Apology for cross postings
Eastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place> - International Conference on
Managing in a Global Economy XIII:
Management Challenges for a <st1:place w:st="on">New World</st1:place>
<st1:city w:st="on">Rio de Janeiro</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region> - June 21-25, 2009
Co-Sponsored by: IAG - <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename>, <st1:placename w:st="on">Pontifical</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Catholic</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:place w:st="on">Rio</st1:place> (PUC-Rio)
Call for Submissions
Submission Deadline: November 21, 2008
CONFERENCE THEME
The 2009 EAM-I conference in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Rio de Janeiro</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place> is designed to foster an international exchange of management research and practice among scholars and managers from around the world. The conference theme, "Management Challenges for a New World," was chosen with a recognition that the issues surrounding globalization, migration, sustainability, and the privatization of public functions have combined to create a new world of challenges for organizations (and nations) in the 21st century. Following past conference practice, there will be a mix of academic sessions, site visits, cultural activities, and keynote addresses by local experts.
This conference encourages a discussion of perspectives on economic, cultural, technological, sustainability, and ethical factors that affect managers. This theme is meant to be interpreted broadly. Papers, cases, roundtable discussions, and exercises exploring the complexities of our new world challenges, as well as issues surrounding preparing students to deal with these new realities, are welcomed. Panels and symposia comparing and contrasting the specific approaches to dealing with these challenges in different nations are also welcomed.
Conference submissions must be in English. All submissions must be made online at www.eaom.org no later than November 21, 2008.
SUBMISSION DOMAINS
1. Management in Action – Chair: Heinz Weihrich, U. of San Francisco (WeihrichH@usfca.edu). Provides executives an opportunity to share innovative means for dealing effectively with contemporary global business issues.
2. Teaching – Chair: Sandra Morgan, U. of Hartford (morgan@hartford.edu). Focuses on issues of pedagogy and learning across cultures (e.g., distance learning) and classroom teaching methods that facilitate the acquisition of skills for managing in a global economy.
3. Organization Strategy and Design – Chair: Ellen Greenberg, Sofia U. "Kliment Ohridski" (egreenberg@cablebg.net). Focuses on strategy formulation and implementation in start-up and existing businesses; organizational design, control, and restructuring.
4. Organizational Theory and Behavior – Chair: Jill Woodilla, Sacred Heart U. (woodillaj@sacredheart.edu). Focuses on motivation, leadership, organizational learning, change, and the management of people in organizations.
5. Governance, Ethics, Social Responsibility – Chair: Hsu O'Keefe, Pace U., Fairleigh Dickenson U. (Hyok@aol.com). Focuses on the ways that organizations operating in a global environment fulfill their social responsibilities, create ethical cultures, and manage corporate governance. This domain also includes the government-business interface.
6. Sustainability – Chair: Dilip Mirchandani, Rowan U. (mirchandani@rowan.edu). Focuses on theory, policy, and practice pertaining to all aspects of nurturing and managing sustainable systems and organizations. Issues and challenges facing corporate, government, and NGO organizations as they move toward a more sustainable (economic, environmental, and social) posture are of particular interest.
7. Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses – Chair: David Desplaces, College of Charleston (DesplacesD@cofc.edu). Focuses on issues related to the creation, support, and growth of small businesses and entrepreneurial organizations, incorporating innovative small business practices, as well as the financing of these businesses.
8. Innovation and Technology – Chair: George Farris, Rutgers U. (gfarris@andromeda.rutgers.edu). Focuses on the social, cultural, human and cognitive impacts of technology and innovation in organizational settings, and factors involved in the successful development of new products and processes.
9. Supply Chain Management – Chair: Jose Cruz, U. of Connecticut (Jose.Cruz@business.uconn.edu). Focuses on the issues associated with managing suppliers, intermediaries, third party providers and others in supply chains that often extend across the globe.