Asia Academy of Management

News and Updates

July 2009

 

 

1.  AAoM Reception and PDWs at AoM meetings (7-8 August, 2009 Swissôtel Chicago)

 

Please also note that there is a change of venue for the AAoM Reception on Saturday (August 8) evening:

7:00 p.m. Swissotel Chicago: Zurich 1b(Zurich B)

 

You may also wish to come to the following PDWs on Friday and Saturday. They cover various issues related to Asian management. 

 

1. Knowledge creation: A management theory from Japan

Joint session organized by Asia Academy of Management, Soshiki Gakkai, and Association of Japanese Business Studies

Saturday 10:40 am - 12:40 pm Swissotel Chicago: Vevey Salon 4

Chair: Shige Makino, Chinese U. of Hong Kong;

Chair: Shigeru Asaba, Gakushuin U.;

Speakers: Ryoko Toyama, Chuo U.; Tsuyoshi Numagami, Hitotsubashi U.;

Discussant: Professor Kiyohiko Ito, U. of Hawaii, Manoa

 

2. How can practical consulting projects in Asian societies have academic relevance, or vice versa?

Friday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Swissotel Chicago: St. Gallen Salon 2

Chair: Iun, Joyce; Chinese U. of Hong Kong  

Coordinators: Yina Mao, Chinese U. of Hong Kong; Kelly Z. Peng, Hong Kong Shue Yan U.; Guo-hua Huang, Hong Kong Baptist U.; Ping Man Wong, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Speakers: Chi-Sum Wong, Chinese U. of Hong Kong; Hongsheng Che, Beijing Normal U.; Ching-Wen Wang, National Chung Hsing U.

Participant: Po-Chang Lin, National Yunlin U. of Science and Technology

 

3. Innovation practices: Barriers and successes in Asian firms

Cosponsors: IM / BPS / ENT / TIM

Saturday 10:10 am - 12:10 pm Swissotel Chicago: St. Gallen Salon 1

Organizers: Larry Chasteen, Stephen F. Austin State U.; David Ahlstrom, Chinese U. of Hong Kong

Participants: Garry D Bruton, Texas Christian U.; Michael Carney, Concordia U.; Gregory G Dess, U. of Texas, Dallas; Linda Chang Wang, Michigan State U

 

4. Key issues of Korean entrepreneurship: Current status and future challenge

Jointly organized with the Association of Korean Management Scholars

Cosponsors: ENT / IM / BPS / ITC

Saturday 8:30 am - 10:30 am Swissotel Chicago: Vevey Salon 4

Organizer: Yongsun Paik, Loyola Marymount U.

Presenters: Seung Bai Bach, California State U. Sacramento; Zong-Tae Bae, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology; In Hyeock Ian Lee, Western Kentucky U.; Dominic S. K. Lim, Brock U.; Sung-Wook Moon, KDI School of Public Policy & Management; Yongsun Paik, Loyola Marymount U

 

5. More explorations of impact of values at work

Cosponsors: OB / IM

Saturday 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Swissotel Chicago: Vevey Salon 4

Chair: Ping Ping Fu, Chinese U. of Hong Kong

Presenters: Yanxia Li, Fudan U.; Ping Ping Fu, Chinese U. of Hong Kong; Carolyn P. Egri, Simon Fraser U.; David A. Ralston, U. of Oklahoma; Allen Amason, U. of Georgia; Guangtao Yu, Central U. of Finance and Economics

Participant: Yong Kang Yang, Fudan U.

 

Please also note that the AAoM Board Meeting will be held on August 8 Saturday evening.

Board Meeting: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Swissotel Chicago: Zurich 3c (Zurich g)

 

For full details of the PDWs, please consult the AAoM website.  See you all in Chicago!

 

 

2.     AAoM Conference 2010 at Macau

 

We are pleased to announce that the Seventh AAoM conference will be held in Macau in December 2010, hosted by University of Macau. The dates are set on December 13 and 14 for the main conference, and a welcome reception on December 12 evening. Jane Lu of National University of Singapore will be the Program Chair and Anita Chan of University of Macau will be the Chair of Local Arrangement.

 

We will update you with a preliminary call for paper very soon.

 

 

 

 

Asia Academy of Management Secretariat

Academy Web-page: www.cuhk.edu.hk/baf/asia-aom

 

 

AAoM 2009 & 2010 Officers

 

l           President:  Garry D. Bruton, Texas Christian University

l           Vice-President:  Nitin Pangarkar, National University of Singapore

l           Secretary:  Long W. “Rico” Lam, University of Macau

l           Treasurer:  Chung-Ming Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

South and Southeast Asia region

l           Hasan Sohaib Murad, University of Management and Technology, Pakistan (2007-09)

l           Kulwant Singh, National University of Singapore (2008 - 2010)

North and East Asia:   

l           Kazuhiro Asakawa, Keio University (2008 - 2010)

l           Terence Tsai, CEIBS, China (2008 - 2010)

Representative-at-large

l           Peng Chan, University of California – Fullerton (2007-09)

l           Karen Wang, University of Technology, Sydney (2007-09)