The consortium runs Friday, August 3, 8:30 am-5:30 pm, plus an offsite group dinner with the ODC Executive Board, and Saturday, August 4, 8:30 am-2:00 pm. Continental breakfasts and lunches are provided. The consortium has a highly-innovative design, which has received rave reviews. It begins with a working paper session in which leading change scholar, Quy Huy (INSEAD), provides feedback to this year’s winner of the ODC Best Paper Award, Marguerite Schneider (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Marguerite provides feedback to Quy on a manuscript of his, and doctoral consortium participants chime in.

Next, we move into round one of the student research dialogues in which four or five doctoral students gather in a table group with two leading ODC scholars to receive personalized input and support for their dissertation research projects/proposals (which are distributed ahead of time) to help make them more rigorous, relevant, and publishable. Faculty for this session include Jeffery Ford (Ohio State U), David Grant (U of Sydney), Danielle Zandee (Nyenrode Business U), Cliff Oswick (City U), Mike Manning (New Mexico State U), Ron Fry (Case Western Reserve U), Karen Jansen (U of Virginia), Dick Woodman (Texas A&M), Ian Palmer (RMIT U), Gavin Schwarz (U of New South Wales).

Friday afternoon begins with an editorial panel including Bill Pasmore (Columbia U), Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (JABS), Rune By (Staffordshire U), Editor of the Journal of Change Management (JCK), and Jason Shaw (U of Minnesota), Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ). They will engage in interactive discussion with consortium participants on topics, trends, and trajectories in the field of change and how to publish in their respective journals.

Doctoral students then attend a PDW session on publishing qualitative research in premier academic journals led by Quy Huy, Kevin Corley (Arizona State U), Julia Balogun (Lancaster U), and Catherine Maritan (Syracuse U).This is an exceptional session that in previous years has had long waiting lists, but ODC doctoral consortium participants have their seats reserved. Friday concludes with an offsite group dinner including consortium participants and the ODC Executive Board.

Saturday begins with round two of the student research dialogues. Faculty for this session include Jeffery Ford, David Grant, Danielle Zandee, Cliff Oswick , Inger Stensaker (Norwegian School of Economics), Chris Worley (U of Southern California), Ram Tenkasi (Benedictine University), Frank Barrett (Naval Postgraduate School), Ann Langley (HEC Montreal), and Ryan Quinn (U of Virginia).

Next comes an expert panel on career paths and trajectories in ODC including Mike Beer (Harvard U), Gretchen Spreitzer (U of Michigan), and Andre Spicer (U of Warwick). The panelists represent three generations of high-impact scholarship and practice in the field of ODC. They will talk briefly about the evolution of their careers, the choices they made, and the lessons they learned along the way, and then open things up for spirited dialogue with consortium participants. The consortium concludes after lunch on Saturday with a session on Ethics in the Academy of Management.

The consortium offers a wealth of opportunities to meet other doctoral students, make connections with leading and emerging change scholars, and be exposed to a range of topics that will help you successfully complete your doctoral program and launch the next phase of your career. The ideal candidate for this consortium will have finished his/her coursework and be engaged in preparing a dissertation proposal – or just finished defending the proposal – but not yet into substantial data collection. Because space is limited, we expect that no more than two students per program will be selected to participate, but additional students from a given program may be considered on a space available basis after the nomination deadline.

To apply, please send an email with the following three documents attached to Jim Ludema (jludema@ben.edu) by June 1, 2011.

A recommendation letter from your dean, department chair, or major advisor that verifies your (a) status/progress and (b) year in your school’s doctoral program.

• A one-page bio summarizing your contact information, research and teaching interests, and publications. This one-page bio will be distributed among consortium participants.
• A 3-5 page (typed and double-spaced) summary of your dissertation project, including the research question, rationale, hypotheses/propositions, proposed methods and results (if applicable). This will be distributed to consortium faculty and participants in advance of the August sessions.

We anticipate all selections will be made by July 1. Please direct any questions to Jim Ludema (jludema@ben.edu).

In order to join the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division, you must first be a member of the Academy of Management.  We suggest you look at the Info for New Members under the MEMBERSHIP tab on the Academy of Management homepage. There you will be able to access all the pertinent information about the AoM as well as information related to all the Divisions and Interest Groups.  Two Divisions or Interest Groups (or one of each) are included in your Academy membership and we would encourage you to consider the ODC as one of your choices.

The ODC Division accepts a wide range of interests that push the boundaries of Organization Development and Change - both as practitioners and academics.  We also recognize a broad methodological philosophy, which as one of our strengths, offers an expansive perspective for research and practice.  Because of our range of interests and methodological philosophies, we provide an exciting program every year at the August conference.  There is always someone with whom to network, contact, mentor, and support your ideas and challenge your thinking.  Most of all, we're here to support you or find someone who can!