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We cordially invite you to attend the live panel symposium on "The West and the East shall never meet? Chinese thought for managers and management" at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021 on Monday, August 2nd, 2021, 08:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT.Panelists:Robert Chia, University of GlasgowAndrew H. Van de Ven, University of MinnesotaPeter Ping Li, University of Nottingham Ningbo ChinaRuntian Jing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Fengbin Wang, Renmin University of China Moderator:Yuan Li, Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaOrganizers:Zhexiong Tao, University of International Business and Economics Li Yuan, Renmin University of ChinaEvent Program (Zoom link will be available here on event date)https://2021.aom.org/meetings/virtual/btpLszAePoYy9TGDnOverviewThis symposium will seek to explicate how Chinese thought differs from the western mode of thinking and the implications for managers and management. The discussion will focus on connecting specific Chinese constructs to topics of organization research, for example, building a Chinese indigenous model of organizational momentum for change, providing a Chinese Daoist processual explanation of endogenous enablers of system evolution, and illuminating the implications of Chinese thought on strategy and organization as practice and process.Event DateThe event will take place on Monday, August 2, 2021, at:
- 05:00 – 06:30 Los Angeles (PDT)
- 06:00 – 07:30 Montana (MST)
- 13:00 – 14:30 Glasgow (BST)
- 20:00 – 21:30 Beijing (CST)
Come discuss the indigenous Chinese concepts of yin-yang, wu-xing, wu-wei, and many more!
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Yuan Li
Associate Professor
Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga CA
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