A Passion for Making a Difference

11:30 - 1:00pm

Le Palais Des Congres, Room 513F

Organizer: Elena P. Antonacopoulou; AIM Research and University of Liverpool;
Chair: Robin Wensley; AIM Research and University of Warwick;

Speaker: Elena P. Antonacopoulou; University of Liverpool;
Speaker: Paul Oliver; Conduco Consulting;
Speaker: Susan A. Mohrman; University of Southern California;
Speaker: Mike Fenlon; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP;
Speaker: Denise M. Rousseau; Carnegie Mellon University;
Discussant: Thomas G. Cummings; University of Southern California;
Moderator: Howard Thomas;  University of Warwick

The theme of the Academy of Management Montreal 2010 Conference on “Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice and Research” provides a unique opportunity to critically reflect on the ways in which we deliver impact through collaborative management research.

If part of the challenge that Management research faces is to show it is making a difference, then the biggest opportunity yet is to ensure that management research that is undertaken collaboratively with business practitioners and policy makers delivers impact. The emphasis on impact extends the current focus on ‘rigour’ and ‘relevance’. It focuses instead on exploring how impact is conceptualised by different participants based on their experiences of collaborative research.

The purpose of this symposium is to engage academics and business practitioners in a joint reflective exercise that invites them individually and collectively to draw from their collaborative experiences of impact and explore further the multiplicity of meanings as to what is impact, how impact may be demonstrated and how impact may be fostered in future research collaborations. In the context of complex social problems, impact also crucially depends on effective interaction between research, practice and public policy.

If you have any queries regarding this event please contact Agi Witaszczyk on 020 7862 8519 or agnieszka.witaszczyk@wbs.ac.uk