I would like to invite you to submit a paper for consideration as part of the Southern Management Association's 2018 Annual Meeting. In particular, Track 8 "Innovative Teaching and Management Education" welcomes manuscripts with best practices in teaching and curricular design. The deadline for submissions is April 23, 2018.
Submissions to this Track should describe an innovative teaching technique or curricular innovation and propose an engaging format for sharing the innovation in a 10-15 minute presentation. With the exception of the word limit, which is 2,000 words, proposals are to be prepared according to the paper submission guidelines by Southern Management Association (SMA).
Although all submissions appropriate for the Track will be considered, we particularly seek submissions that address the following two sub-themes:
1. Teaching innovation for social innovation. Social innovation creates social value and potentially economic value for the individual, organization, and systems-change level. It includes new strategies, concepts, ideas, and organizations that address social needs of all kinds-from working conditions and education to community development and health. We are looking for proposals with new educational approaches that provide a robust toolkit of skills, strategies, and analytical frameworks for igniting social change capabilities in students. Proposals should include new pedagogical models, new programs, or existing methodologies adapted to a new context (e.g., cases, experiential or service learning) that support student learning outcomes for social innovation.
2. Increasing student engagement in the classroom. Engagement is the degree of curiosity, passion, and commitment shown by students and leads them to learn more about the topics presented in class. We are looking for proposals that present novel techniques and tools (or old techniques/tools used in new ways) for engaging students in the management classroom. Examples of techniques include design thinking, critical thinking methods, or experiential learning. Tools might include cases, virtual reality headsets, or apps, among other possibilities. Proposals should include both a description of how engagement is being promoted (i.e. case study of a class) and an analysis of what works well and what can be improved.
Instructions for Authors
Click here for 2018 Southern Management Association Call for Papers and Instructions for Authors at: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.southernmanagement.org/resource/resmgr/docs/2018/SMA_2018_Call.pdf
About the Conference
This year's SMA meeting will take place in Lexington, Kentucky-home of fine bourbon, great basketball, fast horses, and for a few days in November, the best management conference the south has to offer. The meeting will be held November 6 – 10, 2018, at the Hilton Lexington/Downtown with the exchange of scholarly and practical knowledge, innovative professional development opportunities, and fun fellowship and networking promise to make the conference one of the best to attend! To find out what Lexington has to offer, visit: https://www.visitlex.com/ and http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/kentucky/hilton-lexington-downtown-LEXDTHF/index.html
Be Involved
In addition to submitting paper(s) we also need you to volunteer to review. The quality of the SMA program is dependent on active engagement! To learn more about conference participation, submitting a manuscript, and volunteering to review; to engage in other conference services; or to view the proceedings from the 2017 SMA Annual Meeting, please visit our website at: www.southernmanagement.org.
Login
If you submitted or reviewed last year, you already have a profile created in the system, and last year's username and ID can be used to log into the 2018 conference portal. If any of your information has changed, please update it at this time-even if you are not submitting. If you did not create a profile last year, you will need to do so now. PDF documents, available at the following links, will guide you through account creation (http://bit.ly/2mfo2d6), reviewer signup (http://bit.ly/2mygYcD), and paper/proposal submission processes (http://bit.ly/2ljD0Qa). Please note that the screenshots in the guides show a 2017 date and some other minor differences, but the process illustrated works for this year as well.
Please contact me at (t.rockett@tcu.edu) or my co-chair Julita Haber at jhaber7@fordham.edu for more details or with any questions about Innovative Teaching Track submissions.
Regards,
Tracey
Tracey Rockett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management Practice
Neeley School of Business
Texas Christian University
817-257-7122
t.rockett@tcu.edu