Two Caring Economics Professional Development Workshops to be Held at 2011 Academy of Management Conference
Under the theme, “Caring Economics: Building and Leading Caring Societies, Organizations and Leaders through Action-Research Projects," two Caring Economics professional development workshops will be held at the 2011 Academy of Management (AOM) meeting August 12-16, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas.
The two workshops, titled Transforming Institutions and Leaders in Support of Caring Economics Principles, Policies and Practices and Shaping Caring Cultures and Strategies in Organizations were co-organized by:
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| Riane Eisler, Co-founder, Center for Partnership Studies | Kristine Kawamura, PhD, AIM Centre, St. Georges University | Jeana Wirtenberg, PhD, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Simon Dolan, PhD, ESADE, Ramon Llull University, Spain |
The 2011 conference theme, "West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending," calls for businesses, managers and scholars from different countries to become enlightened about global diversity, balancing differences, and transcending divides.
Workshop 1. Transforming Institutions and Leaders in Support of Caring Economics Principles, Policies and Practices
How do we, as management scholars and practitioners, transform institutions and leaders in support of Caring Economics?
How do we put humans back into the business equation?
As we become a global knowledge/service society, people are well proclaimed as our most important resource. People - with their hearts and minds, knowledge and experience base - create the organization as well as its strategies, innovations, successes and values.
People, however, have lost their faith in institutions and leaders, blaming them for todays’ turbulent economic environment and their own sufferings. They want change but have lost hope in the tenets of society that are empowered to create wealth and to even influence meaning in our lives.
We believe that to move forward, we who are focused on the valuing and empowerment of human resources must collaboratively work for transformative change in institutional policy, organizational practices, leadership skills, and people’s commitment to values. We need to care, and to bring care into our work.
Primary Sponsor: AOM Human Resources (HR) Division
Co-sponsors:
AOM Gender & Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division
AOM Management Spirituality & Religion (MSR) Division
AOM Organizations & the Natural Environment (ONE) Division
AOM Public & Nonprofit (PNP) Division
AOM Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division
Workshop 2. Shaping Caring Cultures and Strategies in Organizations
How do we, as management scholars and practitioners, shape caring cultures and strategies in organizations?
How do we create courageous organizations, managers, and employees that understand the value and imperative of caring for their people as well as for profits?
How do we put humans back into the economic equation?
As we become a global knowledge/service society, people are well proclaimed as our most important resource. With their hearts and minds, knowledge and experience, people create an organizations’ culture and its’ results with their work, loyalty, and values.
People thrive in caring environments. Yet people have often been sacrificed in their organization’s quest for survival in the recent recession. How do organizations recover and then grow, while managing disheartened employees and facing a global talent shortage?
We believe that to move forward, we who value organizational systems and cultures, people and values, must collaboratively work for societal and organizational cultural transformation. We need to care, and to enliven care in our work.
Primary Sponsor: AOM Organizational Behavior (OB) Division
Co-sponsors:
AOM Organizational Development and Change (ODC) Division
AOM Business Policy & Strategy (BPS) Division
AOM International Management (IM) Division
AOM Management Consulting (MC) Division
AOM Management Education & Development (MED) Division
