Dear All,
Please see below the extended deadline for Papers for the OLKC Conference:
OLKC 2011: Call for Papers
Stop Press: Deadline Extended Until Monday 15 November
Conference Dates: 12 - 14 April 2011
Conference Venue: Hull University Business School, UK
Conference Website: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/hubs/olkc2011
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Elena Antonacopoulou, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at University of Liverpool Management School and the Practice Theme Committee Chair, Academy of Management (USA).
Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management and Co-Unit Head of the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School.
Academic Theme: Making Waves
The theme for OLKC 2011 is Making Waves. This builds on previous conference themes and also reflects Hull's location on the Humber estuary and its historical role as a maritime city. The theme also reflects Hull's place at the forefront of emancipatory movements, not least through its association with William Wilberforce. Making waves is an idea familiar from discourses about learning and knowledge, one which focuses on 'impact' - a central concern of academics and practitioners. Making waves relates to previous conference themes, such as 'connecting worlds' and 'the many senses of organisational learning and knowing'. A wave is a moving billow of water, an undulating line or a gesture or signal. Waves connect - and separate – worlds, they can propel us forward and drag us back. We often speak of waves of insight when describing our sense making. We may think of waves of technology, waves of traditions, waves of change, waves of emotion, of desire and revulsion. We may describe our feelings, our coalitions, our projects, our energy, the transmission of knowledge and our writing in terms of this metaphor. At OLKC 2011, to quote Serres, '...our chance is on the crest'[1].
Making waves implies agency, change and impact, in terms of exploring new ways of thinking and learning, the possibilities of different forms of knowledge, and the consequences for practice. At OLKC 2011 we encourage participants to think about these issues and, in particular, invite contributions on the following areas:
Reflecting the idea of 'new waves', we are interested in papers on managing knowledge and innovation, including a focus on research and development, absorptive capacity, knowledge management, communities of practice and innovation.
Considering some of the 'undulating lines' we may trace between learning, knowing, and acting capably, and thinking about the worlds and ideas they connect, we would welcome papers on connecting distributed knowledge, especially with reference to teams, networks, connecting with different industries, sectors, regions, and the natural environment.
Taking forward the idea of 'waves of learning', we encourage papers on learning in and about organizations, including power issues, organizational learning and HRM, emotions and learning, workplace learning, learning and performance, learning and sustainability, and learning and crisis.
We would also be pleased to receive contributions exploring capabilities in context, especially developing capabilities, cultural impacts, Web2.0, communication, capabilities and performance, and institutions and regulation.
Thinking broadly about making waves, what does it mean to work in impactful ways? Looking back at the development of research in our fields, what have been the seminal contributions and what have been their enduring impacts? As organisational learning and knowledge grows in maturity as a field, what will be the new waves? And what are the new waves or new approaches to methodology from which we can learn? What challenges and opportunities are opening up to management and organizational researchers and educators?
Whilst mindful of the general conference theme, we would like to maintain an open call for papers which present work of relevance to current developments in OLKC research.
Finally, we would be pleased to consider approaches to run Roundtable sessions, as well as suggestions for Symposia. Please contact Kevin Orr (k.orr@hull.ac.uk), Conference Chair, to discuss any ideas you might have.
Instructions for Authors
Deadlines
29th October 2010 DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY 15 NOVEMBER: Submission deadline of 800 word abstract
December 2010 Authors will be advised on their abstract status
25th February 2011 Full papers of 5,000-7,000 words due
Abstracts and papers can be submitted at: www.conftool.net/olkc2011/
Sumona Mukhuty
Lecturer in HRM/Organisational Behaviour
University of Hull Business School
Phone (Office): 01482 464767