Why should I get involved in Critical

Management Studies (CMS) at the (US)

Academy of Management ?

An Invitation*

* Initially prepared by Bill Cooke, revised by various people

Copyright 2013 Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division. All rights reserved.

Why..

You meet people from around the world who

share your interests in data and theory.
You can spend time with CMS scholars at all
levels and career stages, and explore your
ideas in a collaborative and supportive
environment.
You will make lifelong friends and professional
contacts and have fun at our social events.
The 2014 conference theme is The Power of
Words a perfect opportunity for CMS
scholars to take centre stage at the Academy.

The (US) Academy

The Academy of Management is the leading professional body for

management academics:
Circa 18, 300 members from 112 nations.
10,000 members attend the annual conference (referred to as
the Academy Meeting) in different North American cities.
Philadelphia 2014; Vancouver 2015; Anaheim, 2016; Atlanta,
2017.
AoM is organized into specialist Divisions and Interest Groups
(IGs), some big, some small:
At October 2013, CMS had 666 members whilst OB (the
largest Division) had 5,983.
Each Division/IG sets its own program, sometimes in
collaboration with other groups.
CMS is the most international group in the Academy.

A little bit of history.

CMS was founded as a small Interest Group
in 1998.
In 2008 it was granted Division status.
In 2013 our Division status was renewed
following a successful review by the DIGR
(Division & Interest Group Relations)
Committee.
In 2013/14, Paul Adler, co-founder of the CMS
Interest Group is President-Elect of the
Academy of Management.

The CMS Domain Statement

The Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division serves as a

forum within the Academy for the expression of views

critical of established management practices and the
established social order. Our premise is that structural
features of contemporary society, such as the profit
imperative, patriarchy, racial inequality, and ecological
irresponsibility often turn organizations into instruments of
domination and exploitation. Driven by a shared desire to
change this situation, we aim in our research, teaching, and
practice to develop critical interpretations of management
and society and to generate radical alternatives. Our
critique seeks to connect the practical shortcomings in
management and individual managers to the demands of a
socially divisive and ecologically destructive system within
which managers work.

The CMS Domain Statement more

detail.
Sample topics include:
critical theories of the nature of managerial authority, resistance to
managerial authority, identity, affectivity, rationality, and subjectivity;
critiques of managerialist theories of management and organization;
critical assessments of emerging alternative forms of organization;
critiques of political economy;
critical perspectives on business strategy, globalization, MNCs &
international management; entrepreneurship, technological innovation,
and computerization; and so on .
critical analyses of discourses of management, development, and progress;
critical perspectives on class, gender, and race; identity & diversity;
the profit-imperative and the natural environment;
critical epistemologies and methodologies.
We bring together people from a broad range of Academy divisions with
the goals of promoting: (a) critical scholarship as an essential component
of the life of the Academy, (b) teaching that encourages broader, deeper,
and more critical understanding, (c) links to progressive social movements.

The Conference (meeting)

A five-day meeting program from a Friday through to a Tuesday

comprising three key components.
Professional Development Workshop (PDW) program
Friday and Saturday of the program
All kinds of developmental work: subject-related, teachingrelated (see our Dark Side Case Competition), career-related,
doctoral student-related (see our Doctoral Colloquium and the
Doctoral Dissertation Competition)
All-Academy Symposia:
Sunday of the program
Panel discussions/debates relevant to the entire AoM
research and teaching community
The Main Scholarly Program
Monday and Tuesday of the program
Refereed papers, roundtable discussion papers,
symposia/panel discussions

From 2013-14, who organizes what for the CMS Division?

PDW co-chairs are Nimruji Jammulamadaka (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta,

Kolkata, India) & Latha Poonamallee (Michigan Technological University, USA)
Main Program Co-Chairs are Emma Bell (Keele University, UK) and Scott Taylor (University
of Birmingham, UK)
Other Executive Officers include:

Alex Faria, (EBAPE/Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil), Past Chair

Gavin Jack & Jan Schapper (La Trobe University, Australia), Division Co-Chairs

Raza Mir (William Paterson University, USA), Chair-Elect

Gabie Durepos (St Francis Xavier University, Canada), Representative-at-Large

(Communications & CMS Newsletter)

Ana Maria Peredo (University of Victoria, Canada), Representative-at-Large (Doctoral

Consortium Organizer)

Sarah Gilmore (University of Portsmouth, UK), Representative-at-Large (Doctoral

Dissertation Competition Organizer)

Robbin Derry (University of Lethbridge, Canada), Representative-at-Large (CrossDivisional Initiatives)

Jonathan Murphy (Cardiff University, UK), Representative-at-Large (Dark Side Case

Competition Organizer)

Where can I get involved?

First, why not join the Academy and choose two Divisions to
belong to? Then:
In the PDW program, you can participate:
In sessions that are oriented towards research, teaching, or
doctoral research
In the Dark Side Case Competition, as a writer or reviewer; or
in the Doctoral Colloquium
As a participant in other PDW events: organizing, presenting,
attending/participating
In the main program:
Presenting your work, organizing or participating in symposia
As a reviewer: A really good opportunity for new scholars to
understand the reviewing process, and for established
researchers to make a contribution to Division life
Come to our social events

Where can I get involved?

In the wider Academy:
A lot of the program is made up of Academy-wide or
collaborative events
But of course we think the CMS program and community are the
most stimulating academically, the most friendly and approachable,
the most thoughtful and meaningful, and the most active in teaching
and research
Why not contribute materials to our Newsletter or our website?

Contact

Gabie Durepos for more information

Why not sign up for the CMS listserve and engage in online
discussion?

Again,

contact Gabie for more information

Costs

Membership of the academy is relatively cheap at US$91

(student and emeritus) and US$182 (academic and executive)
(correct as at 29.10.13)
Meeting registration is also relatively well priced at US$88
(student and emeritus) and US$250 (academic and executive)
(NB: These are the costs for 2013 for AOM members)
Getting and staying there is, usually, not cheap, even if you are
based in the US. Try:
To find a reasonably priced hotel (probably not a conference
hotel as advertised via the Academys Housing Bureau); eat a
big breakfast in a good diner; invest in a good guide book
Share: a twin room with a friend, a 3-4 bed apartment with
colleagues
But dont buy cheap health and travel insurance

Membership benefits

E-subscription to Academy of Management News

Subscription to Academy of Management journals: Academy of
Management Learning and Education (AMLE), Academy of Management
Journal (AMJ), Academy of Management Review (AMR), and Academy
of Management Perspectives (AMP); and e-subscription to Academy of
Management Annals
Membership of two divisions and/or interest groups from 25
Access to the Article Retrieval Service, a searchable database of all
journals of the Academy
Reduced rates for the annual meeting and job placement service
Excellent online services, including the member directory and AOM
Connect
Good opportunities for professional interaction, involvement, and
recognition
Year-round connection (e.g., via AOMs Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and
YouTube platforms) and conversation

For further information: http://aom.org/Member-Services/Benefits-and-Services.aspx

What next
Watch out for:
Calls for PDW and Main Scholarly Program papers
and symposia:

Send any questions about PDW form and content to Nimruji

Jammulamadaka and Latha Poonamallee
(nimruji.latha@gmail.com), and about the main program to
Emma Bell and Scott Taylor (e.bell@keele.ac.uk;
s.taylor@bham.ac.uk)

Calls for entries to the Dark Side Case Competition,

the Doctoral Dissertation Competition and the Doctoral
Colloquium in 2014.
Communications encouraging you to review for the
Division.

For any questions or more

information
You can go to the CMS Division website:
http://group.aomonline.org/cms/Index.htm
Or, you can contact any of the Executive
Officers directly.
We hope you find these slides
informative. If you have any feedback, or
possible inclusions, do not hesitate to get
in touch!