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Dear Colleagues,

we are looking forward to invite you to participate in M/O/T 2010 Conference on Management Learning, December 2–4 2010, in Vienna (http://mot.ac.at/mot2010.aspx),
focusing on the topic of

"Management Makes the World Go Around. Learning for the Future in Management and Organizations".

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.

Organized by:
M/O/T School of Management, Organizational Development and Technology & iff-Organizational Development and Group Dynamics, Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt.

Co-sponsored by the Academy of Mangement, Divisions:
Management Consulting Division (MCD)
Management Education and Development (MED)
Organizational Development and Chance (ODC)

The attached Call for Papers  has been extended till July 31^st 2010.

With kind regards,
Univ. Prof. Dr. Ralph Grossmann (Conference Chair)
Mag. Kurt Mayer (Conference Coordinator)

M/O/T 2010

International Conference on Management Learning

December 2 – 4, 2010 / Vienna, Austria

Pre-Conference: 1 December, 1.30pm

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

July 31st 2010 Deadline for submission of proposals

September 20th 2010 Acceptance of proposals

September 25th 2010 Detailed conference program online

November 1st 2010 Submission of full and formal papers

Conference Fee:

€ 350 until September 30, 2010

€ 450 from October 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

M/O/T 2010 Keynotes:

Prof. Dr. Gerald Hüther
Brain Researcher and Neurobiologist,
Head of "Zentralstelle für Neurobiologische Präventionsforschung" of the universities Göttingen and Mannheim/Heidelberg
http://www.gerald-huether.de/
http://www.lernwelt.at/begegnungen/begegnungenteil1/profdrghuether/index.html

Prof. Dr. Danica Purg
Professor for Leadership and Management,
Founding and current President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia
http://www.iedc.si/about/wordfromdean/
http://www.ceeman.org/ceeman/file/Presentations/Drucker_and_Art_DPurg_Nov2009.pdf

Director Anna Simioni
Head of Corporate Learning at UniCredit Group and CEO of UniManagement;
CEO of UniManagement – the UniCredit Group learning center, providing leadership education linked to core competencies;
http://unicreditanduniversities.eu/en/anna_simioni.html

Prof. Dr. Charles Wankel
Professor for Management at St. John's University, New York,
Series Editor of "Research in Management Education and Development" Book Series
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~wankelc/
http://management-education.net/

Prof. Dr. Ralph Grossmann
Head of iff-Organizational Development and Group Dynamics, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt;
Founding Director of M/O/T School of Management, Organizational Development and Technology;
http://www.mot.ac.at/
http://www.iff.ac.at/oe/