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Second Call for Papers
MANAGING IN CRITICAL TIMES: PHILOSOPHICAL RESPONSES TO ORGANISATIONAL
TURBULENCE
The Fifth International Philosophy of Management Conference
St Anne's College, Oxford
23 - 26 July 2009
Organised by Philosophy of Management
Managing In Critical Times is the fifth in a series of conferences open to
all. It will be of special interest to philosophers, management researchers
and teachers, consultants and practising managers.
Following the established model at St Anne's College we are designing an
event to offer opportunities for unhurried presentation of papers and
discussion, high-quality supportive interaction and feedback, ample
opportunity for networking and a gathering in which all participants can
pursue informal, rich conversations and the continuing exploration of shared
concerns. Participants will be limited to 75 plus plenary speakers.
Contributions are invited on any aspect of philosophy of management and from
within any cultural or philosophical tradition. We will especially welcome
papers, panels and workshops on the relationship between philosophy and
management practice.
All papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings and a selection of
revised papers will be published in a forthcoming issue of Philosophy of
Management.
THEME
Recent and continuing turbulence in organisations and economies has called
many apparent orthodoxies into question and prompted actions that many
would previously have declared unthinkable. We can be sure that the future
will bring fresh crises and turbulence that will overturn established
thinking. The challenges for managers in such contexts are philosophical
as well as practical . We therefore invite philosophical responses to the
practical and theoretical challenges facing managers, their teachers, the
discipline and practice of management, and its philosophical bases.
We especially welcome contributions which reflect philosophically on
experience and practice, and which explicitly link theory to practice.
Issues you may care to consider include:
1. The bases of managerial legitimacy in times of crisis
2. The validity of the neoliberal and other conceptions of business and its
relationship to concepts and current practices of management
3. Philosophical contributions to the development of judgement and
decision-making capacities in managers in critical situations, including
addressing ethical dilemmas
4. The nature and place of wisdom in management
5. Core concepts in management relating to turbulence and crisis management
such as risk, judgement, character, individual and corporate responsibility,
moral hazard, integrity, strategy, organisational learning
6. The idea of global networks - economic, internet, socio-political
7. Current management models for crisis management
8. 'The leader as hero': the bases of and prospects for heroic conceptions
of organisational leadership
9. Ways of understanding turbulence and crisis eg modelling, narrative
histories, drama, fictions
10. Developing managers for turbulent and critical times
CONFERENCE FORMAT
- Plenary session with invited leading speakers
- Presentations of papers in parallel sessions
- Workshops, panel discussions and interviews
- Poster presentations
- Practitioner 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
We 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.
'HANDS-ON' WORKSHOPS
The progamme will include two parallel 'workout' sessions in the two
conference disciplines.
1. Management Concepts for Philosophy Teachers and Researchers
This is a short afternoon/early evening session designed for those who come
to the conference from a philosophical, rather than business, background. We
will briefly run through some of the key concepts that are generally adopted
by management academics and practitioners. The intention is to provide an
overall background to discussions about management and business - perforce
this is not a comprehensive map of the whole terrain in so short a time, but
rather a swift visit to the most important landmarks. Amongst other things,
we will look at differences between commercial and not-for-profit
organisations, approaches to strategy such as the highly influential
Resource-Based View, and the use of popular analytical methods such as the
Boston Matrix.
2. Philosophical Techniques for Management Teachers and Researchers
This session will provide a practical refresher in some of the core skills
of the professional philosopher: conceptual analysis, identification of
presuppositions, and assessment of arguments. The skills will be deployed
to deal with a core philosophical issue confronting managers and
organisations eg 'what can we know, and how can this be applied to business
and management practice?', 'what kind of thing is an organisation?' 'what is
integrity in management?'.
Participants will practise the core skills in a collaborative atmosphere
with the emphasis on establishing their contribution to their own teaching
and research.
POST-DOCTORAL WORKSHOP
This doctoral day is a unique chance for doctoral students and post-doctoral
researchers to become more familiar with, and involved in, the
cross-disciplinary field of Philosophy of Management. The subject has an
international cluster of researchers, a number of whom will be in attendance
at the conference: this will be an opportunity to meet them and understand
how Philosophy and Management interact.
The day is intended to provide participants with the opportunity to sample
the nature of Philosophy of Management by attending sessions of the full
conference, by meeting and talking with academics working in the field, by
analysing examples of published writing in the field, and also by discussing
work in progress of their own or of their peers.
The workshop provides a valuable forum for engaging in enquiry and analysis
in this area, and participants are encouraged to bring work of their own for
discussion. The workshop will include an initial presentation of
requirements for successful publication in the journal 'Philosophy of
Management,' and will then move on to discussion and analysis of examples of
writing.
The day will commence at 8.30 a.m. and the workshop afternoon will finish at
6.30 p.m. following which there will be drinks and dinner.
If you are interested in attending this Workshop please forward your contact
details to
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PUBLICATION
The official conference publication is Philosophy of Management. All papers
will be considered for publication in the Journal.
Journal website: <http://www.managementphilosophers.com/
<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 Monday 3 November 2008. (Please do not submit full length
papers at this stage.)
Email to [log in to unmask]
Alternatively, send 3 paper copies to
Dr Paul Griseri
Head, Department of Business and Management
Middlesex University Business School
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT, UK
All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed.
TIMETABLE
20 February Proposals due
6 March Contributors informed of acceptance
3 April Full papers due
11 May Notification of conference streams, session
dates and times, etc
15 June Despatch of conference programme and full set
of abstracts to all
participants with online access to full paper
texts.
23 - 26 July Conference
Please note that the texts of all papers will be available online before the
conference and the proceedings cd rom will be issued at the conference.
Speakers will speak to their abstracts which will be issued by email on 15
June.
BOOKING
Conference booking details will be posted to this list shortly.
Two rates will be available:
1. Conference presenters: full conference attendance
2. Non-presenters and doctoral student presenters: special day rate
Fees are expected to be similar to those for the 2008 conference.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Nelarine Cornelius: University of Bradford
Paul Griseri: Middlesex University
Nigel Laurie: Philosophy of Management (Chair)
Jim Platts: Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University
David Seth Preston: University of East London
Please forward this to anyone who would be interested. Thank you.
A copy of this cfp will be posted at
http://www.managementphilosophers.com/Oxford%202009%20Home.htm
<http://www.managementphilosophers.com/Oxford%202005%20Home.htm>
...........
Nigel Laurie
Editor and Publisher
Philosophy of Management
PO Box 217
Oxted
Surrey RH8 8AJ
UK
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