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Call for Papers SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE St Anne's College, Oxford 7 – 11 July 2004 PRACTISING PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT This second international conference open to all follows the successful Developing Philosophy of Management conference at St Anne’s College in summer 2002 which attracted delegates from 20 countries. It will be of special interest to philosophers, management researchers and teachers, consultants and practising managers. We welcome contributions and delegates from all cultures and intellectual traditions. Organised by Philosophy of Management (formerly Reason in Practice) Purpose Management as a set of ideas, a function and a group has never been more influential or visible and the complexity and impact of its work continues to grow across cultures. Since the 2002 Conference corporate scandals and failures and renewed protests over globalisation have served only to increase concerns at the powers and responsibilities of managers in some sectors and cultures. In this context, philosophical engagement with management theory and practice and the issues managers face has never been more necessary. This Conference will provide an opportunity for theorists and practitioners to present new work in the philosophy of management, engage with philosophical and practical issues in management within and across cultures and experience the power of philosophical skills and methods in practice. Conference Format ¨ Plenary sessions with invited leading speakers ¨ Presentations of papers in parallel sessions ¨ Workshops, panel discussions and interviews ¨ Poster presentations ¨ Practitioner Pathway workshops including items such as: - Workshops offering participants the opportunity to experience or observe philosophical processes and techniques in use by managers - Case studies of the application of philosophical thinking and techniques in management practice and management development - Demonstrations of philosophical methods and materials used with managers Scope Practical and theoretical contributions in any of the above formats are invited on any aspect of philosophy of management including: 1. Presuppositions of management theory and practice 2. Concepts employed in management thinking and practice 3. Representations of management and the managerial myths informing management theory and practice 4. Management methodologies 5. The relevance and applicability of philosophical techniques and skills to management education, training and practice 6. The application of philosophical disciplines to issues facing managers Streams In keeping with the conference title we especially welcome contributions which reflect philosophically on experience and practice, and which explicitly link theory to practice. We also invite participants to propose collaborative formats for their sessions: eg paper, prepared reply and moderated discussion; contrasting approaches to an issue with papers from theorists and practitioners. Contributors are welcome to assemble small panels to offer a series of linked papers. Contributions addressing any of the following themes in this practical spirit will be particularly welcome: 1. Philosophy and philosophising in the everyday world of work: its uses for organisations and individuals 2. Notions of criticality in thinking within and about management 3. Ethical issues for organisations and managers as individuals including work, careers, identity and meaning 4. Management education: how can and do philosophy, philosophising and philosophers contribute? 5. Epistemology of management: issues surrounding knowledge, learning, expertise, rationality, emotions, strategic thinking, decision making 6. Political issues in management: corporate governance and responsibilities; stakeholders and shareholders; justice, democracy and representation at work; the applicability of political concepts to managed organisations 7. The history of management ideas, their development and philosophical origins 8. The impact of philosophy and philosophising on management theory, practice and effectiveness 9. Specific philosophers and their contribution – actual or potential - to management theory and practice 10. African, Asian, Indian, Latin American and other non-western philosophical approaches to management 11. Feminist contributions to management theory and practice 12. Understanding and managing processes of change: what can philosophical thinking tell us about why so many management change initiatives fail and why some succeed? 13. Anniversaries: 1979: the first spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, was developed We invite philosophical treatments of the significance and impacts of this innovation. 1954: publication of Peter Drucker’s The Practice of Management 1904: publication of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo We will welcome philosophical contributions relevant to management on any aspect of either book. These could include discussions – critical or supportive - of: content; intellectual origins; style; reception and continuing reputation; influence; relevance and importance to understanding, teaching and practising management in 2004. Other 25th anniversaries you may care to consider: Three Mile Island; publication of C West Churchman’s The Systems Approach and its Enemies, of Phil Crosby’s Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain, and Jean-Francois Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge; death of Herbert Marcuse; appointment of Andrew S Grove as Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation Publication The official conference publication is Philosophy of Management (formerly Reason in Practice) All papers will be considered for publication in the Journal. Journal website: http://www.managementphilosophers.com Important: Please note that Conference contributions can be accepted only on condition that they have not been published or offered for publication elsewhere and that Philosophy of Management has the right of first refusal to publish them. Submission of a proposal or paper constitutes acceptance of this condition. Language The language of the conference will be English. To contribute... Please submit a 500 word proposal plus separate contact details and brief cv to arrive by Friday 21 November Use email if possible to [log in to unmask] Alternatively, send 3 paper copies to Nigel Laurie Philosophy of Management 74a Station Road East Oxted Surrey RH8 0PG UK Timetable 21 November Proposals due 15 December Contributors informed of acceptance 13 February Full papers due 29 March Notification of conference streams, session dates and times, etc 9 April Final paper text due in electronic form for inclusion in proceedings 11 June Despatch of proceedings in cd rom format to all participants 7 – 11 July Conference Conference booking details will be available shortly If you have not already done so, send a blank email to [log in to unmask] Or post your contact details to Oxford Conference Philosophy of Management 74a Station Road East Oxted Surrey RH8 0PG UK Organising Committee Nelarine Cornelius Brunel University Paul Griseri University College London Nigel Laurie Philosophy of Management (Chair) Advisory Committee Michael Freeden Professor of Politics and Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford Keith Grint Reader in Organisational Behaviour and Head of Research, Said Business School, Oxford Leonard Minkes Emeritus Professor of Business Organisation at the University of Birmingham and Visiting Professor in the Business School at the University of Glamorgan Further details of committee members and stream chairs will be announced shortly. 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