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Invitation to 2019 PTC Impact Awards Reception & AOM Program Highlights

  • 1.  Invitation to 2019 PTC Impact Awards Reception & AOM Program Highlights

    Posted 08-01-2019 11:02

    The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management seeks to encourage societal impact and engagement of external stakeholders through outstanding scholarship. Please join us at our awards reception in Boston to celebrate the winners of the 2019 Impact Awards:

    What: PTC Celebration & Awards

    When: Saturday, August 10, 2019 6:30 – 8:30 PM

    Where: Sheraton Boston Hotel in Liberty Ballroom C 

    Put us on your calendar: https://my.aom.org/program2019/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=19843 

    And the WINNERS of the 2019 Impact Awards are (drum roll, please):

    • 2019 Chris Argyris Life-time Achievement Award (for a lifetime with momentous and lasting effects on management academics, practice, and society): Sir Cary L. Cooper (Manchester Business School)
    • 2019 Practice Impact Award (to a distinguished scholar with outstanding, sustained and measurable external impact): Marc H. Meyer (Northeastern University)
    • 2019 PTC-ITC International Impactful Collaboration Award (for international collaborations between academics and external stakeholders with demonstrable, external impact): Jeroen Veldman, Hugh Willmott (both at Cass Business School) & Filip Gregor (Frank Bold Society) (joint award)

    Thanks to Durham University Business School for sponsoring the PTC awards reception!

    We welcome scholars and practitioners across all divisions to our events and PDWs at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Please contact PDW co-chairs, Christof Backhaus (c.backhaus@aston.ac.uk) or Emmanuel Monod (emmanuel.monod@outlook.com) for more details on the terrific program they designed: 

    Friday, August 9, 2019:

    • 8:00am - 9:30am: Artificial Intelligence: Which Impact on Management? Sheraton Boston Hotel: Hampton AB.
    • 10:00am - 12:30pm Worker Experience: Improving the Quality of Worklife through Inclusive Human-Centeredness. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Hampton AB.
    • 1:00pm - 4:00pm: Professional Doctorates: The Road Toward Inclusion and Internationalization. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Beacon B.
    • 3:15pm - 5:15pm: Inclusiveness of Practice-Oriented Research Across AOM Divisions and Journals. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Hampton AB.

    Saturday, August 10, 2019:

    • 1:00pm - 4:00pm: Translating Theory into Practice: Developing Strategic Objectives and Actions. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Hampton AB.
    • 4:00pm - 6:00pm: A Contemplative Arts Salon: How Theater, Dance, Visual Arts & Poetry Humanize Management. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Fairfax AB.
    • 6:30pm - 8:30pm: Practice Theme Committee Celebration and Awards. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Liberty Ballroom C.

    Sunday, August 11, 2019:

    • 11:00am - 1:00pm: Practice Theme Committee Business Meeting. Sheraton Boston Hotel: Republic A. Become active in the PTC, as we welcome new participants and plan for the coming year! Just contact Co-Chairs Usha Haley (usha.haley@wichita.edu) or Marc Bonnet (bonnet@iseor.com).

    We look forward to seeing you in Boston!
    Best,
    Usha & Marc (PTC co-chairs, 2016-2020) 



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    Usha Haley
    W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business & Professor of Management
    Wichita State University
    Wichita KS USA
    http://UshaHaley.academia.edu
    usha.haley@wichita.edu
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