Hi Deborah, I've just tried and it's working - access is always open! Thanks for
trying,
and I'm looking forward to seeing you there!
http://aom.pace.edu:8088/~VirtualCamp/
Regina
deborah wrote:
> Hi Regina: Can't connect- is it because it's so busy there is no longer access?
>
> Deborah Nixon
> University of Toronto
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Regina Bento
> To:
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:55 PM
> Subject: Academy online forum with Andy Van de Van
>
> * Apologies for cross-posting - this message is being sent to various
> Academy of Management discussion lists*
>
> Dear Academy colleague,
>
> You are invited to participate in an Academy of Management online forum
> on "Professional Science for a Professional School," facilitated by
> Prof. Andrew Van de Ven, to be held at the MED Virtual Camp
> (http://aom.pace.edu:8088/~VirtualCamp/ ), June 3 through 7.
>
> Andy Van de Ven is the Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational
> Innovation and Change at the Carlson School of Management, University of
> Minnesota, and served as President of the Academy of Management in
> 2000-2001 (for more information, please see his home page at
>
http://legacy.csom.umn.edu/WWWPages/Faculty/VanDeVen/ahvhome.htm)
>
> In his Presidential Address at the 2001 Academy Meeting in Washington,
> D.C., Andy stated that the Academy is a learning community of practicing
> scholars: together, we can become something bigger than you and I could
> be by ourselves.
>
> Now he demonstrates this point by volunteering to lead Academy members
> in a week-long online discussion on scholarship in business schools, and
> how we can cope with the opportunities and challenges of "professional
> research," which transcends the polarities between basic and applied
> research. This is the topic of the first chapter in his forthcoming
> book, "Professional Science" (Sage Publications Series in Foundations
> for Organization Science). Using a baseball analogy, the chapter
> presents a "diamond model" to represent the major processes of a
> professional research project, and discusses what it takes to be
> successful in running the four bases of problem formulation, theory
> building, research design and problem solving.
>
> This forum is the first in a series of online interactions sponsored by
> the "Virtual Camp," an initiative of the Management Education and
> Development Division, with the support of the Academy's Teaching and
> Ethics Committees. The Virtual Camp is a year-round learning community,
> dedicated to helping Academy members contribute to the scholarship of
> teaching by honing their skills as submitters, reviewers, session
> chairs, discussants, facilitators and presenters. It is one of the
> Academy's 2002 strategic initiatives and received an innovation award.
>
> To participate in Andy's forum on Professional Science, just visit the
> Virtual Camp at
>
http://aom.pace.edu:8088/~VirtualCamp/
>
> Click on the button that says "New User" and fill in the blanks (name,
> password, e-mail etc.) to create a profile. Then, click on the link
> "Van de Ven on Professional Science" and download the chapter. You're
> now ready to join us online at the Virtual Camp, throughout the week of
> June 3-7, to interact with Andy and your colleagues from around the
> world. Make this week a special moment in Academy history!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Regina
> ***********************************
> Regina F. Bento, M.D., Ph.D.
> MED 2002 Program Chair
> Hatfield-Merrick Distinguished Professor
> Merrick School of Business
> University of Baltimore
>
rbento@ubmail.ubalt.edu
> http://home.ubalt.edu/rbento