75th Academy of Management (2)

Our project presentation at the academy of management meeting went very well. The presentation was well attended and discussed by various academics from 'social issues in management' division of the academy. The key questions from the audiences include:

1) What are they roles mining MNCs play in promoting and empowering women in rural area?
2) Are there any other health, environmental and human rights impacts on women?
3) What are the process in employing women in Thailand and Laos to work in mining MNCs? What positions? What roles?
4) What will be the future of women in mining industry?

These questions are related to what we have been doing in the last two years in Laos and Thailand. We hope that our report will also confirm some points on women engagement in mining industry.

                                                      Paper Discussion with the audiences

We also met with representatives from key journals and publishing companies (such as Business & Society, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and Greenleaf publishing) to discuss potential publications of our project in the forms of book, book chapter and journal articles with them. Issues on editorial process and the selection of publishing process were discussed and I learnt a number of new ideas on this important aspect of our project.

                                         Working with Colleagues at the Academy of Management

                                          Prof. Mintzberg at the Academy of Management

                                                                        Our Session 

                                     Speech by the President of the Academy of Management 

I am delighted with the interactions with (and connections from) various international researchers at the academy of management. One strong message that I learnt from this conference is we (academics and practitioners) need to improve our work on management responsibility with younger generations. We can advocate our ideas through education and learning as well as various other social gatherings and arenas. Most researchers in our area believe that research and education on social responsibility must be embedded in various elements and levels of education.

                                                View from Vancouver Convention Centre

                                              View from Vancouver Convention Centre

75th Academy of Management Conference

This year marks the 75th year of the academy of management meeting. Vancouver is the host city for this year AOM meeting and it is my pleasure to be able to present our project at this important international forum.

The first day of the conference is busy as usual and I attended three professional development workshops and one presentation, focusing on international management and entrepreneurship.

The key foci of international management include chanes in IM educators, students and the subject matters. Are we teaching IM that matches societal and business changes? how to create global professorship that response to today's learners and business structure? And more importantly, how can we decide the curriculum that is truly global?

I was impressed by the quality of this year professional development programs from international management division. This is simply because they have addressed the concept of changes in modern business and business education, curriculum and context.

The entrepreneurship aspect is similar to what we learnt from this project. The fact that entrepreneurial mindset can be an effective way to promote equity in modern economy.

In sum, the first day is full of interesting and timely conversation on how to promote management education as a tool for development.