International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) Monthly Bulletin – September 2021
In September we were excited to learn that the British Academy of Management (BAM) had honoured a number of the IFSAM family in its annual awards. Our President, Xavier Castañer and and Secretary, Arabella Mocciaro, General Assembly (GA) member Sandro Castaldo (SIMA), and GA Observers Kerry Brown (ANZAM) and Anthony McDonnell (IAM) were all made Companions of BAM, while ex-President of IFSAM and member of our current Advisory Board, Greg Bamber, was awarded the Cooper Medal for Outstanding Leadership and Contribution. We would like to congratulate all - for their well-deserved recognition.
We also welcomed three additional members of our senior staff. Dr Christine Moser (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) joined IFSAM as Deputy VP for Research. Professor Vijayakumar Parameswaran Unnithan (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India) joined IFSAM as Deputy VP for Practice. Dr Minjie Cai (University of Greenwich, UK) joined us as Deputy VP for Communications. We look forward to working with them to raise the profile of IFSAM moving forward.
September also saw the continuation of the conference season as the Japanese Academy of Business Administration (JABA) held its (virtual) annual meeting, hosted by Doshisha University.
We like to remind you all to make your nominations for our awards by 15 November 2021. Please do take this opportunity to nominate anyone that you think is deserving of one of the following awards.
- Excellence in Societally Relevant Management Scholarship;
- Excellence in Indigenous Management Scholarship;
- Excellence and Innovation in Management Pedagogy;
- Exceptional Service to the Management Field Worldwide.
Further details of the awards and how to make a nomination can be found at: https://www.ifsam.org/ifsam-awards/
Please also remember to share the soft policy statement from our General Assembly (GA) with your colleagues as we are keen that this be circulated as widely as possible. Based upon discussions during our recent webinar series, this policy statement focuses on the evaluation of management research and suggests a way forward. We hope to receive your feedback and endorsement of this statement, which can be read at:
If you have any questions or want to get in touch with IFSAM, please contact us at: [email protected]