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IAM
NEWSLETTER
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Irish
Academy of Management
Annual Conference 2005
GMIT,
September 8-9, 2005
Annual
Conference: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
The Eight
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management will be held
at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on 7-9 September 2005.
The theme of this year's conference is:
'Creating,
Managing, Practising Knowledge'?
The event
will take place in the new wing of the main GMIT campus. The building,
since opening in 2002, has won a number of architectural awards
for its unique design. It features a new resource learning centre,
and state of the art lecture theatres.
Conference
Programme
A full conference
programme will be uploaded as the event nears. However, the conference
will follow the format of previous years. That is, the conference
will open with a wine reception on the evening of September 7
in the foyer of GMIT. The official opening ceremony will be performed
on Thursday morning. Thursday will, as is the norm, feature a
plenary session, the Academy's AGM, and paper presentations. Continuing
with tradition, the conference dinner in the Radisson Hotel is
scheduled for the evening of Thursday, September 8. Friday morning
will also have a plenary session, and the close of the conference
will be lunch on Friday.
Important
conference dates
Abstracts
due March 1, 2005
Notification of acceptance April 12, 2005
Paper submission due June 13, 2005
Author Receipt of Payment July 23, 2005
Eight Annual IAM Conference September 7-9, 2005
Wine Reception & Registration 18:00 to 20:00, September 7th
Foyer, GMIT.
Gala Conference Dinner 2000, September 8th
Radisson Hotel, Galway.
Conference Ends 13:00 Friday, September 8
Call for abstracts (format guidelines)
Those wishing
to present papers at the 2005 IAM Conference in GMIT must have
submitted a maximum 500 word abstract by: March 1, 2005.
Abstracts
are subject to double blind refereeing and decisions will be communicated
to authors by: April 12, 2005.
Once your
abstract has been accepted-notification by April 12-a full competitive
or working paper is required. Only on receipt of the paper by
13 June 2005 and the payment of a conference fee by at least one
of the authors before noon on Friday, 22 July 2005, will the candidate
be considered as a contributor to the conference and can therefore:
* Receive
a slot in the conference schedule;
* Appear in the conference proceedings;
* Be cited as a conference on curriculum vitae;
* Be considered for any of the prizes;
* Be considered for inclusion in any special issues of journals.
Full Papers (Either Working Papers or Competitive Paper Format
Guidelines)
Full papers
(working or competitive) must be submitted online. Only papers
received via the online functionality will be accepted.
Only on receipt
of the paper and the payment of the conference fee by at least
one of the paper's authors before noon on Friday, 22 July 2005,
will the paper be considered as part of the conference proceedings
and can therefore:
* Receive
a slot in the conference schedule;
* Appear in the conference proceedings;
* Be cited as a conference on a curriculum vitae;
* Be considered for any of the prizes;
* Be considered for inclusion in any special issues of journals.
Please note that there will be no editing of final papers prior
to their inclusion in the conference proceedings. Please be aware
of this when submitting your final copy.
Full Paper: Format guidelines: Competitive and working papers
Competitive
papers: maximum 30 pages (ONLY Competitive Papers can be considered
for prizes or special issues of journals)
Working papers:
maximum 10 pages
1. Font: Times
roman, 12 pt,
2. Double spaced, and left and right justified.
3. Margins of one inch.
4. Major headings: Bold, capitals.
5. Minor headings: Bold, upper and lower case.
6. Harvard referencing system (name, date), e.g. reference: (Barry
1998); quote: (Barry 1998: 234).
7. Clearly label title, track, author and competitive or working
paper.
8. Cover page to contain the following information:
* Title of paper: (capitals, bold, centered).
* Authors' name: (upper and lower case, bold).
* Authors' institution, postal address, telephone number and email
address.
* Please indicate clearly the most suitable Track - Only one paper
is permitted per author due to the unprecedented demand for places
so please choose your track carefully..
* Post graduate papers must be clearly marked with the wording
POSTGRADUATE PAPER (in capitals on the front page) - Due to the
unprecedented demand for attendance at the conference only one
postgraduate paper can be accepted per author.
Journals
A special
issue of the Irish Journal of Management-edited by Dr. Noel Harvey
(GMIT)-will be published based on the best papers presented at
the conference:
Prizes
Prizes available
for competitive paper entries:
* The Irish
Academy of Management and FailteIreland are delighted to announce
a new Competition for the Best Prize in Tourism. Top prize Û300.
* The Eminent Scholar Award (Û1,000) sponsored by the School
of Business Studies, Trinity College. (Guidelines)
* Best Paper Prize (Û300) sponsored by the School of Business,
at Waterford Institute of Technology.
* Best Postgraduate Paper (Û200) sponsored by Dublin City
University, Business School.
* Best Paper on the Knowledge Economy paper sponsored by Department
of Management, NUI-Galway, (Û300)
About GMIT:
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
The Galway-Mayo
Institute of Technology has in total four campuses-two in Galway
city, one in Castlebar, County Mayo, and the final one in Letterfrack,
County Galway. With close to 9,000 students registered in courses
that range from craft to post graduate, GMIT is one of the largest
of the 14 institutes of technology in Ireland.
GMIT was voted
the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year, 2004-5.
This was in recognition of its multi-campus approach and it's
innovative student centred approach to learning.
The conference,
as noted, takes place in the main campus. This is located on the
Dublin Road, on the south side of Galway, approximately 2 miles
from Eyre Square, the city centre of Galway. Only one event-the
Conference Dinner-will take place outside the college, in the
five star rated Radisson Hotel in the city centre of Galway.
More detailed
information on GMIT can be found at www.gmit.ie.
Getting to
Galway
By plane:
Galway has
a small but functional airport (www.galwayairport.com). The airport,
also on the south side of the city, is a 10 minute taxi journey
from the college. You can also hire cars there.
The primary
airline serving Galway is the high successfully Aer Arann (www.aerarann.ie).
Voted European Airline of the Year 2004/5, AerArann operates many
daily flights into Galway from Dublin, Manchester, Luton, Birmingham
and Edinburgh, as well as Lorient (via Waterford).
Two other
airports are relatively close by: Shannon (near Limerick) is about
an hour's drive away, and Knock Airport (County Mayo) is about
2 hours away. The Shannon-Galway link is well serviced by bus
companies (www.buseireann.ie and www.citylink.ie). Ryan Air (www.ryanair.com)
fly to Knock as does BMI (www.bmibaby.com) and EasyJet (www.easyjet.com)
and My Travel Lite ( www.mytravellite.com) among others. These
details can also be accessed at www.knockairport.com. Note that
one can fly from Knock to Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and
London (Gatwick and Stansted). Shannon's address is www.shannonairport.com.
If you hire
a car, GMIT has ample and free car parking. It is not entirely
necessary to have a car in Galway. It is a relatively small city;
the college is 2 miles from the city centre, and is served well
by a bus route and by an affordable taxi service.
By Bus/Train
As noted,
the two primary bus companies serving Galway are the state company
Bus Eireann (www.buseireann.ie) and the private company, City
Link (www.citylink.ie). Between them, there are numerous buses
running between Dublin and Galway on a daily bus. More importantly,
both bus companies pass GMIT. Ask the driver to stop at GMIT.
Note that
City Link has a bus service from Dublin Airport to Galway (some
direct, and others via Dublin City). The Bus Eireann services,
on the other hand, runs from Busaras bus station in Dublin-you
take a Bus Eireann bus, or the Air Dart service from Dublin Airport
to Dublin city first. Then board the Galway bus.
Both BusEireann
and City Link services stop, at your request, outside GMIT.
There is usually
four trains either way on a daily basis between Dublin and Galway:
journey time is about 2 hours 40 minutes. For further details
on timetables and prices, check either www.cie.ie or www.irishrail.ie/home/.
Note that Iarnoid Eireann is the state rail service, and Bus Eireann
is the state bus service.
The railway
station in Galway (Ceannt Station) is located in the Eyre Square,
or Galway city centre (about two miles from the college).
For international
visitors, who opt to stay in Dublin, the City Link services leaves
from O Connell Street in Dublin; BusEireann as noted from Busaras
bus station, and the trains leave from Hueston Station in Dublin.
For accommodation in Dublin, try www.visitdublin.com. For more
information, getting from Dublin Airport to Galway search www.dublinairport.com.
Note that
Galway is part of the Gaelteacht or Irish speaking part of Ireland.
Signs are typically bilingual (hence Galway is Gaillimh). For
Irish, try www.galway.ie/gaelic.html
By Car:
Galway is
situated on the West coast of Ireland, roughly 140 miles from
Dublin. This translates into a three hour plus car journey (depending
on traffic-avoid rush hour traffic in Dublin, particularly around
the airport). From Dublin Airport, you take the M50, following
the signs to the West, and turn onto the N6, via Athlone.
Galway is entered via a dual carriage way which rings the east
side of Galway. Nearing Galway city, at the first roundabout,
take the first left (the signpost will indicate Galway city, and
more specifically the Docks). Proceed on that road (the Dublin
Road), for two miles, passing after a mile, the Galway Crystal
factory on the left, and then at two miles, the Corrib Great Southern
Hotel on the right. At the Corrib Great Southern Hotel, you will
enter onto a roundabout and GMIT will be visible. Take the right
turn off the roundabout: then either the first or second left
will bring you into the car parks of the college. The conference
is being held in the new wing of GMIT-noted by the green 'sails'
on the outside of the building (see the picture on the website
www.gmit.ie). You can park either in the first car park next to
the new building, or the second car park beside the old building
of the college-the new building can be entered either directly
or from the old building. Registration will take place in the
foyer of the new building.
Accommodation
- Online Booking
Accommodation
is the responsibility of the individual participant. The following
information is provided to assist with finding accommodation.
Galway has
numerous guest accommodation and the internet is often the best
way of contacting accommodation providers.
Three relevant
websites are:
* www.galway.ie
* www.galway.net
* www.galway1.ie
Specific to hotels, there are the following:
* www.hotel-galway.com
* www.galwayaccommodation.com
In addition, FailteIreland, the state body responsible for promoting
tourism in Ireland, has a website dedicated to tourism: see www.ireland.ie.
Alternatively, try www.irelandwest.ie or www.goireland.com.
The following
file can be downloaded in MS Word; it lists the various hotels,
guesthouses, B&Bs, etc. and their distance to the college.
Also listed are the student accommodation villages-Glasson student
village, newly built, is across the road from the college.
Conference
Chair: Dr Noel Harvey (noel.harvey@gmit.ie)
Past conferences
The seventh
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
on 2-3 September 2004, School of Business Studies, Trinity College
Dublin
The sixth
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
on 2-3 September 2003, Smurfit School of Business, University
College Dublin.
The fifth
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
on 5-6 September 2002, Waterford Institute of Technology.
The fourth
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
on 6-7 September 2001, University of Ulster.
The third
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
on 7-8 September 2000, Dublin Institute of Technology.
The second
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
on 9-10 September 1999, University of Limerick.
The first
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management was held
in September 1998, Dublin City University
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Annual Doctoral Colloquium at UCC
Monday 25th,
April, 2005.
Climbing the
ladder of scholarship: perspectives of the practitioner
The department
of Management & Marketing in UCC is hosting a doctoral colloquium
on Monday the 25th of April 2005. The colloquium is aimed at academicians
and practitioners who are working on doctorates in the broad area
of management, marketing and organisation studies. By attending
the colloquium, doctoral candidates have the opportunity of presenting
their research papers to a diverse audience.
Embarking on
a PhD poses a unique set of challenges for the potential researcher.
It is a long and intensive process, marked by setbacks and uncertainties
but also by pleasant surprises and interesting discoveries. In general,
researchers in the business field are expected to use their understanding
of industrial markets to advance scholarship in their chosen area
of research. This year's colloquium, like previous years, is intended
for doctoral candidates at all stages of their studies, and it is
hoped to attract practitioners who are following this scholarship
tradition.
The atmosphere
during these presentations and discussions will be open and friendly
to enable participants to explore their research questions and ideas
through dialogue with others. The doctoral student will present
for 20 minutes after which there will be an open discussion about
the presenter's research. There will be at least one academic per
presentation/discussion group.
Papers are
welcome from a broad range of management disciplines, including,
Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations,
Organisation Studies, Operations Management, Strategic Management,
International Business, Information Systems, etc.
A Best Paper
Award will be made to a presenter during the doctoral colloquium.
Abstract
and Registration Form
An abstract
(not exceeding 500 words) of your proposal should have been submitted
along with your registration form on or before: Monday, 21st February,
2005.
You should
have been informed of your selection for presentation by 28th February
2005.
Full papers
must be submitted by Monday, 4th of April, 2005.
PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS
* Papers
should not exceed 15 pages (maximum 5000 words, including graphs,
charts, figures, indexes, annexes, and the reference list). Pages
should not be numbered.
* Presentations of selected papers will not exceed 25 minutes.
* Format of papers should be as follows:
* typed in WORD, (double spacing ; font: Palatino, point 12; margins:
top 2.54cm, bottom 2.54cm, left 4cm, right 3.17cm)
* and sent by e-mail to marydoyle@ucc.ie
*
All papers contain, in the following order:
1. a front page (including full name(s), affiliation(s), contact
address(es), number(s) and e-mail of the author(s) plus a selection
of three to five keywords relating to the specific themes and a
ten-line abstract of the paper(s)
2. The body of the paper Please indicate insertion of graphs, charts,
and figures as follows: < insert graph/chart/figure 1 about here
> Also ensure that relevant references are included.
3. All referred to graphs, charts, and figures
4. All appendices or annexes (e.g. sample questionnaires etc..)
5. The full reference list (including in this order: author(s),
year, title, journal, volume, number, month, publisher, and pages)
We
would urge all authors to bring to the colloquium at least 10 copies
of their presented or tabled paper(s).
All
participants who are chosen to either present or table their paper(s)
will be expected to pay their seminar fee, transportation, hotel
and other costs in the normal way.
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| BUSINESS AND INNOVATION AT DCU
As part of its
strategic plan, Leading Change, DCU has identified business and
innovation as a key area of activity (or theme) that it wishes to
encourage through research, teaching and engagement. In that context,
in the week beginning 28 February 2005, DCU will host a number of
events aimed at placing business at the centre of innovation.
On 28 February,
the Centre for Management Learning and Development at DCU will lead
a workshop on teamwork for research teams in DCU. The Women's Innovation
Network (WIN@DCU) will be launched that day. The network, organised
by Dr. Sarah Ingle, is intended as a celebration of women's contribution
to innovation and entrepreneurship.
2 March is InnovationDay@DCU.
Hosted in the Helix and organised through INVENT, InvestNET and
the Northside Business Partnership, Innovation Day includes leading
international speakers on innovation, including Edward deBono, Dr.
Gerard Puccio (The International Centre for Creativity Studies,
Buffalo State), Professor Andrew Self (Kingston University) and
Nicky Sheridan (Oracle). While InnovationDay@DCU is primarily aimed
at SMEs, members of the Irish Academy of Management may also wish
to attend.
On 3 March,
DCU will launch the Annual DCU-Fulbright Seminar Series entitled
Innovation and the Public Space. The inaugural seminar features
Professor William Murphy of the Pierce Law Centre, New Hampshire
on the topic of 'Informed Law and Regulation in the Wealth Creation
Process'. The seminar will be held in the Gallery at the Helix,
commencing at 7 p.m., and will be chaired by Ms. Lia O'Hegarty,
Legal Adviser to the Houses of the Oireachtas. Admission is free
and members of the Irish Academy of Management are cordially invited
to attend.
For further
information on the business and innovation events outlined, contact
BusinessAndInnovation@dcu.ie.
Dr. Ciaran O
hOgartaigh, DCU
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| Recent Publications
Gilbreath, B.,
& Benson, P. G. (2004). The contribution of supervisor
behaviour to employee psychological well-being. Work & Stress,
18 (3),
255*266.
An earlier version
of that paper was presented at the 2002 IAM
conference.
Keating Mary
A. and Gillian S. Martin (eds.)
Managing Cross-Cultural Business Relations: The Irish German
Experience,
Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, 2004. p.320
Keating M.A,
Martin G.S and Brodbeck F.,
'Cross-Cultural Difference: A Comparison of Societal Culture in
Ireland
and
Germany', Chapter 1 in Keating M.A and Martin G.S (eds.), Managing
Cross-Cultural Business Relations: The Irish German Experience,
Blackhall
Publishing Dublin, 2004, p1-40.
Keating Mary
A.,
'International Human Resource Management: Some evidence from Ireland
and
Germany', Chapter 5 in Keating M.A and Martin G.S (eds.), Managing
Cross-Cultural Business Relations: The Irish German Experience,
Blackhall
Publishing Dublin, 2004, p144-178.
Martin G.S.
Keating M.A. and Brodbeck F.,
'Organisational Leadership in Ireland and Germany', Chapter 2 in
Keating
M.A and Martin G.S (eds.), Managing Cross-Cultural Business Relations:
The
Irish German Experience, Blackhall Publishing Dublin, 2004, p41-72.
Keating M.A
and Thompson K.
'International Human Resource Management: Overcoming Disciplinary
Sectarianism',
in Morley, M. & Scullion, H. (Guest Eds.), (2004), "International
Human
Resource Management in Retrospect and Prospect", Employee Relations,
Vol.
26, No. 6.
Thompson K.
and Keating M.A. .
'An Empirical Study of Executive Nationality Staffing Practices
in
Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries in Ireland' ,in Morley, M. & Heraty,
N.
(Guest
Eds.), (2004), "International Assignments and Global Careers:
Challenges
and Contradictions", Thunderbird International Business Review,
Vol.
46,
No. 6.
IMI
Handbook of Management
Marion O'Connor, John Mangan and John Cullen
Oak Tree Press ISBN:1-86076-293-X
The Handbook
draws together contributions from IMI faculty, covering 20 aspects
of management. The individual authors each bring practical experience
in the development of managers to the book to provide a grounded,
real-world orientation to each topic. Topics covered include: managing
your career, time management, motivation, team building, presentation
skills, negotiation, facilitating meetings, managing people, writing
reports, managing customers, outsourcing, strategic planning, leadership
and managing change. An ideal text for all student groups: undergraduates,
postgraduates and participants on executive education programmes.
Professor Kathleen Reardon from The Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California wrote the Foreword to the book
and says: 'This is a rare book, not only in its ambitious goals
of covering so many management topics, but also in how effectively
it identifies key issues for each and explicates tactics by which
managers can immediately improve'.
Available to
purchase from Oak Tree Press: http://www.oaktreepress.com
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Centre
for Research in Management Learning and Development, DCU
CRMLD Research
Projects
CRMLD has extended its research into the impact of management education
on individual and organisational development with the addition of
partners at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and Northeastern
University in Boston.
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Forthcoming conferences
Academy of Management
Conference: 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: A
New Vision of Management In The 21st Century
August 5-10, Honolulu, Hawaii
http://www.aomonline.org/
European Academy
of Management Conference: Responsible Management in an Uncertain
World. May 4-7 2005 at the TUM Business School, Munich Germany www.euram2005.de
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British Academy of Management Conference (www.bam.ac.uk) 13-15 September
at Said Business School, University of Oxford: Challenges of Organizations
in Global Markets.
Australian and
New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Engaging in
the Multiple Contexts of Management will be held from 7-10 December,
2005 at the University of Canberra www.anzam.uts.edu.au/
Marketing:
Building Business, Shaping Society
Incorporating
The 5th American Marketing Association/Academy of Marketing Joint
Biennial Conference
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland, 5 - 8 July 2005
The 2005 Academy
of Marketing Conference (AM2005) takes place in Dublin, Ireland.
AM2005 takes place from July 5th - 8th July and is being hosted
by the School of Marketing, Dublin Institute of Technology at its
city centre campus in Aungier Street. AM2005 is also delighted to
announce that the 5th Biennial American Marketing Association/Academy
of Marketing Joint Conference is co-located with this year's conference.
While for much of the past decade, a gloom has enveloped the marketing
world, with doubt about the validity of much disciplinary thinking,
the role of marketing in the organisation, and the broader impact
of marketing on society, the Conference Theme of AM2005 is "Marketing:
Building Business, Shaping Society", and embraces an upbeat
view of the role of marketing. For further information, check out
the conference website at am2005.dit.ie.
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Useful
Links
We are affiliated
to both the European Academy of Management, http://www.euram-online.org/associations/euram/index.asp
and the British Academy of Management: http://www.bam.ac.uk/
Academy of Management,
USA: www.aomonline.org
Australia/New Zealand Academy of Management http://www.anzam.uts.edu.au/
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Irish
Journal of Management
Call
for Contributions
The IJM
aims to contribute to a wider understanding of the nature and
characteristics and performance of both Irish and international
organisations through the dissemination of research from a wide
variety of management related area's. Established in 2000 it is
the official journal of the academy.
It is a referred journal and articles are subject to review by
two independent reviewers. Articles should normally be between
4,000 and 5,000 words in length. Exceptional articles of greater
length or articles in two instalments will be considered. Tables,
graphs etc. should be kept to a minimum.
Contributions are welcomed on any aspect of management. Full guidelines
available at: www.iam.dcu.ie
The
editors:
Teresa Brannick UCD
Bill Clarke UU
Donal Dineen UL
Patrick Gunnigle UL
Aidan Kelly UCD
Kathy Monks DCU
Trevor Morrow UU
Kate Ui Ghallachoir DIT
James Walsh UCC
Please
send manuscripts to any of the editors. The addresses are as follows:
* Graduate School of Business, Carysfort Road, Blackrock, Co.
Dublin.
* School of Commerce and International Business Studies, University
of Ulster, Mangee College, Londonderry, BT48 7JL.
* College of Business, University of Limerick, Limerick.
* Department of Marketing and Management, University College,
Cork.
* Dublin City University Business School, Dublin 9.
· DIT, Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
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Irish
Journal of Management - Special Edition
While an increasing number of conference papers and journal articles
originate
from Ireland on the topic of entrepreneurship, a need for a mapping
of the
area remains outstanding. The Irish Journal of Management has just
released a
Call for Papers for a Special Edition on Entrepreneurship which
seeks to
redress this situation by bringing together in one edition a series
of
articles specific to entrepreneurial activity in Ireland. It is
envisaged that
the Special Edition will become the benchmark for entrepreneurship
research on
the island of Ireland from which the field as a whole can further
develop.
The
primary themes, offered for guidance only, of the Special Edition
include:
Entrepreneurship and economic policy in Ireland,
Entrepreneurial activity in Ireland placed in an international context,
Irish fast-growth firms,
Exporting and Irish SMEs,
Engendering entrepreneurship in the Irish education system,
E-commerce and entrepreneurship in Ireland.
The journal
particularly welcomes submissions that contribute towards theory
development within multiple paradigms. No particular paradigm is
favoured and
papers may adopt any ontological approach. Methodologies must be
appropriate
to the stated objectives and implemented thoroughly and rigorously.
Papers are
expected to expand the boundaries of existing knowledge, be relevant
to the
primary readership of the journal, present valid and reliable findings,
and be
presented with clarity. Authors should follow the 'Notes to Contributors'
found in the journal. An abstract of no more than 1000 words should
be
submitted to the Guest Editor in the first instance.
DEADLINE for
ABSTRACT: December 31st 2004 (maximum 1000 words)
DEADLINE for FULL PAPER: June 30th 2005 (maximum 6000 words)
Please send
any enquiries or contributions to thomas.cooney@dit.ie
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PhD
and M Comm. Research Seminars
Methodological Journeys
Location; N203
The Michael Smurfit Graduate School Business, Carysfort Ave, Blackrock.
Time: Tuesday
4.30pm - 6.00pm
Seminars
Tuesday 1st
February 2005
Action Research. Dr. David Coghlan, TCD
Tuesday 8th
February 2005
The Research Question - An Enigma? Prof Tom Begley
Tuesday 15th
February 2005
An Iterative Approach to Qualitative Research, Dr Maeve Houlihan,
UCD
Tuesday 22nd
February 2005
Using Statistical Models in Survey Research, Dr Brian Fynes UCD
Tuesday 1st
March 2005
Social Theory and IS Research. Dr Seamus Kelly, UCD
Tuesday 8th
March 2005
'The Use of Case Studies in Business Research' Prof. Bill Roche
UCD
Tuesday 15th
March 2005
'In Depth interviewing with key public actors, Dr Damian Thomas
NCPP
Tuesday 22nd
March 2005
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Approach to Marketing Research Dr.
John Connolly DIT
Tuesday 29th
March 2005
Designing Comparative Research, Dr Roland Erne, UCD
Tuesday 5th
April 2005
Dr Ann Ledwith UL
Tuesday 12th
April 2005
Researching Culture, A Mixed Methods Approach, Dr Carlos Sousa UCD
Tuesday 19th
April 2005
'A reluctant anthropologist' Dr.Gabriel Byrne UCD
Tuesday 26th
April 2004
Entrepreneurial Teams, Fast-Growth Firms, and Heartache, Dr Thomas
M. Cooney DIT
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Special Interest Group
on Management Education and Development
A proposal to
set up a special interest group on management education and development
within the Irish Academy of Management has been agreed with IAM.
Those interested in joining this SIG, should contact Kathy Monks
(Kathy.Monks@dcu.ie)
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Centre for Innovation & Structural Change
(CISC) NUI, Galway
The Centre for
Innovation & Structural Change (CISC) is an interdisciplinary
research centre at the National University of Ireland, Galway partnered
by University College Dublin and Dublin City University Business
School. CISC was formally launched at NUI, Galway on 1st March 2002.
The key objective of CISC is to build an internationally recognised
programme of research and research training on the innovation processes
and policies that are fundamental to the development of a knowledge-based
economy.
There are a
number of CISC research seminars planned for 2004-2005 and further
information is available from:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cisc/seminars/
Many seminars
reflect work-in-progress at CISC covering topics such as:
- Census data
on scientists and engineers in Ireland
- University
technology transfer best practice
- Innovation
policy coherence in Ireland
- Open source
software and innovation
- Analyses
of Foreign Direct Investment
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INTRE
(Ireland's Network of Teachers and Researchers of Entrepreneurship)
A new network
has been established in Ireland for academics in third-level educational
institutions that have an interest in the field of entrepreneurship.
The network operates on an all-island basis and seeks to bring
together teachers and researchers who are interested in this area.
Already a database of 200 academics and researchers has been established
and it is growing quickly across the island.
The Chairperson
of INTRE is Dr Thomas Cooney (Dublin Institute of Technology)
and the Vice-Chairperson is Dr Pauric McGowan (University of Ulster),
while the Board consists of representatives from each of the 25
third-level colleges who act as champions within their own institution
and who disseminate key information arising from the network.
A regular email newsletter has been established which offers information
about the latest Irish entrepreneurship books, competitions, journals,
conferences, calls for research proposals, and sources of funding.
Among the
many initiatives already undertaken has been a case study competition
that was held last year from which a book of case studies was
published in February 2005, while the Irish Journal of Management,
in cooperation with INTRE, is currently undertaking a Special
Edition on Entrepreneurship in Ireland.
One of the
principal goals of the network is to improve the quantity and
quality of entrepreneurship research in Ireland and to engender
a strong international reputation in this area. Its next event
is taking place on April 27th in the Dublin Institute of Technology.
It is a half-day seminar on 'How To Publish'. If you wish to get
further information about INTRE, then please email thomas.cooney@dit.ie.
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Council
Contacts
edel.conway@dcu.ie
kathy.monks@dcu.ie
Thomas.Cooney@dit.ie
teresa.ohara@eircom.net
Noel.Harvey@gmit.ie
joe.macdonagh@it-tallaght.ie
alma.mccarthy@nuig.ie
roy.green@nuigalway.ie
mairead.brady@tcd.ie
B.McCarthy@ucc.ie
brian.fynes@ucd.ie
Michael.Morley@ul.ie
Patrick.Gunnigle@ul.ie
Totoole@wit.ie
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Welcome to the latest issue of the IAM
newsletter! As the new Chair of the IAM, I would like to begin by thanking
Kathy Monks and the 2001/04 committee for their role in building the IAM
as an interdisciplinary focus for business research in Ireland - and globally.
Indeed, the increasing profile of the IAM
mirrors the growth of Irish business education more widely. In 2002/03,
according to HEA data, there were 9,689 full-time undergraduate business
students and 819 part-time undergraduates in Irish higher education institutions.
In addition, there were 1,739 full-time postgraduates and 1,278 part-time
postgraduates. This compares with 6,401 full-time undergraduates and 1,288
full-time postgraduates 10 years before, with negligible part-time students.
Particularly encouraging is the recent growth in the numbers of PhD students,
who are the next generation of teachers and researchers.
These very positive developments are a
necessary counterpart of Ireland's transition to a knowledge-based economy,
but they also raise the question of what more the IAM might be doing to
both support and lead this process. The main contribution of the IAM at
present is to provide a consistent professional 'brand' for the annual
conferences held in turn by Irish universities and institutes of technology.
Last year's conference at Trinity College was hugely successful, with
350 abstracts and 250 full paper submissions from 114 academic institutions
across 31 countries - a far cry from the small but enthusiastic group
at the inaugural IAM conference hosted by UCC six years earlier. And in
September this year, we are looking forward to another enjoyable and rewarding
event at GMIT, with its new state of the art conference facilities
The IAM has also played a major part in
the development of the Irish Journal of Management and has been associated
with a series of doctoral colloquiums, coordinated by UCC, that have been
of great assistance to students and supervisors alike. However, with the
momentum gained so far, it may be appropriate to consider other initiatives
too, such as study groups in topical areas, and possibly a broader role
in the organisation of collaborative research and the promotion of Irish
and European business education at a policy level.
I hope members will join me, Tom O'Toole,
Teresa O'Hara, Noel Harvey and the new executive committee in giving some
thought to initiatives such as these, with a view to increasing the level
of activity in the IAM and setting future directions for the years ahead.
Roy Green
Chair, IAM
PS. Many thanks to Adrian O'Donoghue at
the HEA for digging out the numbers.
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