Membership Involvement Committee, AoM

Introduction to the Membership Involvement Committee
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Vienna seminar, 29 November 2002
Successful Submissions to the International Management Division of the Academy of Management
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At the Academy Meeting of August 2001 in Washington, I was appointed Chair of the newly established Membership Involvement Committee of the International Management Division of the Academy of Management.

The International Management Division is conscious that many of its members - especially those living outside the USA - might find it difficult to be fully involved in the Division's activities and might therefore occasionally feel left out. The Executive Council therefore felt that active steps were needed to increase the involvement of individual members in the Division. The Membership Involvement Committee was established to assist the Executive Council in identifying and addressing issues regarding member relations and involvement. More specifically the principal focus of this committee is to serve as a liaison between the membership and Executive Council, to foster communication from and amongst members, and to elicit initiatives and feedback from division members.

As Chair of this newly established committee I would like to invite you to share with me any observations you might have about membership involvement. In particular, I would like to know whether you feel there are any barriers that prevent you from being more fully involved in the Division. Since these barriers might be higher for non-US members, I am looking for non-US members that are willing to become a country representative for their county. Country representatives act as a liaison between academics in their country and myself as Chair of the MIC. They are also a source and soundboard for new ideas and initiatives and are committed to be actively involved in realizing some of these initiatives.

I will keep you informed about any initiatives of the Membership Involvement Committee through this website and through IMD-L. IMD-L is the International Management Discussion Forum, where members can post messages about research or teaching issues and where IM relevant calls for papers and tables of contents are shared. It is very easy to join or leave--it takes about 10 seconds! Just go to:

http://www.aom.pace.edu:81/guest/RemoteListSummary/imd_l

I look forward to communicating with many of you. Please do send me an email if there is anything you'd like to share or if you want to volunteer becoming a country representative. This is your chance to get more involved in a professional association that is important to all of us!

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