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Context And Content: Four Ways To Learn About Management Education, Steven Meisel, Catherine Giapponi, Barbara Ritter Feb 2014

Context And Content: Four Ways To Learn About Management Education, Steven Meisel, Catherine Giapponi, Barbara Ritter

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Talking Organization, Donncha Kavanagh Feb 2014

Talking Organization, Donncha Kavanagh

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Announcing New Annual Awards For Best Articles Of The Year, William P. Ferris Feb 2014

Announcing New Annual Awards For Best Articles Of The Year, William P. Ferris

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Cultural Identity And Ethical Decision Making: An Experiential Exercise, Cheryl Tromley, Catherine Giapponi, Roselie Mcdevitt Feb 2014

Cultural Identity And Ethical Decision Making: An Experiential Exercise, Cheryl Tromley, Catherine Giapponi, Roselie Mcdevitt

Organization Management Journal

This experiential exercise enables students to explore an ethical decision and the relationship between cultural identity (as operationalized by Hofstede) and ethical decision making. The exercise involves a short case that can also be used as a role-play. Complete instructions for running and debriefing the exercise as either a case or a role-play and all materials are included.


Being In The Know: Socio-Epistemics And The Communicative Constitution Of A Management Team, Jonathan Clifton Feb 2014

Being In The Know: Socio-Epistemics And The Communicative Constitution Of A Management Team, Jonathan Clifton

Organization Management Journal

Increasingly, organizational research is taking the linguistic turn in social sciences seriously. Consequently, the central role of communication in the constitution of the organization is also finding greater acceptance. Using conversation analysis as a research methodology and transcripts of naturally occurring talk as data, the purpose of this article is to add to this growing body of research and to explicate how orientation to epistemic rights talks the hierarchy of the organization into being. Findings indicate how the negotiation of rights to have and to display status-based knowledge of head office index the discursive identities of knowing participants, which enacts …


A Case Of Ability And Disability: What Managers Must Know About The Ada, Elizabeth A. Corrigall, Carol Cirka Feb 2014

A Case Of Ability And Disability: What Managers Must Know About The Ada, Elizabeth A. Corrigall, Carol Cirka

Organization Management Journal

This teaching exercise addresses a relatively neglected area of diversity, the employment of persons with disabilities. In the first part of the two-stage exercise, students are required to make a hiring decision based on a case that includes candidates who are disabled. This decision raises issues concerning the legal and ethical responsibilities of a hiring manager and uncovers some of the myths concerning candidates with disabilities. The case is subsequently used to anchor a lecture on essential information every manager should know about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and disability in the workplace. As a result of this exercise, …


Pizza, Pizza, Pizza: A Competitive Strategy Exercise, Norman T. Sheehan Feb 2014

Pizza, Pizza, Pizza: A Competitive Strategy Exercise, Norman T. Sheehan

Organization Management Journal

While business students are typically comfortable identifying and extrapolating trends uncovered during competitive analyses, they often fail to take the Red Queen Effect into account when formulating new competitive strategies. This competitive strategy exercise employs Kim and Mauborgne’s (2005) strategy canvas to help students to anticipate rivals’ potential reactions and then develop new competitive strategies for firms competing in highly competitive markets. The exercise concludes with key takeaways as to how students may best develop and evaluate new competitive strategies. Student feedback indicates that students found the exercise useful, as 97% of students (n = 69) recommended that instructors at …


50th Anniversary Eastern Academy Of Management Presidential Address, Theodore D. Peters Feb 2014

50th Anniversary Eastern Academy Of Management Presidential Address, Theodore D. Peters

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Management Education And The Professions, Mark Somers, Katia Passerini, Annaleena Parhankangas, Jose Casal Feb 2014

Management Education And The Professions, Mark Somers, Katia Passerini, Annaleena Parhankangas, Jose Casal

Organization Management Journal

Ongoing concerns about a perceived disconnection between management education and management practice and the limited skill base of business school graduates are evident in the literature. These problems have been looked at through various lenses, and the professional model of education has shown promise in addressing perceived problems with business schools and their graduates. Using concepts from the sociology of the professions including jurisdiction, professional identity, and the nature of professional work, this article explores recent criticisms of management education and addresses the stages and issues involved in migrating to a model of education that mirrors that used in the …