahoo.co.uk
snbuatsi.ksb@knust.edu.gh" target="_blank">snbuatsi.ksb@knust.edu.gh
dean.ksb@knust.edu.gh" target="_blank">dean.ksb@knust.edu.gh
Website: www.knust.edu.gh/ksb
Professional Development Workshop Co-Ordinator:
Prof. Vipin Gupta
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Simmons</st1:placename>
College
Boston, <st1:state>
Massachusetts</st1:state>
02115
USA
+1-617-521-2409 (o)
+1-617-277-3692(h)
Email for LMSSSA PDWs: gupta05@gmail.com
WE INVITE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP PROPOSALS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
Think of conducting live case studies and local surveys with the help of the participants, and local companies/ organizations/ students in <st1:country-region><st1:place>
Ghana</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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RESEARCH METHODS
What kinds of research methods are most appropriate for studying Sub-Saharan Africa?
TEACHING
How should Sub-Saharan African management and leadership be taught in other nations? How management and leadership theories be taught in Sub-Saharan Africa? Are there certain non-Western pedagogies that might be of relevance to curriculum and program development in Sub-Saharan Africa? What about Western pedagogies?
PRACTICE
What role models and frameworks/ heuristics should the Sub-Saharan African organizations use? How should Western/foreign firms operate in Sub-Saharan Africa? How should Sub-Saharan African firms operate internationally? What are the implications for policy, and other practices?
The Structure of PDWs: Our goal is to make the PDW sessions highly interactive. PDWs' are not intended to be just another form of symposia. Rather, they should produce more in-depth analysis, discussion, and interaction. It is an opportunity to experiment with new models and ideas for sessions that might not fit within the confines of the regular program.
Some ideas from AOM PDWs include but certainly not limited to the following:
-Organize local tours or site visits to obtain "live case" experiences on a topic.
-Support a local charity by volunteering part of your participant time.
-Conduct "state of the art" discussions on your discipline.
- Organize debates on core issues involving your profession.
- Stage conversations that reflect pluralistic views and cultural orientations to research and on managerial issues.
- Sponsor demonstrations of computer technology-enhanced learning and research.
- Think of the kind of session you've always missed having.
- Interactive or role play sessions to improve a particular skill
- Town Hall Forum
- A movie with discussion
One example of an experiment is the game of Strategy Jeopardy that Wally Ferrier and Tammy Madison developed for their session, Conversations on Business and Competitive Strategy Research (see www.bus.emory.edu/RCoff/bps/StrategyJeopardy.xls) at the <st1:place><st1:placetype>
Academy</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename>
Management</st1:placename></st1:place>
conference. In that game, audience members chose pairs of scholars who had to answer questions in a point/counterpoint fashion. The audience then discussed the question and the scholars' responses. This format was used for about 1/3 of the PDW. While not all PDWs need involve games, they should all involve the audience.
We recognize the importance of professional development in its traditional sense, and would love to hear suggestions about sharing emergent ideas and methodologies for research in Sub-Saharan Africa, about approaches to its teaching, and about practice. Please feel free to come up with and suggest ideas even if they fall short of a formal proposal."Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John Cotton Dana
Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FIAIR, An fánaí fiáin
Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology, N.Z.
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