Calls for the PTC Awards

Dear AOM members,

The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management is proud to announce the call for our two awards which will be awarded at our annual meeting in Vancouver in August, 2015: 
The PTC PRACTICE IMPACT AWARD and the PTC RESEARCH CENTER IMPACT AWARD.   

Please find below full nomination details and information for each of the awards. Please note that sending mere individual or organizational names does not constitute a nomination, therefore please supply all necessary information to nominate. The awards include a PTC Award Plaque and will be presented during the PTC Welcome and Awards Ceremony at the AOM Annual Meeting in Vancouver in August 2015.

Best regards,

Kuo Frank Yu, Tyrone Pitsis, and Christof Backhaus
on behalf of the PTC Impact Awards Committee

The PRACTICE THEME COMMITTEE of the 

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT 

proudly announces the

PRACTICE IMPACT AWARD (PIA) 

The AOM Practice Impact Award is a prestigious and highly valued award that seeks to recognize and celebrate an outstanding scholar for her or his contribution to research and theory in practice based studies and overall impact on managerial and organizational practices. The nominee should have a track record of quality publications in academic journals and books, and preferably recognized practitioner relevant journals as well as other outlets that demonstrate impact at a wider level (government reports, OECD reports, etc.). 

2015 SELECTION COMMITTEE

- Professor Denise Rousseau, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University

- Professor Karlene Roberts, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

- Professor Thomas Cummings, Marshall School of Business, USC

- Professor David Woisetschläger, Technische Universität Braunschweig

- Dr Tyrone Pitsis, Newcastle University Business School

- Professor Christof Backhaus, Newcastle University Business School

2015 NOMINATION PROCESS

Who is eligible to nominate? 

Any member of the Academy of Management may nominate candidates.

Who can be nominated? 

Any scholar with a proven track record of advancing theory, research and practice from a practice based studies approach can be nominated.

How long is the period for nominations? 

The nomination period opens February 11^th and closes April 1^st , 2015 eastern standard time. 

Award recipients will be contacted via email on May 15^th, 2015.

How to submit a nomination? 

Please send your nomination with the following as a minimum requirement: A cover letter detailing the accomplishments of the individual relevant to the scope of this award (of no more than 2 pages) and the nominee’s CV (max of 6 pages), as well as at least one but no more than three letters of support detailing why this recipient is a worthy recipient of the award (no more than 2 pages) to ptcawards@newcastle.ac.uk.

Please use the following subject line: PIA 2015_[Name of nominee], e.g. PIA 2015_John B. Anacademic. Self-nominations that fulfil all requirements are also welcome.

                                                                                                                                                                   

The PRACTICE THEME COMMITTEE of the 

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT

proudly announces

RESEARCH CENTER IMPACT AWARD (RCIA) 

The PTC Research Center Impact Award aims to recognize the contribution that research centers make to the practice of management in the public, private, and/or third sectors. Research Centers must specifically demonstrate how knowledge gained through the research and programs conducted by the centers have made an impact to management practice. The PTC Research Centre Impact Award is designed to promote the AOM’s strategic intent of professional impact. The awards seeks to recognize and celebrate an outstanding research project or programme of research conducted either independently or in collaboration with industry that has had a major and demonstrable impact on management practice or has made a significant difference to the recipients of the research (be it in private, government, non-government and third sectors). Previous recipients of the PTC Research Center Impact Award have been theCenter for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at The University of Michigan.

2015 SELECTION COMMITTEE

- Professor Edward Lawler III, Marshall School of Business, USC

- Professor Robert E. Quinn, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

- Tim Cummins, CEO IACCM

- Professor Christian Brock, University of Rostock

- Dr Tyrone Pitsis, Newcastle University Business School

- Professor Christof Backhaus, Newcastle University Business School

2015 NOMINATION PROCESS

Who is eligible to nominate? 

Any member of the Academy of Management may nominate candidates.

How long is the period for nominations? 

The nomination period opens February 10^th and closes April 15^th, 2015 eastern standard time.

Award recipients will be contacted via email on May 15^th, 2015.

How to submit a nomination? 

If you wish to nominate a research center, please forward this email on to the director of the research center (or equivalent) that you wish to nominate, and cc the Chair of the Awards Committee of the Practice Theme Committee, Christof Backhaus, at christof.backhaus@ncl.ac.uk, who will provide a nomination form template and further details. The form may then be filled out by the director of the research center, detailing information on (1) the project/programme of work to which the nomination refers, (2) a list of organisations/groups that have collaborated or contributed to the project/programme of work to which the nomination refers, and (3) a statement detailing why this center is a worthy recipient of the award. In addition, any other information that will assist in the evaluation of the project/programme can be included as well (e.g., supporting letters from beneficiaries)

                                                                                                                                                                   

The DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AND PRACTICE THEME COMMITTEES of the

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT

D&ITC BEST PRACTICE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD

Diversity and Inclusion Theme Committee (D&ITC) (established September 1, 2010) is charged to (1) cultivate and advocate ethical behavior in all aspects of our work; (2) provide a dynamic and supportive community for all of our members, embracing the full diversity of our backgrounds and experiences; (3) respect each of our members' voices and seek to amplify their ideas (http://group.aomonline.org/ditc/).

The Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee (D&ITC) and the Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management are calling for nominations for the D&ITC Best Practice in Diversity and Inclusion Award. The D&ITC award aims to recognize exemplary diversity and inclusion best practices that have achieved, or are currently achieving, notable impact on diversity and inclusion in practice, teaching, or research. Nominees must specifically demonstrate how the practices, programs, teaching, or research conducted by the division, interest group, or committee have made notable impacts on advancing diversity and inclusion. Collaborative practices between or among groups that foster diversity and inclusion can illustrate best practices effectively; however, groups may not apply jointly. Rather, a single group, ideally the group that leads and assumes most duties and efforts should be the one nominated on behalf of the joint efforts.

2015 NOMINATION FORM D&ITC BEST PRACTICE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
(please type in your responses)
1.       Name of committee, interest group or division:
2.       Website(s) (if any):

THE NOMINATOR OF THE COMMITTEE, INTEREST GROUP OR DIVISION (THIS SHOULD BE THE PERSON FILLING OUT THIS FORM)

3.       Full name and Title(s)
4.       Position(s) within the University or Organizations:
5.       Email address:
6.       Telephone number (A preferred contact number):

DETAILS OF THE SUBMISSION:

7.       Brief description of the practices, programs, teaching, or research to improve member diversity and inclusion to which this nomination refers (no more than 350 words).
8.       Why do the group’s specific practices, programs, teaching or research to improve member diversity and inclusion deserve to win this award? Please explain how the practices, programs, teaching or research have improved member diversity and inclusion in the committee, interest group or division and/or the AOM as a whole.  Please provide appropriate evidence to support your nomination (e.g., satisfaction data, increasing diversity in membership, etc.)
9.       Please offer any additional information that will assist in the evaluation of your practices, programs, teaching or research to improve member diversity and inclusion. One is welcome to provide additional information that demonstrates the group’s visions of and impacts on diversity and inclusion:  leadership, follow ship, services, community outreach, strategic change process and outcome, members’ accomplishments, newsletters, meeting minutes, on-line forum discussion, awards and award processes, collaborations with internal and external stakeholders of the Academy of Management (AOM), etc.
10.   Please submit no more than 10 pages of documentation to support your nomination. 
11.   Please complete the form and email to csuechan@cityu.edu.hk by April 15^th, 2015 eastern standard time.

PTC Home Page

Practice Theme Committee: A Brief Introduction   

 

The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management is a strategic All Academy committee of the Academy and represents the entire Academy of Management.  Its role is to celebrate, promote and innovate the way in which scholarly research contributes to a better society by engaging with people beyond the academy and by promoting dialogue and collaboration among different professionals in the public, private and non-government sectors. 

The PTC aims to develop greater awareness of what practice means and how various conceptualizations and views of practice and practice phenomena can inform research and teaching to increase the update of the management scholarship for practical uses in real life settings. Linking practitioners and scholars, the committee identifies exemplar individual, work, and organizational practices that inform and broaden our understanding of the entrepreneurial ways that practices give shape to one another and to the condition of interdependence within an ecology of practices in the state of mutual negotiation, influence, and reconfiguration. 

In particular, we exemplify teaching and research practices that engage practitioners and academics in the co-creation of actionable knowledge that impacts beyond the narrow confines of scholarly publications. Practice-oriented research methods such as action research, participative observation, intervention-research, and appreciative inquiry are some examples of generative practices that helps build evidence-based research, grows practice-based evidence, and generates application-relevant knowledge.

Serving the bridging role that enhances the impact of scholarship on practice across divisions and committees, the PTC creates various practitioner, industry, and scholar platforms that facilitates ongoing engagement and collaboration among academics, business practitioners and policy makers. We aim to more systematically account for the impact of management scholarship and to generate excitement and purposes for sharing interests and bridging gaps among different communities of practice. In addition to providing platforms, the PTC also builds a network of scholars skilled in multi-stakeholder innovation and communication and works toward providing skill-based workshops that train people to interface deftly in various kinds of practice-related discourses such as policy-making, media interfaces, press releases, consulting, and co-creation of knowledge among professionals.

Sample PTC Activities and Initiatives

1. The design and delivery of Professional Development Workshops that promote the AOM’s practice agenda. 
2. Sponsoring or co-sponsoring events at the Annual Meeting of the AOM that emphasize the practice impact agenda.
3. Designing strategic doing initiatives that advance our knowledge about understanding, measuring and making sense of impact.
4. Creating industry and scholarly platforms that generate excitements, interests, and purposes for sharing insights and bridging gaps between practitioners and scholars.
5. Creating and participating in the creation of Practice Impact Awards across divisions and committees through PTC division and committee liaisons.

Committee Charge: (as currently stated on the AOM website

 http://aom.org/About-AOM/Committee-Charges.aspx#PRACTICE

1. Encourage the Academy to become exposed to and provide exposure for application-oriented professional development opportunities.
2. Raise the visibility of management practice as an important professional focus within the Academy.
3. Coordinate support for the "scholarship of application" activities of Academy members.
4. Assist the membership committee in its charge to expand the presence of practitioners in the Academy and integrate them. 

 

News

In the year 2013-2014

We injected new leadership and collaborated with a growing number of divisions and committees while maintaining connections and collaborations with our past leadership by continuing to inform and work with immediate past chairs, Tyrone Pitsis and Elena Antonacopoulou. We improved our Awards process, with new leadership and a redesigned international sub-committee and practices; refined the structure of our PDWs; and continued to create opportunities for interactions and engagement with the greater AOM community at before, during, and after the conference. In addition, we create task force directors as a governance structure to allow PTC committee members to take self-initiatives to dream, develop, and executive a number of strategic initiatives under the rubric of various task forces.


Proposal to modify the wording of the PTC Charge  

In addition, we propose modifying the wording of the PTC Charge. We recommend these changes in order to make explicit the importance of collaboration across the AOM between the PTC and other AOM groups

• Expose the Academy to practice-oriented professional development opportunities.
• Raise the visibility of management practice as an important professional focus within the Academy.
• Coordinate support for the "scholarship of application" activities of Academy members.
• Liaison with other Academy divisions and committees to use dialogue and collaboration to enhance rigor and relevance of practice-related teaching and research.
• Assist the Membership Committee and Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee in their charge to develop the presence, impact, and inclusion of practitioners and insure their hospitality and nourishment in the academy.

 
PDWS Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by the PTC 2014

Practice Theme Committee (PTC) as Lead Sponsor of PDWs:

(PTC)

What Words provide effective consulting-research feedback in practice? The case of elites [60]

 (PTC)

Bridging the Research-Practice Gap though Evidence-Based Management and Systematic Review [109]

 

(PTC, MED, MC, OB, ODC, OCIS)

Translating the Results of Scholarship into Actions by Practitioners [239]

 

(PTC, ODC, MSR, SIM, MED)

Connecting Inner Transformation as a Leader to Corporate and Societal Change: The Power of Words [279]

 

(PTC, OCIS)

Professional Doctorate Programs: Sharing Success Stories and Secrets [332]

 

(PTC)

DBAs Critical Success Factors: Spanning Research and Practice [424]

 

Practice Theme Committee (PTC) as Co-Sponsor of PDWs:

(CMS, SIM, PTC)

Getting Out of the Hotels: Words and Action in Philadelphia [180]

 

(OB, PTC, ODC)

Research in Practice: Connecting Theory and Work Through Academic / Practitioner Collaborations [267]

 

(ODC, MC, PTC)

Internal Consulting: Exchanging “Words” between Research and Practice [350]

 

(ONE, PNP, ODC, PTC)

Living Planet @ Work: Bold Talks and Walks for Bettering Our World [354]

 

(IM, PTC)

The Power of Words: Assessing the International Impact of Research [378]

 

(OB, MOC, OMT, PTC, ODC)

Researching Organizational Mindfulness and Mindful Organizing: Theory, Method, and Practice  [463]