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Session Type: PDW Workshop
Program Session: 411 | Submission: 10385 | Sponsor(s): (PTC, MED, OB, OMT)
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 5 2017 2:30PM - 5:30PM at Hilton Atlanta in Room 302 |
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Translating Scholarship into Practice: Reflection on the Future of Management Theory and Practice
An important and overarching question facing management theorists, educators, and practitioners today is the relationship between theory and practice. Others have asserted that management practices are created as "business innovators" moves from solving a business issue (mystery) to creating business heuristics and algorithms that can be used by managers to solve business problems as referenced by Roger Martin in The Design of Business. These heuristics and algorithms become "standard" management practices. Management theory focuses on the creation of prescriptions for solving mysteries (Design Thinking) and moving solutions through the knowledge funnel to create management practices. Others might argue that management theory is the result of social scientists observing practicing managers. Some might argue that management theory does not provide a prescription for the practice of management. This Professional Development Workshop (PDW) is the continuation of a line of research from prior Academy of Management Conferences and Meetings. It will build on several very successfully PDWs: 1) Translating Scholarship into Practice: How can the Results of Scholarship be Translated into Action by Practitioners? that was conducted at the 2014 AOM Conference, 2) Translating Scholarship into Practice: Using the World Café Technique to explore the gap between scholars and practitioners? that was conducted at the 2015 AOM Conference, and 3) Translating Scholarship Into Practice: Which Comes First: Theory or Practice? Scholarship into Practice that was conducted at the 2016 AOM Conference. This PDW will provide academics, educators, and practitioners an opportunity to discuss and reflect critically on recent initiatives (e.g., to increase the relevance and usability of the AOM's publications) to close the gap between scholars and practitioners, between scholarship and practice. We will discuss ways and means for closing the gap between management scholars and management practitioners that include strategies for using information technology such as social media technologies to link researchers and practitioners.
This PDW will provide academics, educators, and practitioners an opportunity to discuss and reflect critically on recent initiatives (e.g., to increase the relevance and usability of the AOM's publications) to close the gap between scholars and practitioners, between scholarship and practice. This exploration will be accomplished using a modified World Café method, which is a structured conversational process.
Organizer: Melanie P. Cohen, Institute for Creative Management.org
Organizer: Geoffery Seaver, National Defense U.
Participant: Christof Backhaus, Aston Business School
Participant: Dharm Prakash Sharma Bhawuk, U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Participant: Philipp Bubenzer, ETH Zurich / HEG Fribourg (HES-SO)
Participant: Suzanne C. De Janasz, Seattle U.
Participant: Krzysztof Dembek, The U. of Melbourne
Participant: Jacob Eisenberg, UCD
Participant: Suzanne L Geigle, MITRE Corporation
Participant: Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Alliant Intl U. / Coherent Change
Participant: Usha C.V. Haley, West Virginia U.
Participant: Carsten Hornstrup, Joint Action A/S
Participant: Stephanie Hurt, Meredith College
Participant: Gigi Johnson, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Participant: Rob Koonce, Creighton U.
Participant: Stefan Krummaker, Queen Mary U. of London
Participant: Ted London, U. of Michigan
Participant: Farley Simon Nobre, Federal U. of Parana
Participant: Fedor Ovchinnikov, Institute for Evolutionary Leadership
Participant: Julie JP Palmer, Webster U.
Participant: Michael Robinson, Newcap Communications
Participant: Marian Ruderman, Center for Creative Leadership
Participant: Janet E. Salmons, Walden U.
Participant: Paul M Swiercz, George Washington U.
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We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
Best,
Melanie
Dr. Melanie P. Cohen
Executive Director and Principal
Institute for Creative Management.org