Do not miss the wonderful international research conference on KIS at Ashridge:
Leadership in knowledge intensive organisations, educational institutions, people and processes, knowledge, creativity and innovation, ethics and trust.
Have you omitted to register for the AIRC4 conference on leadership in Knowledge Intensive firms and organisations?
It is still possible to come and join us. See the programme below:
All information and the registration form on www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4
: AIRC4 ASHRIDGE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Leadership, Management, Innovation in Professional & Knowledge Intensive Organisations:
People and process challenges in the global knowledge economy
AIRC4 Programme PRESENTERS' NAMES IN BOLD
Friday 12th June 2015
| 14.00 -14.15 | Opening Carla Millar, Stephen Chen, Lee Waller |
| 14.15 - 15.45 LMA | Opening Panel of Experts People and process challenges in the knowledge intensive nexus Laurent Choain, Chief HR Officer, Mazars Group, Paris Richard Cleverly, Global Head of Talent, Financial & Risk, Thomson Reuters Philip Sadler, Tomorrow's Company and former CEO, Ashridge David Young, Head of Leadership Development BT Group at BT Chair: Professor Kai Peters, CEO Ashridge Business School |
| 15.45 - 16.30 | Tea, Wyatt Room |
| 16.30 - 18.30 | Conference Session I: |
| I .1The Nexus of Knowledge LMA I .2 Leadership in KIOs Old Lib | Trust and knowledge sharing Tatiana Khvatova, St Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia Madeleine Block, St Petersburg State University, Russia Exploring the role of task-related trust in intra-organisational knowledge sharing Roger Fullwood , Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Factors affecting knowledge sharing amongst UK academics Bindu Gupta, Ajay Singh, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India Selected HR practices: The moderating role of organizational cultural values Session Chair: Martin Lockett, Ashridge Business School Personality and creativity Piia Uusi-Kakkuri, University of Vaasa, Finland Creative leaders: The relationship between creativity and a leader's personality and gender Lulu Zhou, Southeast University, China; Shuming Zhao, Nanjing University, China; Feng (Karen) Tian, University of Newcastle, Australia; Xufan Zhang, Nanjing Normal University, China; Huifei Ge, Southeast University, Nanjing, China Visionary leadership and employee creativity: Evidence from knowledge intensive organizations in China Sandor Löwik, University of Twente, the Netherlands Wanted: A transformational leader or Machiavellist as CEO: How personality traits explain individual managerial ambidexterity Session Chair: Angela Muir, Ashridge Business School |
| 19.00- 20.30 | Dinner, Main Dining Hall |
Saturday 13th June 2015
| 08.45 – 10.00 II .1 The Nexus of Knowledge LMA II .2 Leadership in KIOs Old Lib | Conference Session II Managing knowledge Chris Mabey, Middlesex University, UK Effective management of knowledge exchange: A conceptual investigation of five leadership paradoxes Alastair McCapra, Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK From KI to AI: Professional bodies and knowledge management in the age of the robot Session Chair: Martin Lockett, Ashridge Business School Self-Leadership for change and transformation Terry Porter, University of Maine, USA Living the mission: A case study of a self-transforming UK civil society organization linking knowledge management, social sustainability, complex systems Maria Nathan, Lynchburg College, USA The knowledge worker as CEO of self Session Chair: Caryn Vanstone, Ashridge Business School |
| 10.00– 10.30 | Coffee, Wyatt Room |
| 10.30 – 12.45 LMA 12.45 – 14.00 | Keynote Addresses I Talent and knowledge cultivation in knowledge intensive firms Philip Sadler, Senior Fellow, Tomorrow's Company and former CEO Ashridge The talent intensive organisation, the 1993 starting blocks Juani Swart, Professor of Human Capital, School of Management, University of Bath HR policies and processes to manage knowledge professionals in contemporary contexts Laurent Choain, Chief HR Officer, Mazars Group, Paris Innovation, education and HR strategy in professional service firms Chair: Professor Stephen Chen, University of Newcastle, AUS; Chair AIRC4 Lunch, Main Dining Hall |
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| 14.00 – 16.00 III.1 The Nexus of Knowledge LMA III .2 Leadership in KIOs Old Lib | Conference Session III Ethics and trust Barbara Wang, Ashridge Business School, UK Truth and trust: The IP challenge in the partnership of Chinese and Western companies Richard McGowan, Boston College, USA The tale of two weeds: tobacco, marijuana and the ethics of disgust Katrina Hogan, Sandeep Gopalan, University of Newcastle, Australia Leveraging codes of ethics through law to minimize agency costs Session Chair: John Mahon, University of Maine, USA Management styles Nawtej Dosanjh, Hult International Business School, USA Top management influence and ambidexterity in managerial practice Hemangi Bhalerao, Satishchandra Kumar, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, India Impact of conflict management styles of leaders on the commitment level of subordinates in India Kai Wing (Alex) Chu, CCC Heep Who College, Hong Kong, China Leading knowledge management in a school Session Chair: Vicki Culpin, Ashridge Business School |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Tea, Wyatt Room |
| 16.30 – 18.30 LMA | ' "The Ashridge Experience" Caryn Vanstone, Ashridge Business School and Lacerta Consulting Leading for innovation in KIOs: Rethinking knowledge, people, risk and the role of improvisation |
| 18.30 – 19.30 | A walk in the grounds or Tour of the Mansion and/or Publishing Clinic |
| 19.30 – 20.00 | Publishers' Reception on the Loggia |
| 20.00 – 22.00 Old Lib | Conference Dinner in the Old Library with After dinner speech "Risk and leaders" by the 'Priest of Sin' |
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Sunday 14 June 2015
| 08.45 – 10.15 IV. The Nexus of Knowledge + Leadership in KIOs LMA | Conference Session IV Leadership, teams and performance Christina Swart-Opperman, Kurt April, University of Cape Town, S. Africa Understanding innovation and emotive outlook of knowledge Teams in Namibia Tomohiko Tanikawa, Meiji University Business School, Japan Yuhee Jung, Ritsumeikan University, Japan The effect of TMT diversity in knowledge industry: The interactive role of TMT diversity, the CEO power and past performance Caroline Rowland, Roger Hall, University of Chester, UK Leadership in turbulent times: Realities of a white-water world Session Chair: Kerrie Fleming, Ashridge Business School |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Coffee, Wyatt Room |
| 10.45– 12.45 | Keynote Addresses II Leading and developing people in knowledge intensive firms Dame Fiona Woolf, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna and the 686th Lord Mayor of London (2013-2014) Talent development in the City John Mahon, Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and Professor of Management, University of Maine, USA Knowledge acculturation, retention and corruption in knowledge intensive organizations Vlatka Hlupic, Professor of Business and Management, Dept. of Leadership and Professional Development, Westminster Business School The management shift in knowledge intensive organisations Chair: Vicki Culpin, Dean of Faculty and Director of Research, Ashridge Business School |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Concluding Practice Lee Waller, Chair AIRC4 |
| | Concluding Academe and Closing of conference Carla Millar, Chair AIRC4 |
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | End-of-Conference Lunch, Main Dining Hall |
Carla Millar
Prof. Carla C.J.M. Millar PhD
Chair AIRC4 on Knowledge Intensive Institutions
See www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4
AIRC4 Chairs et al. will Guest Edit Special Issues of:
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Focus: leadership, international HRM and organisational challenges in KIS
The Journal of Knowledge Management
Focus: leading and managing KIS through formal knowledge strategies
The Journal of Academic Ethics
Focus: values, processes, functions and governance in KIS
The Journal of Public Affairs
Focus: Value creation and innovation in KIS,
and have a partnership agreement with the Creativity and Innovation Management journal
to recommend relevant AIRC4 papers for fast track publication in CIM.
Fellow, Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 1NS, UK, 0044 1442 84 1175, 0044 20 7402 4700,
carla.millar@ashridge.org.uk
Professor, International Marketing & Management, University of Twente, School of Management & Governance.
PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, 0031 53 489 5355, 0031 33 462 7343; c.millar@utwente.nl