Iberoamerican Academy of Management (IAM)
PDW Chair: Desirée Pacheco, Portland State University; pacheco@pdx.edu
2018 IAM Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals
The Iberoamerican Academy of Management (IAM) invites the submission of creative proposals for its Professional Development Workshop (PDW) sessions that will take place at the Academy of Management meetings on August 10-11 in Chicago, Illinois.
The Academy's PDWs are a great platform for colleagues to share knowledge and expertise and foster the professional development of workshop participants.
The IAM´s two primary objectives are: First, to foster the general advancement of knowledge in the theory and practice of management among Iberoamerican scholars and/or those academics interested in Iberoamerican issues; and second, to perform and support educational activities that contribute to intellectual and operational leadership in the field of management within an Iberoamerican context (for further information: http://www.iberoacademy.org/).
IAM gives emphasis to its Iberoamerican focus (Latin America, Latino populations in North America, and Spain/Portugal), but is open to integrate participants, dialogues, and proposals from different perspectives, backgrounds, and regions to enrich its objectives.
This year's conference theme is "Improving Lives". "The 2018 Theme asks the question: How can organizations contribute to the betterment of society through elevating the health and well-being of those who live in it? What role can organizations play in positively affecting the physical, psychological, social, and financial health of individuals, groups, communities, countries, regions, or global society? Organizations are integral to, and have an interdependent relationship with, society. As such, they affect whether societies realize their members' health ("complete physical, mental and social well-being," WHO 1946) and overall wellbeing ("being happy, healthy and prosperous," Merriam-Webster). However, the role of organizations and the responsibility for improving lives is unclear, as is the extent to which their efforts have been successful." (AOM 2018 Theme: Improving Lives - Academy of Management- http://aom.org/annualmeeting/theme/).
Consistent with the conference theme, we would like to suggest some potential topics that may be of interest to a broad audience:
· How do organizations (e.g., entrepreneurs, family firms) in Iberoamerica work to enhance the quality of life of their societies? What are the outcomes of these efforts? What challenges do organizations face when undertaking them? How might these efforts, and related barriers or solutions, compare to other contexts outside of Iberoamerica?
· How do labor mobility and collaborative initiatives within Iberoamerica help organizations to improve lives beyond their country's boundaries? How do these trends and their effects compare between Iberoamerican countries? What role do multinational companies in Iberoamerica play on this?
· How do organizations leverage similarities between Iberoamerican cultures to improve lives in these contexts? What effect do cultural differences between Iberoamerican countries have on these efforts?
· How do organizations mitigate and/or manage political risk, educational insufficiency, and other institutional constraints to improve lives in Iberoamerica?
· What kinds of partnerships and collaborative arrangements (e.g., public-private partnerships) do organizations in Iberoamerica rely on to improve the well-being of employees and/or society?
· What role do social movements and other stakeholders play in influencing how organizations address employee or societal well-being in Iberoamerican contexts?
· How do social movement organizations (e.g., non-profits) or other stakeholders work to improve the lives of Iberoamericans across different economic sectors? How do these organizations work with the private sector to bring about change? How do they influence the broader discourse on diversity, inclusiveness, and well-being in organizations?
· What types of "causes" and strategies for social change do Latino-owned businesses take on? How do they implement their strategies? How do they influence discourse and the diffusion of new practices? What are the outcomes of these efforts?
· How do Iberoamerican practitioners manage the well-being of an aging workforce? How do they address the health-related concerns of employees? How do they help immigrants, refugees, or members of other vulnerable populations? How do family firms in Iberoamerica contribute to these populations?
· How do organizations and their employees voice concerns over equity-related issues affecting the Iberoamerican population? How do they perceive of, manage, and mitigate these issues? What policies and practices seem to be most successful?
· How do businesses help Iberoamerican immigrants to succeed economically or through business education? What types of programs are most impactful in enabling Iberoamerican immigrants to participate and succeed in business?
We also welcome proposals that advance theory, research, education, and practice in the field of management within the scope of our objectives.
PDWs can take a variety of forms including round tables, panel sessions, developmental workshops, practitioner focused sessions, and doctoral consortia, to name a few. We encourage PDWs that are innovative, interactive, inclusive, provocative, and conducive to participant learning.
Submissions for PDW Proposals begin on November 28, 2017, and close by January 9, 2018 at 5:00 PM ET (NY Time). Please follow the Academy of Management's PDW Guidelines for Submissions. Please submit using the PDW submission system at: http://aom.org/annualmeeting/submission/.
We look forward to your proposals and to your active participation in the IAM PDWs in Chicago!
For any comments or additional questions, please contact the 2018 IAM PDW Chair:
Desirée F. Pacheco, Associate Professor
Portland State University
Email: pacheco@pdx.edu
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Desirée F. Pacheco
Associate Professor
Hanna Andersson Scholar in
Management and Sustainability
Portland State University
School of Business Administration
503-725-9684
http://www.pdx.edu/sba/fp-desiree-pacheco
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