Kim,
Where can I find a (an?) URL for this?
Regards, Phil Rutherford
Kim Boal wrote:
> Dear Charlie, Please post the following if you think it is appropriate.
>
> Most journals are targeted for either academics or
> pratitiooner/consultants. Rarely do we speak together through the same
> journal. As Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management
> Inquiry, I think we are one who tries. For those not familiar with JMI, it
> is sponsored bu the Western Academy of Management and published by Sage,
> and can be found in about 225 university libraries. Unlike traditional
> academic journals, we publish no typical R-squared type of studies. JMI is
> committed to the publication of imaginative and nontraditional knowledge
> through alternative forms of express. JMI is divided into six sections:
> Essays, Meet The Person, Reflections on Experience, Nontraditional
> Research, Reviews, and Dialog. Two of these sections (Meet The Person and
> Reflectons on Experience) typically published pieces by non-academics. For
> example, the June, 1998 issue featured a piece written by Peter Delisi,
> President of Organizational Synergies. The piece appears in Reflections on
> Experience, and is titled, "A modern-day tragedy: The digital equiipment
> story." Another recent piece, in the same section, was written by Robert
> Keidel, Principal of Rebort Keidel Associates in Wnycote, PA. His piece
> waas titled, "Organizational representatiuon: Process, structure,
> mindselt. The December issue starts off with an interview with Aung Suu
> Kyi, last year's Nobel Prize winner for Peace. The interview was conducted
> by Judith White, and is titled, "Leadership through compassion and
> understanding." Other recent interviews with non-academics include Earl
> Eisenberg, of Earl Eisenberg Asssicates, and Wally Olins of the British
> consulting firm Wolff Olins.
>
> Articles by or about noted academics can almost always be found in any
> given issue. Among recent Presidents of the National Academy of Management
> who have published in JMI are: Ann Huff, Bill Starbuck, Mike Hitt, Rick
> Mowday, Mary Ann Von Glinow, and Ray Aldag. Thus, I think both
> practitioner/consultant and academic members of the Management-Education,
> and Development net would find JMI a good place to meet.
>
> Regards, Kim Boal
>
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> Kim Boal
> College of Business Administration
> Texas Tech University
> Lubbock, TX 79409
> (806) 742-2150
>
KimBoal@ttu.edu