Dear Academy members:
*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS*
Hello, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you the newly formed Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee (D&ITC). The committee is tasked with ensuring that the Academy fully supports and leverages the scholarly contributions of its diverse members. As the present time, the committee includes Quinetta Roberson (Committee Chair), Yvonne Benschop, Bernardo Ferdman, Patrick McKay, Isabel Metz, Eddy Ng, Stella Nkomo, and Lynn Shore (PDW Chair).
To stay connected with D&ITC news and activities, please join the D&ITC listserv here: http://aomlists.pace.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=DIVERSITYANDINCLUSION-L&A=1.
Come find out more about D&ITC mission and initiatives at the 2011 Annual Meeting in San Antonio. We invite you to participate and have your voices heard, at the following D&ITC events:
Inclusion There are two events on Inclusion in the AOM! The first session is a panel discussion, to be held on Friday, Aug 12 2011 1:00PM - 3:00PM at Grand Hyatt in Lone Star D, and will include a subset of eight leaders from five divisions and the AOM governing board. This session will focus on discussing inclusion-related efforts in the BPS, HR, OB, GDO, and International divisions as well as AOM as a whole. The second session, on Sunday, Aug 14 2011 11:30AM - 2:30PM at San Antonio Convention Center in Room 217 D, will occur in a town hall format with 13 topic tables facilitated by a broad array of faculty from institutions all over the world. The intent of this town hall on inclusion is to identify barriers to inclusion in AOM as well as specific actions to facilitate inclusion. Program Session #: 105 and 431
Race Relations In the workshop "Let's Get Real about Racism" Lee, Mun Wah from Stir Frys Seminar and Consulting the focus is on confronting some of the issues that keep people from talking to one another about race/racism. This workshop will emphasize the discovery of new ways to begin the conversation, create a bridge to talk about differences, explore what opens people up and closes them down, and finally, look at 101 ways to become culturally competent in relationships and workplaces. Friday, Aug 12 2011 2:00PM - 4:00PM at Grand Hyatt in Texas Ballroom A. Program Session #: 121
The Africa Academy of Management invites AOM members to participate in this PDW on "The Landscape of Management Education and State of Scholarship in Africa: Enlightenment for the East and West." The intent of the PDW is to share with members the state of management education and scholarship in Africa with the intent of exposing them to unique opportunities for research and supporting management education on the continent. Friday, Aug 12 2011 8:00AM - 11:30AM at Grand Hyatt in Lone Star A. Program Session #: 11
Action Learning in Action will demonstrate the use of Action Learning as a powerful problem-solving group process tool that can promote transformational learning in a variety of settings. It includes an interactive demonstration, as well as brief presentations on the technique's successful application in both classroom and business environments. Action Learning is a group process design that develops teamwork that honors diversity in the context of both the classroom and competitive business environments. Saturday, Aug 13 2011 8:00AM - 10:00AM at Grand Hyatt in Presidio B. Program Session #: 180
Using Food to Explore Diversity explores how food and culinary traditions can be used in management courses as a framework to teach diversity or to explore diversity and multiculturalism in the classroom. Participants will practice analyzing their family's cultural food traditions and learn how experiential exercises and assignments involving culinary differences across cultures can be used in a variety of classes. In the spirit of inclusion and to further the discussion we will invite participants to join us for an "appetizer crawl" after the session at local ethnic restaurants. Saturday, Aug 13 2011 2:45PM - 4:45PM at Marriott Rivercenter in Salon C. Program Session #: 329
If you would like to find out more about D&ITC, please contact D&ITC Chair, Quinetta Roberson [quinetta.roberson@villanova.edu] or attend the New Member Orientation on Friday, Aug 12 2011 5:30PM - 7:00PM at San Antonio Convention Center in Room 214 or Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 5:30 pm - 7:00PM (same venue). Program Session #: 155 and 363
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Ed Ng, PhD
Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour
Dalhousie University