Inside This Issue: 

Going to Chicago? You Need to Read This! Susan E. Jackson, AOM Program Chair

Did you know…

•    If the United States cut office paper use by just 10% it would prevent the emission of 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gases -- the equivalent of taking 280,000 cars off the road. 
•    The paper industry is the 4th largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions among United States manufacturing industries, and contributes 9% of the manufacturing sector's carbon emissions.
•     Paper accounts for 25% of landfill waste (and one third of municipal landfill waste)

(Source: http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/7447)
 

The Academy is calling for volunteers for three newly formed committees for the 2010 Annual Meeting program.

All-Academy Theme Highlights
Andrew J. Hoffman, All-Academy Theme Program Chair

Social Issues in Management Division Highlights

Besides the familiar consortia of the PDW weekend (now a Friday-Saturday stretch), the SIM Program features a host of innovative program events.
 

Management History PDWs Our very popular trip to the Hawthorne Museum, (Friday afternoon) is presently sold out, however a waitlist is available on the PDW registration website. 

Management and Organization Review
Special Issue Call for Papers on ‘Innovations in Public and Non-profit Sector Organizations in China’

Guest Editors:
G. Zhiyong Lan, Arizona State University
Joseph Galaskiewicz, University of Arizona
Xianglin Xu, Peking University

Submission Deadline: September 15, 2009

Special Issue Call for Papers on “Indigenous Management Research in China”

Guest Editors:
 
Kwok Leung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Peter Ping Li, California State University, Stanislaus, US
Chao C. Chen, Rutgers University, US
Jar-Der Luo, Tsinghua University, China

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010

Call for Papers
Academy of Management Learning & Education
2010 Special Issue

Sustainability in Management Education

Academy of Management Journal
SPECIAL RESEARCH FORUM
CALL FOR PAPERS

PROCESS STUDIES OF CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

Call for Papers - Extending the Boundaries of Psychological Resource Theories in Organizations

Researchers interested in studying emotions in organizational settings are invited to submit papers for EMONET VII, to be held in Montreal, Canada, August 4-5, 2010. The conference is organized by the Emonet e-mail discussion group, an international network of scholars working in this field, established in January, 1997, and now affiliated with the Academy of Management’s list server.

PMI Invites Paper, Poster and Symposia Proposal Submissions for 2010 PMI Research and Education Conference Academic researchers and educators are invited to submit papers, poster and symposium proposals for presentation at the 2010 PMI Research and Education Conference, the world’s premier event in the area of project management knowledge creation.

International Journal of Management in Education
Special Issue on Strategic Management in Higher Education

Call for Papers

 

Call for Papers
10th Annual Conference
International Academy of E-Business
SAN FRANCISCO -  April 1 to 4, 2010
@Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street
San Francisco, California
Proposal/Paper Submission deadline: November 6, 2009 

IACMR Shanghai Conference: June 16-20, 2010
Call for Submissions (Deadline: October 18, 2009)

International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) will hold its fourth biennial conference in Shanghai on June 16-20, 2010. The conference theme is “Innovation and Change in Chinese Organizations.” 

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2011 SPECIAL ISSUE
Academy of Management Learning & Education

The Academy of Management Learning & Education is soliciting proposals from individuals interested in serving as Guest Editor(s) for its 2011 Special Issue (V10N3, September).

Organization Science Editor in Chief, Call for Nominations

The second and final term of Linda Argote as editor in chief of the INFORMS journal Organization Science expires on December 31, 2009. Consistent with the policies of INFORMS, the president has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new editor in chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by the INFORMS Board of Directors by July 15, 2009.

Dear Worldwide Members of the Academy:
The 2009 Board of Governor’s election The Academy of Management is pleased to announce the following officers for 2009-2010:

Journal of Business and Psychology: A New Direction Steven Rogelberg University of North Carolina Charlotte 

Essentials of Business Ethics
Creating an Organization of High Integrity and Superior Performance Available at: How to Create an Ethical

Essential guidance to create an organization of high integrity and superior performance
 

Dear Colleagues,

I’m delighted to let you know that, Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition, has been published recently by McGraw-Hill.  I hope it contributes to your teaching and research in both strategy and operations management.  

This book addresses issues of governance across networks of alliances, joint ventures and the like. Topics on multisourcing, social capital and intellectual capital are addressed from both a research and practice perspective.

http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33275&v=tableOfContents

Secondary stakeholders must play politics to influence corporations because they do not have the direct control over resource access that primary stakeholder have. Stakeholder Politics (Greenleaf & Stanford University Press) proposes a globally applicable framework for exploring the connections among social movements, issue lifecycles and corporate sustainability/CSR.

Robert Ochtel’s new book entitled: “Business Planning, Business Plans and Venture Funding – A Definitive Reference Guide for Start-up Companies” is the first book of its kind to take a “planning-to-funding” approach to fund raising, with the ultimate goal of securing angel, venture or other third party equity funding.  Targeting entrepreneurs, early-stage company investors and entrepreneurship students, this book provides an experienced, practical approach on how to: execute business planning, develop a complete investor-focused business plan, and secure venture funding.

Predator’s Game-Changing Designs:
Research-Based Tools

When the tried and true formula for an organization’s performance (its game plan) begins to fail, it must change its game or become obsolete.  Publicly recognizing that the old formula is becoming less useful and a new formula must be developed and implemented is difficult for most stake holders, but for survival the stages of grief must be endured and the conclusion accepted.

Inderscience Publishers (http://www.inderscience.com) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of International Journal of Critical Accounting (http://www.inderscience.com/ijca).

Inderscience Publishers (http://www.inderscience.com) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (http://www.inderscience.com/ijev).

Inderscience Publishers (http://www.inderscience.com) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances (http://www.inderscience.com/ijsba).