CRITICAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES WORKSHOP IN CHICAGO (AUG 6-8)
A number of Academy Divisions (BPS, CAR, GDO, HR, IM, MC, MED, MH, OB, ODC,
OM, OMT, ONE, and SIM) are co-sponsoring the 2nd Critical Management
Studies Workshop on Aug 6-8 at part of the Academy of Management meeting in
Chicago. A partial program is shown below.
We welcome proposals for the poster-paper and caucus sessions -- these are
particularly popular and important sessions in our program! The submission
deadline is May 1.
Preregistration and a fee will be required. For a description of CMSW's
aims, information about our listserver, and a partial list of supporters,
see our website at
http://aom.pace.edu/cms/.
Contact the program coordinator, Paul Adler, at
padler@usc.edu if you are
interested in participating.
Frid (Aug 6) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Doctoral workshop and working dinner
Sat (Aug 7) 7:30 am - 8:00 am: Breakfast and orientation to the program
Sat 8:00 am - 11:00 am: Parallel topic workshop sessions:
* Critical traditions in the study of work organization: Chair: John
Jermier (USF), Panelists: Paul Thompson (Edinburgh), Graham Sewell
(Melbourne), Bill Kaghan (U. Washington)
* Meet the Author: Sandy Jacoby (UCLA) on "Modern Manors." Panelists: Bill
Domhoff (Santa Cruz), Walter Nord (USF), Tom Kochan (MIT)
* Doctoral workshop cont'd
Sat 11:00 am - 1:00 pm: lunch break
Sat 1:00 pm-4: 00 pm: Parallel topic workshop sessions:
* Foucault workshop: Discussion leaders: Steve Best (Texas, El Paso), David
Knights (Keele)
* Teaching workshop: "Bringing critical perspectives into the classroom."
Panelists: Leon Levitt (Madonna), Hugh Willmott (Manchester), Mary Jo Hatch
(Cranfield), David Boje (New Mexico State)
* Work organization: "High performance work practices: what's in it for
workers?" Chair: Arne Kalleberg (UNC). Panelists: Eileen Applebaum (EPI);
Harvie Ramsay (Strathclyde), Dora Scholarios (Strathclyde), and Bill Harley
(Melbourne); Steve Frankel (AGSM)
Sat 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Plenary: Studs Terkel (writer). Friends of CMSW welcome!
Sat 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Reception, social time, and caucus and poster
session I. Friends of CMSW welcome!
Sun (Aug 8) 7:30 am - 9:00 am: caucus and poster session II.
Sun 9:00 am - 11:00 am: parallel topic workshop sessions:
* Researcher/movement collaborations: "The point is to change it!": Chair:
Rose Batt (Cornell). Panelists: Gil Preuss (Case Western Reserve) and Jim
Bielke, Ann Frost (Western Ontario) and Leo Gerard, Ake Sandberg (TBC)
* Gender and class: speakers: Maureen Scully (MIT), Evangelina Holvina
(Simmons), others TBD
* Critical perspectives on strategy: Chair: Stewart Clegg (UT Sydney).
Panelists: Barbara Townley (Alberta), Paul Hirsch (Northwestern), others TBD
Sun 11:00 am - 12:00: CMSW organizational meeting
Sun pm: tour of some important sites in Chicago's working class history
CRITICAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES: DOCTORAL WORKSHOP
As part of the Critical Management Studies Workshop meeting at the Academy
of Management in Chicago, doctoral students and faculty are meeting on
Friday evening, August 6 and Saturday morning, August 7. Last year's event
was a highlight for participants! So we are looking forward to an even
better meeting this year. We will begin with dinner and roundtable
discussions on research issues on Friday and continue with discussion of
career issues on Saturday morning. Faculty will include: Jim Barker, Sandra
Waddock, Marta Calas, Linda Smircich, Mary Jo Hatch, Walter Nord, Barbara
Townley and Hugh Willmott.
You can find more information about the CMSW at our website,
http://aom.pace.edu/cms/. For more details on this doctoral workshop,
contact Erica Foldy at
Foldy@BC.EDU.