Please excuse multiple postings. This is an update of the materials in the
IMD Newsletter.
2006 AOM Conference, Atlanta Georgia
A preplanning heads up from the Program Chair
The 2005 Conference had a record number of participants and I look forward
to an even better level of attendance at the 2006 conference, scheduled to
take place in Atlanta, George, from 11–16 August 2006. The deadline for
submissions is 9 January 2006. The Academy’s Call for Submissions should
reach you some time in October 2005 and will also be posted on the Academy
of Management website (www.aomonline.org). We especially look forward to
submissions from members located outside the United States. The IM Division
is delighted to serve as a popular “entry point” into the Academy for many
non-U.S. scholars.
The IM Division invites the submission of innovative empirical or
conceptual papers, symposia, and panels that are specifically oriented to
the 2005 all-Academy theme of “Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern”.
This year’s theme explores the linkages among organizational knowledge,
managerial action and the major issues that face people in the global and
knowledge economy and we are particularly interested in symposia and panels
that integrate academic, corporate, governmental and non-governmental civil
society groups in innovative ways.
As always we are interested in content pertaining to theory, research, and
practice with a cross-border or cross-cultural dimension. Major topics
include: the cross-border management of operations, including
multi-country, multi-unit strategy formulation and implementation; evolving
organizational forms and management practices in cross-border business; the
cross-border differential impact of cultural, social, economic,
technological, political, and other institutional forces on strategies,
organizational forms, and management practices; the international
competitiveness of firms, industries, and nations; and comparative
management studies involving two or more countries. Papers that focus on a
single country and have no international issues or implications should be
submitted to another division of the Academy whose domain is appropriate
for the paper’s topic.
Submission Instructions: This year the AOM will be using a complete
end-to-end on-line submission and reviewing system. It is important that
you familiarize yourself with the system when it becomes available. As
this is the first time that the system will be in use, there will no doubt
be some glitches. However, the deadline for submission will not be changed
due to any individual problems. So it is important that you plan a little
bit ahead this year. The submissions site will be open on 1 November 2005
at
http://submissions.aomonline.org and closed at 5 PM EST (NY) on 9
January 2006.
Please note that papers should only be submitted to one division—so pick
that division carefully, based on each division’s Domain Statements. The
latest version of IMD’s Domain Statement can be found in the 2006 Call for
Submissions.
Call for Reviewers, Session Chairs, Facilitators and Discussants. As
always, the IM Division requires your help in volunteering to act as
reviewers, session chairs and discussants. You will be able to sign up to
be a reviewer electronically through the AOM system. We encourage you to
participate, as it is important both to spread the workload out amongst
people but also to ensure that you have your input into the style and
quality of papers presented at the conference. As we receive more than 300
papers and symposia proposals and each submission requires at least three
reviewers, you can see that we need 300-400 reviewers at a minimum!
In addition, we will need dozens of facilitators, discussants, and chairs.
Therefore, please volunteer to help in any or all of these capacities.
Remember that you should indicate the capacity in which you are willing to
volunteer
To sign up as a reviewer please go to:
http://program.aomonline.org/reviewers. Please note that this website will
be open beginning on 24 October (NOT 17 October as stated previously) and
it is important that you register your interest early. Also note that even
if you are already an IMD member or even if you signed up last year, you
must do so again.
Symposium and Panel Pre-submissions: It is suggested (but not required)
that individuals or groups thinking of submitting a symposium or panel
consider providing the program chair with a brief outline of the symposium
or panel topic, individuals involved and the general structure of the
symposium or panel by 1 November (or earlier). As many symposia and panels
cover similar topics this is meant to help you increase the likelihood of
you symposia being accepted and also helping the division develop the most
effective symposia possible for the membership. This is not meant to be
anything more than a means of helping you maximize the effectiveness of
your proposal.
Please note that proposals for symposia can be submitted to up to three
divisions, and the chances of acceptance are slightly higher for proposals
submitted to more than one division; for instance, IMD has a large
overlapping membership with the BPS division, so submitting to IMD, BPS,
and third division, if appropriate, would be fine. For those that send me
their ideas, I can make some recommendations.
Please send any comments, questions, inquiries or symposium and panel ideas
to:
IMD2006Program@agsm.edu.au. I look forward to working with as many of
you as possible!
Please note that those interested in All Academy Symposia, Caucuses and
other events should go to the AOM website to get the relevant information.
ALL THE IMPORTANT DATES!
· 24 October 2005: Sign up to be a reviewer, session chair, discussant
and/or facilitator. (NOTE THE CHANGE!!!)
· 1 November 2005: Pre-screening of potential panel and symposia
suggestions should be sent to the Program Chair.
· 9 January 2006: Absolute deadline for paper, panel and symposia
submissions at 5 PM EST (NY). Note that this is an AOM deadline and the
system will be shut down after this date.
· 15 January 2006: Papers sent out for review (approximate date).
· 7 February 2006: Deadline for completion of reviews (AOM date).
· 11–16 August 2006: Conference dates.
THE USUAL WARNING: Remember the “Rule of Three”!
The “rule of three” stipulates that no one may submit more than three
things to an Academy Meeting (papers and/or symposia), or appear in more
than 3 sessions during the refereed scholarly program from Sunday noon to
Wednesday noon. Appearances include roles as presenters, co-authors,
chairs, discussants, and/or facilitators (this does not include the
Professional Development Workshops that precede the regular meeting
program).
Timothy Devinney, 2006 Program Chair
IMD2006Program@agsm.edu.au
Timothy Devinney
Program Chair IMD AOM
IMD2006Program@agsm.edu.au
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Personal email:
T.Devinney@agsm.edu.au
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