Dear Members of the Technology and Innovation Management Division
The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management is proud to announce the winners of the three PTC Awards which will be given at this year's Academy of Management Meeting in Vancouver.
· Winner of the AOM PTC Practice Impact Award: Professor Herman Aguinis, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
· Winner of the PTC Research Center Impact Award: Cornell University Center for Advanced HR Studies (CAHRS)
· Winner of the PTC Research Center Impact Runner Up Award: Lancaster University Management School Wave 2 Growth Hub Programme
The awards will be given at the Practice Theme Committee Gala Celebration and Awards, which takes place on
Sunday, August 9th, from 4.30pm – 7.00pm at Vancouver Convention Centre in Room 118.
Please join us to this event to congratulate our winners for their impressive overall impact their work is having on managerial and organizational practices! In addition to the awards ceremony, the event will feature an exciting interactive celebration of practice oriented events, such as Otto Scharmer's huge MOOC on TRANSFORMING BUSINESS, SOCIETY, and SELF, run by MIT and EDX with 28,000 people from 191 countries.
Thank you to the members of the Selection Committees: Karlene Roberts, Denise Rousseau, Christian Brock, Thomas Cummings, Tim Cummins, Edward Lawler III, Robert E. Quinn, and David Woisetschläger.
Also, thank you to this year's sponsors, namely Newcastle University Business School and the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), for making it possible to give the awards.
Once again, congratulations to all our recipients of these prestigious awards!
We look forward to seeing you at the PTC Gala Celebration.
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Alliant International University (PTC Co-Chair)
Kuo Frank Yu, City University of Hong Kong (PTC Co-Chair)
Tyrone Pitsis, Newcastle University Business School (PTC Director of Engagement and Impact)
Christof Backhaus, Newcastle University Business School (Chair of the PTC Awards Committee)
Dr Christof Backhaus
Professor of Marketing
Director of Impact
Newcastle University Business School
5 Barrack Road, NE1 4SE
Newcastle upon Tyne
christof.backhaus@ncl.ac.uk
www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs