In honor of the life and work of Chris Argyris.
Saturday, Aug 2, 2014
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 108 A
Denise M. Rousseau (AOM PTC Scholar Impact Award)
Center for Effective Organizations, USC (PTC Research Center Impact Award)
William R. Torbert (Chris Argyris Lifetime Career Award)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
In memory of the recent passing of Chris Argyris, we dedicate our reception this year in his honor. Each year, the Practice Theme Committee gives out a number of awards to recognize and celebrate outstanding scholar and practice research centers that have made important impact on practice. We have a record number of nominations this year. Join us to congratulate the winners in person! We thank the six member panel led by Jochen Schweitzer for their work on organizing, leading, debating, reflecting, and judging:
2014 SELECTION PANEL
Usha Haley, College of Business & Economics, West Virginia University
Russ Vince, University of Bath School of Management
Thomas Walter, CEO Tasty Catering, Chicago
Tyrone Pitsis, Newcastle University Business School
Roy Suddaby, University of Alberta School of Business,
Barbara Czarniawska, School of Business, Economics & Law, Göteborg University
Past winners of AOM PTC Scholar Impact Award: Steward R. Clegg (UTS), Karlene H. Roberts (UC Berkeley), Martha S. Feldman (UC Irvine), Jone L. Pearce (UC Irvine), Usha C. V. Haley (WVU).
Past winner of PTC Research Center Impact Award: Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, U of Michigan.
Past winners of Chris Argyris Lifetime Career Award: Peter Senge (MIT), Amitai Etzioni (George Washington).
Some past award winners and PTC chairs will also give toasts to the winner, celebrate the work and memory of Chris Argyris, and talk about the role of practice and the Practice Theme Committee in the Academy. Over the coming year, we plan to liaise closely with interested divisions, let us know in person if you are interested! Please also see the attached flyer for other PTC events;
all PTC PDWs will serve coffee.
Best,
PTC Co-Chair: Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Alliant International
PTC Co-Chair: Kuo Frank Yu, City University of Hong Kong
PTC PDW Co-Chair: Marc Bonnet, Iseor, University of Lyon
PTC PDW Co-Chair: Fedor Ovchinnikov, Center for Intercultural Communication