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VALHALLA, N.Y., July 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of
Management (AOM), the largest global association devoted to
management and organization research, today announced the details
of its 84th Annual Meeting.
The meeting will be held in-person with sessions in Chicago, IL, spanning 9-13 August 2024. The Annual Meeting Opening
Reception will be held Friday evening with early access to exhibits
and opportunities to meet with AOM's leaders both past and
present.
The conference theme, "Innovating for the Future: Policy,
Purpose, and Organizations," will examine the interplay of
innovation, policy and purpose as a lens for rethinking
conventional ways of leading, managing and organizing.
Top global management and organization scholars will evaluate
expertise, experience and research-based insights across 1,000+
sessions to discuss today's most important issues impacting the
workplace and organizations, notably the increasingly integration
of Artificial Intelligence, technological shifts and the
implications this has on leading, managing, organizing and much
more.
"The future state of the organization is top of mind for
management scholars and managers themselves today," said
Tammy L. Madsen, Vice President Vice
President and Program Chair, Academy of Management Board of
Governors. "Political unrest, economic volatility, inequality,
rapid technological change, environmental erosion, health crises
and pronounced societal issues across the globe continue to
challenge traditional approaches to governing and leading
organizations. As the premier organization for management research,
we have an important role to play in answering those questions and
charting a path forward."
All sessions are presented by top scholars from leading
universities across the world. View the full conference program
online.
Notable sessions and topics featured:
Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, and Organizing for
the Future
- Generative AI: Competitive Landscape and Innovation
Strategy (10 August, 12pm –
14:30pm CT)
- Recent management studies in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have
predominantly focused on organizational adoption and implementation
of AI, leaving a noticeable gap in understanding how AI firms
compete and innovate. This workshop will address this gap by
delving into the competitive landscape of Gen AI firms and
exploring technology strategies in the era of Gen AI, drawing
broader attention to how Gen AI is reshaping the nature of
competitive strategy, including its impact on industry
attractiveness, competitive advantage and its sources, and the
boundaries of the firm.
- Human AI Collaboration: Fad, Fringe, and Innovating
for the Future (11 August, 8am –
11am CT)
- How can AI augment human skills in different professional
settings? This session explores the evolving role of human-AI
collaboration in decision-making across various sectors, including
healthcare, finance, as well as in creativity and innovation.
Content will focus on developing a pioneering research agenda for
strategy, technology and management scholars that will shape the
future of work.
- Changing Course: Reimagining and Innovating in
Business in a Human- and Eco-Centric Future (11 August,
12pm-3pm CT)
- This panel symposium examines how the purposes and
social-ecological behaviors of firms - and indeed whole economies -
may need to change (or, in the words of the call for papers,
innovate) if humanity is to build a future that decenters business
and economics and re-centers humans in the natural world. The time
is now. While the future is not ours to wholly design, we do have
an opportunity to shape its evolutionary contours. We need to have
a conversation about how we as business scholars might change the
path of history, one that leaves us so vulnerable to crisis and
even the possibility of human extinction.
- Examining AI Adoption and Productivity Improvement:
From Resistance to Acceptance (11 August, 11:30am – 1pm
CT)
- In an era driven by technological advancements, AI-human
collaboration has sparked discussions regarding its adoption and
impact on productivity. The symposium aims to unveil a novel
framework anchoring on established technology acceptance and
innovation diffusion theories, encompassing recent AI adoption and
productivity improvement studies in the real world.
- Contrary Views on AI in Science and Innovation (12 August,
4pm – 5:30pm
CT)
- The session brings together a distinguished set of panelists to
explore the general question: "How can AI advance scientific
discovery and technology development, with what implications for
organizing R&D?"
Technology and The Future of Work: Implications for
Employee Skills and the Workplace
- Innovating for a More – Dynamic and Skill-based Future
of Talent Management (9 August, 10am
– 12pm CT)
- In a turbulent world, organizations must be ready to anticipate
changes in the economical and societal context, urging managers to
adjust business priorities and dynamically redirect resources,
specifically regarding workforce talent. This session will explore
how to reimagine the future of talent management by looking into
avenues aimed at strengthening talent and expanding proactive
talent interventions.
- Generative AI in the Workplace: Implications for Work,
Occupations, and Inequality (10 August, 12:15-2:15 pm CT)
- This session explores the multifaceted impact of Generative AI
(GenAI) on work. Experts will discuss the implications of the
changes that GenAI is producing in the workplace with a central
focus on the paradox of AI augmentation: while AI can increase
productivity and offer new opportunities to managers and employees,
it may also change the task structure of jobs and occupations, with
the potential to exacerbate workplace inequalities.
- Impact of AI on the Employee: Preparing Organizations
for the Future of Technology (11 August, 8-9:30 am CT)
- As research on AI – much like AI itself – is in its infancy,
scholars must take up intentional research investigating the
impact, presence, and attitudes toward AI at work. This presenter
symposium meets this goal head-on and delves into the AOM 2024
theme: Innovating for the Future by investigating factors that
managers and leaders should consider in the adoption of AI.
- Navigating the future of work: Workplace strategies to
Boost Employees' Well-Being (13 August, 11:30am – 1pm
CT)
- In response to Covid-19, many organizations rushed to support
their employees' well-being. Despite good intentions, few have
taken a strategic approach, resulting in stress levels rocketing to
an all-time high and a gap in perceived well-being efforts between
employers and employees. This symposium aims to offer employees,
managers and organizations theoretically informed and practically
useful tools to address the challenges of the modern
workplace.
- Unravelling the Relational Impacts of Work
Digitization (13 August, 8-9:30 am
CT)
- The increasing work digitization (exacerbated by the COVID-19
pandemic) may have boosted some task-oriented work outcomes, but
because work relationships become more instrumental, there may be
some unintended yet unexplored relational impacts on employees
(e.g., inability to psychologically detach, loneliness). This
discussion will aim to address why and how work digitization has
relational consequences for employees.
Sustainability, Corporate Purpose, and Policy
- Solving Societal Grand Challenges: A Debate and Future
Directions (13 August, 9:45am-11:15am)
- Despite increasing attention of management scholars to the
study of societal grand challenges and the progress made with
promoting sustainability programs in the private sector, societal
challenges such as economic inequality, public health hazards,
climate change, and social divide, have worsened. The purpose of
this symposium is to bring together leading scholars to engage in a
debate and discuss their views and research concerning established
and emerging approaches in management research for solving societal
grand challenges.
- Building Bridges: Developing a Research Agenda for
Sustainability and Innovation (12 August, 9:45am-11:15am CT)
- This symposium underscores the imperative for an
interdisciplinary approach if we want management research to
contribute to building a future that integrates economic growth and
technological advancement with environmental responsibility and
equitable social development. Topics addressed will include
technological innovation for sustainability, the role of diversity
and inclusivity in sustainable innovation, building sustainable and
innovative business models, and measuring the impact of
sustainability on innovation and performance.
- Corporate Sustainability: Imperatives and Challenges
(9 August, 10am-12pm CT)
- The session explores the concept of Corporate Sustainability
(CS), specifically its meaning and its imperatives and challenges
for innovation, policy and purpose of corporations, and thus for
business & management researchers and educators.
- Unlocking Growth: How Purpose-Driven Leaders
Demonstrate the Behaviors Needed for Innovation (10 August,
2-4 pm CT)
- Innovation requires an environment that supports human
interactions and processes to achieve the desired outcome. The
purpose of this workshop will be to engage in a highly interactive
program that examines the underlying history of purpose in the
workplace, its influence on individuals and teams and how it can
increase an organization's ability to affect change and influence
innovative environments.
- Beyond Business-as-Usual: Unleashing the Power of
Innovation in Times of Crisis (10 August, 9-11 am CT)
- This session uncovers how entrepreneurs are developing
innovative solutions tailored to address arising crisis-related
needs; filling voids that would otherwise fall to government
sectors to address.
- Creative Democracy: Enlisting Pragmatist Ethics for
Sustainable Organizations (12 August, 9:45-11:15 am CT)
- In this symposium, the panelists will draw from classical
Pragmatism to deliver fresh insights on enlisting creative
democracy for ethical action in support of sustainability. The
symposium aims to create a dialogue between audience members and
panelists on what Pragmatist ideals of creative democracy and
ethics imply for sustainability.
- The Role of Management Scholars in Influencing Public Policy
for the UN SDGs (9 August, 8am –
9:30am. CT)
- The lack of progress in the global achievement of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) requires greater
engagement and collaboration between higher education institutions,
public policy, and policy makers. This workshop is aimed at
increasing the integration of the UN SDGs into research, teaching,
and service as a path to accelerating and amplifying the
achievement of SDGs.
Innovation and Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion
- Artificial Intelligence and Inequality: An Intersectional
Approach (9 August, 8-9:30 am CT)
- Researchers have persistently endeavored to unravel the
intricate interplay between technology and organizations — whether
technology augments or ameliorates inequality. This session
explores whether the business community is prepared to analyze the
negative impacts and repercussions caused by AI and initiate a
public discussion on the matter.
- Innovating for a Diverse Digital Future: Insights and
Strategies for Tomorrow's Organizations (13 August, 1:15-2:45 pm CT)
- The workplace of the future is evolving to become increasingly
digitized and more diverse in its makeup. In order to innovate for
a better future, leaders must consider technological innovation in
tandem with goals such as increasing diversity, making
organizations more equitable, and implementing fairness as a
default. This symposium offers perspectives on the key issues
facing organizations of the future when it comes to diversity,
equity, and technology, as well as offering tools and solutions
that organizations can leverage as they try to adapt to the future
of work.
- Addressing Impact: A Practical Path Forward for DEI
Scholarship Amid Volatility (10 August, 12pm-1:30pm CT)
- Amid perpetually volatile environments, such as the dismantling
of DEI offices and the targeting of scholars by political
actors, this workshop offers an arena to discuss how to confront
these issues. By engaging faculty, students, and
practitioner-scholars in interactive and collaborative discussions,
the workshop will explore the impact of DEI on three levels: (1)
department, (2) college, and (3) government and corporate.
- Should DEI DIE?: Critiques and Responses to DEI Initiatives
(9 August, 2-3 pm CT)
- The future of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is at
stake. Critics argue that DEI interventions not only fail to
achieve equality but also inadvertently perpetuate workplace
discrimination. This session encourages participants to expand upon
the innovations that can be embedded in organizations to address
the societal issue of inequality.
- Fostering Entrepreneurial and Resilient Organizations
Through Diversity and Inclusion (11 August, 8am – 10am CT).
- Today, acknowledging the contributions of all forms of
diversity is not only a matter of "social justice" but also a
necessity to foster entrepreneurship and resilience in
organizations. Scholars will discuss the barriers hindering
diversity and inclusion in business and participants will
experiment with tools designed to promote D&I in
organizations.
For more information about the Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, please visit http://aom.org/annualmeeting.
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