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2009 BPS Division Professional Development Workshops: Nicholas Argyres, Washington University in St. Louis The Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) Division invites submission of proposals for PDW sessions for the 2009 AOM Conference. Our continuing goal is to make the BPS Division’s PDWs as interactive and innovative as possible. These sessions provide an opportunity to experiment with new formats and ideas that may not fit within the confines of the regular program. Formats can take a variety of forms, such as roundtable discussions, workshops, town hall meetings, debates, breakout group sessions, technology demonstrations, cultural events, etc. Topics may relate to emerging theoretical developments; new research methodologies or research practices; links between academic research and strategy practice; new views on established research, to name just a few. Space and time for PDW’s is limited, so PDW proposals that are of interest to other divisions besides BPS are encouraged, though this is not a requirement for acceptance. We also encourage proposals that address the AOM conference theme for 2009: “Green Management Matters” (please refer to the conference website at http://meeting.aomonline.org/2009). PDW proposals may be submitted online at: http://submissions.aomonline.org beginning on November 3, 2008. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2009. The PDW program runs from 8am Friday through 8pm Saturday (Aug 7-8). Please note the changes from prior years. All PDW participants must commit to participation in advance. All proposals require a statement indicating that all PDW participants have consented to participate in the PDW. The AOM’s “Rule of Three” for the PDW program introduced in 2008 continues to apply: “No one may submit or be associated with more than 3 PDW submissions; or appear in more than 3 PDW sessions during the preconference from Friday to Saturday, regardless of whether the sessions are held on-site or off-site”. While we cannot guarantee that we will accept all proposals, our goal is to have as broad a representation of the BPS membership as possible.
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