Dear Colleagues,
Emotions and behaviors in connection with change are especially relevant topics of exploration in these turbulent times. Organization and management scholars dealing with these topics, such as Quy Huy, will participate in the following event that some of OB doctoral students may find appealing.
All the best,
Andre Avramchuk
OB division member and
Doctoral Student Representative, ODC Executive Board
Doctoral Consortium: Organization Development and Change Division
If you (or one of your students) are studying change and are actively working on a dissertation, then please submit an application to the 2009 ODC Doctoral Consortium held in conjunction with the upcoming Academy of Management meeting in August! The ODC division welcomes doctoral students from all disciplines who are studying issues associated with organizational change. Broad, relevant topical areas that might be of interest include:
· Organization development
· Change management
· Strategy-as-practice
· Social movements in and of organizations
· Organizational improvisation · Organizational learning
· Responses to change
· Network dynamics
· &nbs p; Institutional change
· Transformational leadership
· Innovation
· Microdynamics of change
· ...and any other change-related topics
We have designed an innovative approach to the traditional consortium experience, which received rave reviews last year. The consortium features a working paper workshop,20where experienced change scholars such as Quy Huy, Inger Stensaker, and Ryan Quinn will present their own work in a way that will be a provocative learning experience. Current and past ODC Board members (such as Jim Ludema, Ron Fry, Frank Barrett, & Ann Feyerherm) will work with you to make your research more rigorous, relevant, and publishable. There will be opportunities to meet other doctoral students, to make some great connections with other leading and emerging change scholars and to be exposed to additional topics such as action and applied research, career trajectories, consulting, and ethics of research and teaching. The consortium is scheduled to begin on Friday, August 7 at 3:00 pm, includes dinner and an all day Saturday session, capped off by hearing from a panel of the pioneers in the area of Organization Development and Change and a reception for you to meet other members of the division.
The ideal candidate for this consortium will have finished his/her coursework and be engaged in preparing a dissertation proposal. Because space is limited, we expect that only one student per program will be selected to participate, but additional students from a given program may be considered on a space available basis after the nomination20deadline.
To apply, please send an email with the following three documents attached to Ann Feyerherm (afeyerhe@pepperdine.edu) by May 15, 2009:
· A recommendation letter from your dean, department chair, or major advisor that verifies your (a) status/progress and (b) year in your school's doctoral program.
- A one-page bio summarizing the nominee's contact information, research and teaching interests, and publications. This one-page bio will be distributed among consortium participants
- A 3-5 page (typed and double-spaced) summary of the dissertation project, including the research question, rationale, hypotheses/propositions, proposed methods and results (if applicable). This will also be distributed among faculty and consortium participants.
We anticipate selection will be made by mid June. Any questions can be directed to Ann Feyerherm, afeyerhe@pepperdine.edu or Ryan Quinn, quinnr@darden.virginia.edu.