From: Kurt Mayer [mailto:
Kurt.Mayer@uni-klu.ac.at]
M/O/T 2010
International Conference on Management Learning
December 2 - 4, 2010 / Vienna, Austria
Management Makes the World Go Around
Learning for the Future in Management and Organizations
The current tumultuous economic and financial crisis and the intensifying
threats caused by climate change are symptoms of a global system that is out
of balance. It is increasingly assumed that managers share the
responsibility for these developments. After all, management as a major
force in the shaping of global economic conditions and social relations
makes the world go around. At present an alliance of business schools,
publishers and certification agencies is rapidly organizing the learning of
executives and leaders into a global industry developed by professional
managers.
But under these circumstances do MBA courses and business schools offer the
appropriate learning for current challenges? And can managers learn the
lessons of the crisis in these learning environments?
In response to these issues the conference will focus on the following
questions:
Which kind of knowledge do managers and organzations need to meet these
challenges? What, where and how should they learn in order to take
responsibility for the whole corporation and its impact on its social and
ecological environments?
Which new forms of integrated organizational set-ups for management learning
and organizational learning do we need within companies and organizations as
the most important location of management learning in the future?
How can "management acting", "management learning" and "management
instruments" be tied to a broader professional value system for management
as a profession?
What do universities, management schools, consultants and companies already
contribute to new requirements for management learning? What can they
contribute? And how can they do this?
The program will present international keynote speakers from the academic
world, top executives from industry and the public sector, and management
consultants. There will be panel discussions on the topics of the conference
as well as paper and symposia presentations submitted by the participants.
Furthermore, a number of conference sessions will take place in study groups
in which participants will discuss and reflect on the input from keynote
speeches and paper sessions using the background of their own knowledge and
experience.
Key Dates:
March 1st 2010 Call for papers online
May 31st 2010 Deadline for submission of proposals
July 20th 2010 Acceptance of proposals
July 25th 2010 Detailed conference program online
September 15th 2010 Submission of full and formal papers
Conference Fee:
? 350 until August 31, 2010
? 450 from September 1, 2010 to November 15, 2010
? 500 from November 15, 2010
Organizing Committee:
Ann Feyerherm,
Ralph Grossmann,
Katherine Karl,
Marlies Lenglachner,
Robert Neumann,
Klaus Scala,
Ginka Toegel
M/O/T-iff Planning Team
Ralph Grossmann,
Marlies Lenglachner,
Christian Neugebauer,
Robert Neumann,
Kurt Mayer,
Klaus Scala
Conference Chair
Ralph Grossmann,
ralph.grossmann@uni-klu.ac.at
Coordinator
Kurt Mayer,
kurt.mayer@uni-klu.ac.at
Location
Hotel & Palais Strudlhof, Vienna
Call for Papers
The M/O/T school for Management, Organizational Development and Technology
invites researchers, educators, and executives to join us in an exciting
conference focusing on the future of learning in management and
organizations, to be held in Vienna, Austria on 2-4 December 2010. The
conference will discuss new challenges for management learning in the light
of economic crisis and climate change and will highlight key experiences
from both the practice of learning in organizations and new ways of teaching
management and leadership.
Conference Theme and Topics
The current tumultuous economic and financial crisis and the intensifying
threats caused by climate change
are symptoms of a global system that is out of balance. It is increasingly
assumed that managers share the responsibility for these developments. After
all, management as a major force in the shaping of global economic
conditions and social relations makes the world go around. At present an
alliance of business schools, publishers and certification agencies is
rapidly organizing the learning of executives and leaders into a global
industry developed by professional managers. But under these circumstances
do MBA courses and
executive education programs in business schools offer the appropriate
learning for current challenges? And can managers learn the lessons of the
crisis in these learning environments? Or does the transformation of
learning into a global business rather tend to discourage critical thinking
and reflective patterns of learning?
In response to these issues the conference will focus on the following
questions:
Which kinds of knowledge do managers and organizations need
to meet these challenges? And which kinds of competencies are appropriate
for managers? What, where and how should they learn in order to take
responsibility for the whole corporation and its impact on its social and
ecological environments?
The organization as the location of learning is becoming
increasingly important: We assume that we need new forms of integrated
organizational set-ups for management learning which combine OD and learning
in a systematic form and go beyond learning through experience. Which new
forms of integrated organizational set-ups for management learning do we
need within companies and organizations if they are to serve as the most
important location of management learning in the future?
How can "management acting", "management learning" and
"management instruments" be tied to a broader professional value system for
management as a profession? Which incentives for more value-based behavior
can and should be provided by a professional value system?
What do universities, management schools, consultants and
companies already contribute to new requirements for management learning?
What can they contribute? And how can they do this?
Or does the global capitalization of learning pollute both
academia and industry? Are universities and business schools increasingly
worshipping at the altar of the "business model" of learning operating for a
single fixed purpose: to generate profit? Do the goals of "customer
satisfaction" and "efficiency" drive back academic standards and
professional and moral ideals? And what solution could there be for this?
We invite paper and symposia proposals that deal with one or more aspects of
the theme Management makes the World Go Around: Learning for the Future in
Management and Organizations.
S ubmissions and Guidelines
Submissions may be of the following three types:
Research-based papers
Experience-based papers and
Symposia*
Please indicate on the cover page for which category the proposal is being
submitted. Submissions will only be accepted via e-mail. Each person may
appear in a maximum of two proposals, either as single author or as a
co-author. No new authors may be added after the proposal has been
submitted. All proposals will be double-blind reviewed.
Format
The proposal should consist of:
Cover page with the title of the abstract, contact details (name, working
title, affiliation, address, e-mail, telephone and fax). Remember to
indicate which category the proposal is being submitted for. A two-page
abstract. Remember to put the title on the first page of the abstract, but
NO name and contact details. The font is Arial, size 11, single line
spacing, top and bottom margins: 3 cm, left and right margins: 2 cm. The
abstract should be e-mailed as an attached Word document to
kurt.mayer@uni-klu.ac.at.
*A symposium has the character of a workshop emphasizing interaction and
exchange of information among
the participants. Submission for symposia should include a description of
the topic or problem that will be
presented by the submitters and the issues that should be discussed and
commented on by the attendees.
Symposia will last about 100 minutes and should focus on core topics of the
conference.