| An Invitation to Join in a Task of Historic Significance The 2009 Global Forum will bring together leading executives, designers, management scholars, civil society leaders, government policy makers, and visionary students to identify and leverage new solutions with the potential to change 21st-century society for the better. The format and content will encircle the globe and include both face-to-face and virtual venues. The Forum is designed to inspire conferees to push the boundaries of what is known and to accept Toynbee's challenge "to dare in scholarship."
We invite papers, essays, workshop proposals from professors, students, executives, managers and leaders in the field of practice. A peer-review process will select submissions for presentation at the Forum, with outstanding papers considered for a state-of-the-art book as well as for a special journal issue. Innovative workshops on the strategic aspects of sustainable value creation, including leadership approaches and management methods for advancing business as an agent of world benefit, are also invited. Especially welcome are real-life profiles of CEOs, managers, companies, and public-private partnerships that have dared to view social and global challenges not as burdens but as compelling business opportunities, new sources of innovation, and the basis for long-term fiscal success. | Specifically, we invite papers that fall under one of the following 3 categories: | | | | 1. Conceptual, empirical, and theoretical papers 2. Workshops focused on application and the practical "how-to's" 3. In-depth case studies or story narratives | | Listed below are the three theme tracks: | | 1. Theme Track 1: Management-As-Designing: What Can Management Learn from the Field of Design and How Might the Design Attitude Help Us Turn Social and Global Issues into Bona-fide Business Opportunities? 2. Theme Track 2: Massive Innovation: What Do We Know About Change at the Scale of the Whole? 3. Theme Track 3: Redesigning Management Education for the Future: If Anything Imaginable Were Possible How Might We Imagine and Design Responsible Management Education. | | Please submit a 500-word (maximum 1-page) abstract of your proposed paper online at by November 1st 2008, or sooner if possible.
Your abstract must identify: | | 1. to which of the three tracks you are submitting, 2. under which of the three categories-conceptual papers, workshops, and case studies--listed above does your paper belong, and 3. your topic area. | Also, please include a conceptual frame, question(s), and methodology (if applicable). In addition to the abstract, we also need to have such contact information such as: (1) name and co-author names, (2) title, (3) organization, (4) address, (5) phone, and (6) e-mail address.
You will be notified by December 31st 2008 as to whether your proposed paper, session, or workshop has been selected for inclusion at the Forum. Authors of successful proposals will be invited to submit a paper or workshop materials and join in the deliberations and dialogue.
For the full text of the BAWB Call for Papers, click here . |