Dear International Management Division member,
I hope you're well and that your semester is going smoothly.
With a continued interest in cross-pollinating and inspiring collaboration across disciplines, the Academy of Management's Operations Management division has recently put together a short reference that helps illustrate the kind of work we do in Operations (at least the empiricists in our trade). The page has just eight (of many more possible) examples that showcase a smattering of Operations contexts. These specific examples are particularly salient in that they (1) represent work published in a premier OM journal (FT listed), and (2) demonstrate rigorous attention to management theory application and development.
Although our division has been around since the inception of the Academy, we're constantly faced with having to clarify the kind of research our division members are involved with. This new listing is just an additional effort to reach out an clarify that position. I hope it inspires others not already familiar with empirical work in Operations Management to take the opportunity to refer to our work for insights into their own.
To help us along this line, I'm hoping you might be willing to forward this message on to your business school colleagues, along with the following links in preparation for the 2010 meeting:
Please let me know if this would be possible. I hope the reference will be of value, and that we might have the opportunity to meet at the 2010 conference.
Thanks and best wishes,
Dr. Elliot Bendoly, PhD [AoM OM Division Chair]
Caldwell Reseach Fellow, Associate Professor
Goizueta Business School, Emory University