Call for Papers
for the 2010 Annual Meeting of the
Southwest Academy of Management
www.swamfbd.org
(Meeting in conjunction with the Federation of Business Disciplines FBD)
Place: Dallas, TX Hotel: Dallas Sheraton Dates: March 3 6, 2010
It was the best of times
It was the worst of times
(with apologies to Charles Dickens)
Submission Deadline: Thursday, October 3, 2009
Janice A. Black, Program Chair at
jblack14@csub.edu or at janice.a.black@gmail.com
or by phone at 661-654-2388 with questions and volunteering!
Southwest Academy of Management Conference Highlights
New Features (INDICATED WITH A *): SWAM Distinguished Scholars; Breakfast/Snack Roundtables &
Debates; Saturday Survivors Breakfast with highlights from conference; Doctoral Student/Junior
Faculty Consortia on Friday Morning
Keynote Sessions will be one of the following: (Proposals Accepted!)
Debates* between Distinguished Scholars where the Best or Worst of Times positions face off.
Distinguished Scholars* presenting their take on the scholarship of teaching, research, or service.
Senior Executives sharing where they feel comfortable still knowing what to do (the Best of times)
or where they need help figuring out what now (the worst of times).
Competitive papers sessions will be of one of the following:
Traditional Presentations;
Round Table Discussions where synthesis and insight will be reported out on Saturday morning during the
new Sat. Survivors Breakfast* session.
Poster Sessions* located near the coffee break areas to extend the informal networking within a track to
informal discussions of papers.
Professional Development Workshops* are interactive and require the following information:
The demonstration of a teaching, research or service tool or exercise;
The identification of appropriate Track/Subject application areas (IE STRATEGY, OB, OT, ETC.) ;
Educational/research justification for the activities chosen and
Will last either ½ of a regular session or a full session. Please indicate which timing is best for your workshop.
Innovative Ideas are Encouraged: Proposals for special sessions (workshops, work-in-progress, etc.) should be
detailed as soon as possible to permit evaluation. Please include a detailed description of the proposed session,
indicating the participants, their roles, and evidence of their willingness to participate and send these proposals
to the Program Chair, Janice Black at jblack14@csub.edu . As you can see, this year, we want to use the best
of the past and
well
we are very willing to experiment with different session formats and
see if it will be the
best or worst
!
Mentoring Sessions for Working Papers is another example of a Professional Development Workshop:
Authors with works-in-progress can meet one-on-one with an assigned mentor for suggestions on developing
their work. Long Abstracts from authors and a current CV from potential mentors are both sought.
Distinguished Paper Award: A Best Paper will be selected for each track, and from this group one paper will be
selected for the Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Paper Award. A special team of reviewers will work with the
authors so that this paper may be published in the Journal of Business Strategies.
Outstanding Reviewer: An outstanding reviewer is identified for each track, and the Outstanding Reviewer for the
conference will be identified from this group.
Journal of Business Strategies: The Southwest Academy of Management is affiliated with the Journal of Business
Strategies, which publishes articles on all fields related to business.
Published Proceedings: Authors will be provided specifications for preparing their manuscripts after they are
notified of acceptance. Publication in the CD Rom-based Proceedings does not preclude subsequent
publication in other journals when proper acknowledgement is given.
Doctoral Student Consortium: Doctoral students are invited to the doctoral student consortium on Friday morning
for ½ day. In addition, scholarships are available to offset cost of attending for doctoral students with papers
accepted for the conference and attending consortium. Please see the SWAM website (listed above) for details.
Electronic Submissions Process: Submission website will open early this summer. You will find it at
http://www.moodle.nmsu.edu/ocs . We will be using a NEW SUBMISSION PLATFORM and will have
instructions available on the SWAM web-site. You will need to submit your paper to one of our Tracks!
Policies and Instructions for Paper Submissions
1. Competitive papers should be typed, single-spaced, with a space between paragraphs and two between sections and typically
not more than 20 pages in length with embedded tables & figures and including references.
2. Use CENTERED BOLD ALL CAPS for main headings and Left-justified Bold Title Format for secondary headings. Please
use Arial Narrow 12 point font.
3. The separate title page file should include the name, affiliation, address, and telephone number of all authors and the 150
word abstract.
4. The main body of the paper should have a title page with a 150-word abstract, but not the authors names. Papers will be
double-blind reviewed.
5. Papers should not have been previously published or presented. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper will be
required to join FBD and the Southwest Academy of Management, register for the meeting, and personally present the
paper.
6. Submissions are limited to a maximum of three per individual author.
7. SWAM fully subscribes to the ethical standards of the Academy of Management.
8. It is the policy of the Southwest Academy of Management to be given first and full credit for all papers presented at its
meeting. The Southwest Academy of Management will reject a paper that has been, or is scheduled to be, presented at
another conference.
9. Symposium proposals or proposals using an innovative format should be as detailed as possible in order to enhance the
reviewers ability to evaluate the proposal. Indicate all session participants, their roles, and provide evidence of willingness
to participate.
Classic Track Titles
1. Strategy (BPS)
These are reports of scholarly research in the fields of strategy, strategic leadership, and international
management.
2. Entrepreneurship & Small Business (ENT)
These are reports of scholarly research in the fields of entrepreneurship, small business management, and
consulting.
3. Organization Theory (OT)
These are reports of scholarly research in the fields of organization theory, organization development and change,
operations management, management information systems, and other macro or system-level concepts.
4. Organizational Behavior (OB)
These are reports of scholarly research in the fields of organizational behavior, organization communications, and
other micro concepts.
5. General Management (GEN) These are all cross level orientations that include but are not limited to
industry specific orientations like health care; philosophical orientations like sustainable business or diversity
issues; and leadership.
6. Human Resources (HR) These are all reports of scholarly research in the fields of human resources, careers
and training.
7. Scholarship of Teaching, Research and Service (STRS) These are all reports of scholarly
research in our field of practice including tried and tested exercises; reflections on experiences; essays on future
directions; and refreshers/updates on classic cases.
8. Professional Development Workshops (PDW)
These are workshops that illustrate successful practices in each area of our work including teaching workshops;
research development workshops; the developmental papers; and service workshops.
9 Doctoral & Junior Faculty Consortium This is a short half day professional development workshop
open to doctoral students and junior faculty who are not yet tenured.