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CERE 2017 - 50 years of the Contingency Theory

  • 1.  CERE 2017 - 50 years of the Contingency Theory

    Posted 02-19-2017 22:37
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    ***The 8th Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE) at the Indian Institute of Management Indore***

    Year 2017 celebrates the 50th year of three very influential management books of the last century namely (a) Organizations in Action: Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory by James D. Thompson, (b) Organization and Environment by Paul R. Lawrence and J. W. Lorsch and (c) A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness by Fred Fiedler. 

    The 8th edition of CERE, organized by the Indian Institute of Management Indore aims to celebrate these path-breaking books and offer a forum to discuss and deliberate on the ideas of these three authoritative works in the contingency theory.

    The CFP is attached herewith and the last date for submitting the extended abstract is 5th March, 2017. 


    We hope this special forum excites you and will be happy to host you on our picturesque campus during the conference. 

    Best Regards

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    Ranjeet Nambudiri
    Faculty, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
    Indian Institute of Management Indore
    Phone: + 91 731 243 9535