Call for Papers

Managing by Values - beyond Cultures and Generations
May 3 - 4, 2010
MacEwan School of Business, Edmonton, Canada

We invite contributions from academics, educators and trainers, and business professionals. We request proposals that explore current topics in management education and the role of values in management training and development. Research in all stages (dissertation proposals, research in progress, and completed research) is welcome. We also welcome papers and contributions presenting case studies and reflections from firsthand experience. Reflections and studies of scholarship in teaching management or training managers are welcome.

Contributions can be in one of three formats.

• Paper submissions for one of the 'open track' paper sessions.
• Proposals for workshops that offer an integrated approach to a topic of interest in management education and training.
• Innovative sessions that address a topic of interest in management education.

Proposals would be especially welcome in the following areas:

University based education and development beyond cultures and generations

• What should we be teaching?
• Integration of values in the business curriculum
• Ethics in business curriculum
• Teaching Finance
• Leadership development for undergraduate and MBA programs
• Business Schools as incubators for executive talents
• Design and curriculum development for business programs
• Programs developed and delivered in partnership with the business
• Quality and accreditation
• Project management
• Knowledge management
• International collaboration in delivering programs
• Managing change: how do we  deal with changing expectation from business education
• Post-Bologna experiences in European degree programs
• Linking research and business education
• Implications and/or recommendations for business professionals
• The gender issue and partnership

Beyond the borders of business schools: linking business education and the business community

• What does business need?
• Relationship business and society?
• Role of the business schools in business innovation
• Business schools as drivers of the future development of business and society
• The role of future thinkers
• Methods of assessment of culture or ethical values
• Aligning organizational values with business practices and procedures
• Aligning organizational values across generations (Baby-boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y).
• Aligning organizational values across cultures
• Short course development and the role of executive education
• Collaboration between business schools and the business community
• Innovative approaches to teaching management
• E-learning
• Education and training and its role/impact in management development
• Capacity building and knowledge transfer between the business schools and business community
• Evaluating the impact of management education and training on business and society
• Do we need to reinvent business schools?
• What is the difference between a Business School and the University?

Abstract Preparation

1. Abstracts are authored and co-authored

2. Abstracts are in either English or French

3. Abstracts are submitted as Microsoft Word documents,
    maximum 600 words, and formatted as follows:

• Single spaced
• Times New Roman, size 12 font
• 1 inch top, bottom, left and right margins

4. The first page is a title page and includes the following:

• Title - Bold,  centered, and not capitalized (except for words that are always capitalized)
• Authors - First name is followed by initials and last name; academic degrees/titles are omitted; authors belonging to the same institutions are grouped together
• Institutions - Names, cities, states/provinces/countries

5. The second page includes the following:

• Title only; authors are already specified on the first/title page
• Abstract text
• For in text citation and references, please use APA style guide

Abstract Submission

Please submit an extended abstract for blind peer review to Attn: Sara Caetano at caetanos@macewan.ca.  Authors of accepted papers will be notified and invited to submit a full paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Submission of Abstract: November 30, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: December 20, 2009