Fellow PNPers,
As this year's Public and Nonprofit Division Program Chair for the Acedmy of Management, I have been asked to help solicit people interested in helping the Academy in a wonderful new opportunity (see below). Obviously this opportunity not only fits very closely with this year's conference theme but also the focus of our Division and the interests of its members. Many of us complain that management research is too often ignored by policy makers and institutions (not to mention students), when addressing contemporary international issues. Here is a chance to get involved and raise the visibility of such work. As a bonus, it also sounds like a lot of fun.
I want encourage everyone to consider supporting the Academy and the Division by participating in this worthwhile event!
brad
Bradley E Wright
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Political Science
704.687.4530
From: AOM President [mailto:AOMPresident@mailAOM.pace.edu]
Sent: Tue 2/21/2006 2:32 PM
To: Public and Nonprofit Division
Subject: United Nations Collaboration
Dear Bradley Wright:
Building on the theme for this year's Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management - "Knowledge, Action, and the Public Concern" - the Academy
received an exciting opportunity to work with the United Nations Global
Compact (UNGC). The Academy of Management will be co-sponsoring a unique
Forum, to be held October 23-25, 2006 at Case Western Reserve University,
on "Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading
Positive Change." The Forum will bring together leading management
scholars and exceptional students with UNGC members who are business
executives, civil-society leaders and government policy makers from around
the world. The Forum presents a unique opportunity to raise the visibility
of management research as an important contributor to solutions to the
21st century's most pressing global challenges.
Without good people, no conference can succeed. As a leader within the
Academy of Management, we would like your help in identifying colleagues
from your division (and beyond) who are doing particularly interesting and
important work in this area. We need your help in making sure that the
"best of the Academy" is included.
For an overview of the Forum, including a description of the types of
sessions that will be held, please visit the Forum website at
http://www.bawbglobalforum.org. To suggest particular scholars, research,
or types of sessions, please contact Professor Nancy Adler at McGill
University (nancy.adler@mcgill.ca) or Professor David Cooperrider at Case
Western Reserve University (dlc6@weatherhead.cwru.edu) who are serving as
the Forum co-chairs on our behalf. For general questions, contact Ante
Glavas at (bawbforum2006@case.edu) or 216-368-2160.
We look forward to hearing from you and to receiving your suggestions. We
also ask that you post a link to the conference or your division's
website, distribute this message via your division's newsletter and
listserv, and help encourage attendance at this important collaborative
initiative with the United Nations. This is an important opportunity for
Academy members' research to have the visibility and impact it deserves in
the world.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas G. Cummings
President
Academy of Management
President@aom.pace.edu
Nancy J. Adler
Forum Co-Chair
Fellow of the Academy of Management
Professor, McGill University, Canada
Nancy.Adler@mcgill.ca
David Cooperrider
Forum Co-Chair
Case Western Reserve University
dlc6@wetherhead.cwru.edu