from Professor Rolv Petter Amdam <
rolv.p.amdam@bi.no> of the Norwegian
School of Management:
Dear colleagues,
I hope this call for papers may interest some of you.
Best wishes
Professor Rolv Petter Amdam
Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation/
Centre for Business History
Norwegian School of Management - BI
P.O Box 580
1301 SANDVIKA
NORWAY
Tel: +47 67 55 72 25
Fax: +47 67 55 76 77
Mail:
rolv.p.amdam@bi.no The Creation of European Management Practice (CEMP)
Conference on
The Implementation of Management Ideas
in European Companies,
Molde, Norway - May 4-6, 2001
Call for Papers
The objective of this conference is to examine and compare the
introduction of new managerial ideas in different European companies in
order to understand to what extent management practice across Europe has
become increasingly homogenised.
The subject and research topics
The major hypothesis of the EU-sponsored research project on "The
Creation of European Management Practice" (CEMP
http://www.fek.uu.se/cemp
) has been that companies in different European countries have been
subject to very strong pressures to adopt the same management concepts
and ideas by global carriers of knowledge, namely consultancies, business
schools and management publications. In order to see whether this has
actually led to a homogenisation of management practice in Europe
(despite the remaining national differences), we need to examine if and
to what extent these ideas and concepts are transferred and adapted to
the European context.
This will be the subject of a conference to be held in Molde, Norway from
4 to 6 May 2001. In order to facilitate comparisons, we found it
appropriate to select three management ideas: the multi-divisional
structure (M-form), total quality management and shareholder value.
These ideas were chosen, because they cover different time periods,
address different constituents/stakeholders and impose different
constraints on the companies that adopt them in terms of the actual
changes required.
We invite papers that look at the implementation of these ideas in
European companies. We particularly encourage contributions which take a
long-term perspective (in order to see how ideas were or were not turned
into practice over time) and which examine the contribution and role of
different actors (both external and internal) in this process. For those
invited to present a paper, the conference organisers will pay all the
local costs. Contribution to travel costs in cases where the home
institution does not provide adequate funding can be possible.
The organising and scientific committee
The conference is organised on behalf of the CEMP group by Hallgeir
Gammelsaeter (Molde University College) and Rolv Petter Amdam (Norwegian
School of Management). The selection committee will also include Lars
Engwall (Uppsala University) and Matthias Kipping (University of
Reading).
Conditions
Those interested in presenting a paper at this conference should e-mail
an abstract of about 1000 words as well as a brief curriculum vitae to
Hallgeir.Gammelsater@himolde.no by 31. October 2000. The abstract should
specify the objectives of the paper, its background (relative to the
existing literature), its actual focus and the empirical research on
which it is based. We will inform you about the outcome of the selection
process by the end of November 2000. Full papers will have to be
circulated to all participants at least two weeks before the conference.
The site
Molde is an idyllic town on the west coast of Norway, and is referred to
as the "town of roses". The town has approximately 24.000 inhabitants and
is the regional centre of the county of M�re and Romsdal. It is easily
reached by aeroplane from Oslo Airport (55 minutes flight).
The participants will meet at Molde University College Friday the 4th of
May (http://www.himolde.no/innhold/englishframe.html ). After a late
lunch and 1. session a coach will take us to the historical fishing
station of H�holmen, a 12-acre large island that forms a last bastion
against the Atlantic Ocean. H�holmen Havstuer (
http://www.haholmen.no/indexe.html ) is a peaceful and modern conference
venue, and after refreshments and dinner and we will settle here for the
next two days to present and discuss our papers and research. Sunday
morning after long breakfast a bus will take us back to Molde Airport.