1. The primary purpose of the division is to encourage professional scholarship in management education and development among interested members of the Academy of Management. In addition, the purposes of the division include encouraging and conducting research related to educating and developing managers; promoting the interchange of ideas, research, and other information among those interested in educating and developing managers; providing for fellowship among persons with professional interest in management education and development; and engaging in other activities and services of interest to the membership.

2. The domain of this Division is the study of the organization and delivery of management education (academic) and management development (non-credit instruction). Major topics include: theoretical advances or empirical evidence about effective and innovative instructional methods or technology; applications of learning theories; and evaluation studies of the effectiveness of management education and development techniques.

Membership in this Division is open to any member of The Academy of Management who is interested in the Division's purposes.

1. The officers of the Division shall consist of a Chairperson, Chairperson-Elect, Program Chairperson, Program Chairperson-Elect, Secretary, Membership Coordinator, Membership Coordinator-Elect, Practitioner Liaison, Practitioner Liaison-Elect, Research Coordinator, Research Coordinator-Elect, Program Evaluation Coordinator, Program Evaluation Coordinator-Elect, Newsletter Editor, Web Site Manager, At-Large Nominating Committee Member, and such other appointed officers as may be deemed necessary by the Chairperson. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairperson, Chairperson-Elect, Program Chairperson, Program Chairperson-Elect, Secretary, Membership Coordinator, Practitioner Liaison, Research Coordinator, Program Evaluation Coordinator, Newsletter Editor, Web Site Manager, At-Large Nominating Committee Member and such other appointed officers as may be deemed necessary by the Chairperson.

2. The Chairperson is the chief executive officer of the Division and shall administer all affairs of the Division in coordination with the President-Elect of The Academy of Management and its Professional Divisions Policy Committee. The Chair is responsible for the conduct of the Division's activities in a manner that will assure the accomplishment of the Division's purposes, subject to the provisions of the Division Constitution and the Academy Bylaws. The Chair appoints all committees of the Division and their officers as necessary. He or she shall oversee the expenditures of the Division's budget, be accountable to the membership for proper management of all divisional expenditures and activities, and present a report on the status and progress of the Division at its Annual Business Meeting. The Chairperson cannot succeed him or herself but may be reelected for a later term.

3. The Chairperson-Elect shall serve in the absence of the Chairperson and shall succeed the Chairperson at the termination of the Chairperson's year in office. He/she shall serve as assistant to the Chairperson and carry out such duties as may be delegated by the Chairperson. In the event that the Chairperson is unable to complete the term of office, the Chairperson-Elect will immediately succeed the Chairperson and complete both that term and his or her own. In the event the Program Chairperson is unable to complete the term of elected office, the Chairperson- Elect will assume the program Chairperson's responsibilities and duties. If the Chairperson-Elect vacates the office, it shall stay vacant until the next regular election.

4. The Past Division Chairperson shall serve as counselor to the Chairperson and as Chairperson of the Nominating Committee.

5. The Program Chairperson shall be responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising the Division's program at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

6. The Program Chairperson-Elect shall be responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising all pre-conference activities for the division at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. In addition, the Program Chairperson-Elect will assist the Program Chairperson as needed.

7. The Secretary will be elected for a two-year term and shall be responsible for keeping a record of the Division's Annual Business Meeting and any other duties or correspondence as may be requested by the Division Chairperson.

8. The Membership Coordinator shall be responsible for building and sustaining membership through recruiting and coordinating a membership committee. The members of the membership committee shall be chosen at the discretion of the Membership Coordinator.

9. The Research Coordinator shall be responsible for promoting, encouraging, and supporting research efforts consistent with the purposes and mission of the Division and may select, in consultation with the Division Chairperson, a committee to assist in fulfilling these responsibilities. The Research Coordinator will also administer all awards as designated by the Executive Committee.

10. The Practitioner Liaison shall be responsible for promoting, encouraging, and supporting liaisons with practitioners of management training, development, and education with the goal of sharing their knowledge with the Division's members and vice versa.

11. The Program Evaluation Coordinator shall be elected for a three year term and shall be responsible for developing and implementing a method which ensures the annual program is evaluated, providing information to the Program Chairperson and the Program Chairperson-Elect about the quality of the annual program, and recruiting, in consultation with the division Chairperson, a committee for implementing the evaluation.

12. The Web Site Manager shall be responsible for collecting and disseminating information relevant to the mission of the division through the medium of the world-wide-web and successive information technologies. Jurisdiction of the informational content of the MED web page shall reside with the Web Site Manager in consultation with the MED Executive Committee. MED members desiring information to be posted or linked shall send the information to the Web Site Manager, preferably in a digital format. Information shall be posted by the Web Site Manager in a timely manner. The Web Site Manager will be appointed by the Division Chairperson annually with the advice and consent of the membership.

13. The Newsletter Editor shall be responsible for collecting, compiling, and disseminating information bout and for the members of this Division on a regular basis through the Newsletter. The Newsletter Editor will be appointed by the Division Chairperson for a three-year term with the advice and consent of the membership.

14. The Membership Coordinator-elect, Practitioner Liaison-elect, Research Coordinator-Elect and Program Evaluation Coordinator-Elect will assist the applicable MED Officer as needed and will assume the applicable office the following year. The Program Evaluation Coordinator-Elect office will only be filled during the final year of the Program Evaluation Coordinator's tenure.

1. A Nominating Committee shall consist of the following: The Past Chairperson, the Chairperson, the Chairperson-Elect, the Program Chairperson, Program Chairperson-Elect and a member at large. The past Chairperson shall serve as the Chairperson of the Committee.

2. The Nominating Committee shall annually solicit through the November Newsletter or by mail nominations from the Division membership for Program Chairperson-Elect. The persons receiving the greatest number of write-in nominations and/or selected by the Nominating Committee and who are willing to serve shall become the two candidates for Program Chairperson-Elect. All nominees must be current Division members. The Chairperson of the Nominating Committee shall be responsible for verifying prior to ballot preparation the willingness of all nominees to serve. A final election ballot containing the names of the two candidates shall be mailed to all current Division members in the March Newsletter.

3. All ballots shall be returned to the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee, or an appointed representative, for tabulation and shall be tabulated no later than April 30. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared the winner. The President-Elect of the Academy shall be notified in writing by the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee of the vote count for each candidate. The vote count shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disseminated further. The Chairperson of the nominating Committee shall notify each candidate of the winner of the election.

4. The Program Chairperson shall become Division Chairperson-Elect the year following election, unless removed from office by the membership. In conformance with the Academy Bylaws, the Chairperson-Elect shall automatically become Chairperson of the Division at the end of his/her one-year term. The term of office for all officers, with the exception of the Secretary and the Program Evaluation Coordinator, shall be one (1) year. The Secretary shall serve for two (2) years and the Program Evaluation Coordinator shall serve for three (3) years. The terms of all elected Division officers shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.

5. The Nominating Committee will solicit nominations for all other officers prior to the Annual Meeting, but this solicitation will in no way abridge the right of the members at the Annual Meeting to nominate from the floor. Officers elected at the Annual Meeting are: Secretary (biannually), Membership Coordinator-Elect, Research Coordinator-Elect, Practitioner Liaison- Elect, Program Evaluation Coordinator-Elect (triennially) and Nominating Committee Member at Large.

6. With the exception of Program Chairperson (see paragraph IV.3), if a vacancy occurs in any division office, the applicable "Elect" officer will assume the responsibilities of the office for the remainder of the term in addition to the year they would have normally held the office. The "Elect" office will remain vacant until the next Annual Business Meeting. In the event of a vacancy in an "Elect" position, the position will remain vacant until the annual business meeting at which time the officer and the "Elect" will be elected for the next year. In the case of a vacancy in the offices of Secretary and Program Evaluation Coordinator (prior to the election of the Program Evaluation Coordinator-Elect) the Nominating Committee shall, as soon thereafter as possible, appoint a replacement for the unexpired term of that officer. In the event the Program Chairperson-Elect position becomes vacant, the Program Chairperson will select a Pre- conference Coordinator and a Program Chairperson and Program Chairperson-Elect will be selected by ballot using the time frame outlined in paragraph V.2 and 3.
7. Any officer may be removed from office by a majority vote of all current members of the Division. This vote will be initiated by vote of at least three-fourths of the officers and conducted by their designee in a timely fashion.

1. The committees of the Division shall include a Nominating Committee, Membership Committee, Evaluation Committee, Practitioner Liaison Committee, Research Committee, Newsletter Committee, and other ad hoc or standing committees as deemed necessary by the Division chairperson.

2. Membership on the Nominating Committee is detailed in Article V.

3. Membership on each committee shall be determined by its respective chairperson in consultation with the division chairperson. Such membership shall provide, insofar as is possible, for representation from all the Academy's geographical divisions.

4. All committees shall be coordinated by the division chairperson or by the Chairperson-Elect if designated by the Chairperson.

1. This Constitution may be ratified by a two-thirds vote of the Division members present at the annual Business Meeting of the Division or by a majority vote of all members who vote through a mail ballot sponsored by the officers of the division.

2. Amendments to the Constitution shall be by a two-thirds vote of the Division members present at the Annual Business Meeting of the Division or by a majority vote of all members who vote through a mail ballot sponsored by the officers of the Division. Any proposed amendment must be made available to the members at least one month prior to a vote on the amendment.