Spring 2005

A message from our Division Chair

Ralph Brower

Although you will have heard this greeting from various official sources, let me add my invitation as well for the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in balmy Honolulu. If the program doesn’t attract you, I dare you to let family members know that you’re actually considering turning down an opportunity to attend an academic conference in Hawaii. The conference theme is “A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century,” and the island of Oahu in Hawaii provides a beautiful backdrop. We invite you to come join us in the discussion, exploration, and debate of this “New Vision.”

Mahalo!!!

Special thanks to Kirsten Gronbjerg and Dean Eitel, respectively, for the great regular program and professional development workshops they have organized. Please take a moment to read over their descriptions in this newsletter, online, or in the materials the Academy will be mailing to you. We especially appreciate the many authors who submitted their work to the Division’s program review process. The great number of submissions signals the ever-stronger vitality of our division. Thanks also to the many reviewers who contributed their time and to those who have offered their services as session chairs and discussants.

By the time you receive this newsletter you will also have received your invitation to vote for the great slate of candidates that our Past Division Chair, Laurie DiPadova-Stocks, has assembled. We express our thanks to the individuals who have agreed to run as candidates and to those who nominated them. I am confident about the future of the Public and Nonprofit Division regardless of who is elected to these positions, but please do take the time to vote.

Finally, a note of special thanks to Kira Reed, division secretary and archivist, who has once again assembled a newsy and attractive division newsletter. As with all our offices, our paper review process, and individual session organizers for the Honolulu meeting, it is volunteer energy like Kira’s that keeps the division running smoothly so that all of us are proud to be members.

See you in Honolulu!

Other news from PNP, Spring 2005:

• A Message From the Program Chair
• A Message From the Incoming Division Chair
• Thank You to Reviewers
• A Message From the Division Chair
• Texas A&M Sponsors Division Activities
• FSU Sponsor Division Activities
• Professional Development Workshops Overview
• Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortia
• Call for Papers and Conferences
• News From our Liaisons
• Accomplishments of Members
• Other News
• PNP Focus
• Call for Submissions to the Fall Newsletter

PNP: Serving Public Benefit

The Newsletter of the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management

Spring 2005

Editor: Kira Reed, Syracuse University