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ODC Program Highlights for the AOM Meeting in San Antonio

Dear ODC Members,

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in San Antonio in just a few short weeks, August 12-16. If you have not yet registered for the meeting, please do so soon at http://meeting.aomonline.org/2011/mainmenu-regandhousing.

The Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division has an outstanding line up of sessions this year, both for the Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) Friday and Saturday August 12-13 and for the Scholarly Program Monday and Tuesday August 15-16 (Sunday August 14 is reserved for "All Academy" sessions).

The PDW program includes traditional favorites and innovative newcomers. There are sessions on high-impact change exercises; positive organization change; publishing qualitative research in top-tier journals; action research; developing organizations based on academic knowledge; dialogical OD;  leadership and leadership development; writing research implications for practice; and adapting organization development to social issues. It is an exceptionally practical and high-quality set of workshops.

Of particular interest is a PDW session Saturday afternoon sponsored by the ODC Division Executive Committee on Creating the Future of ODC. This is an opportunity to join your fellow ODC members and the Executive Committee to help shape the future and direction of the Division. This will occur Saturday Aug 13, 4:00PM-6:00PM in the Grand Hyatt, Travis C. It will be followed by an ODC Doctoral Student and New Member Reception from 6:00PM-8:00PM in the Grand Hyatt, Texas Ballroom C. Doctoral students, new members, and all ODC members are encouraged to attend.

The scholarly program includes some 60 papers and 25 symposia featuring a wide range of change-related topics and perspectives. Don't miss our kick-off session on Monday morning August 15, 8:00-9:30 am in the Grand Hyatt, Texas Ballroom. The session features an "all-Eastern" panel of leading change scholars, Mary Yoko Brannen (Japan), Quy Huy (Vietnam and now Singapore), Kowk Leung (China), and Ram Tenkasi (India), bringing their unique insights to the topic of "Bridging East and West in ODC Research, Teaching, and Practice."

Another exciting highlight you will want to make sure to attend is the ODC Distinguished Speaker, Kim Cameron, William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan and co-founder of the Positive Organizational Scholarship movement. Kim will draw on his extensive research base and board collaboration with scholars and practitioners around the world as he addresses the topic of "Positive Organizational Change." The session will be held Monday August 15 3:00-4:30 pm in the Grand Hyatt, Lone Star A.

The ODC Annual Business Meeting follows Kim's presentation in Lone Star A, 4:45-6:15 pm. It is open for all members, and we encourage you to attend. Finally make sure to attend our ODC social reception, featuring the Frank Barrett and Colin Fisher Jazz Ensemble, Monday 6:30-8:30 pm in the Grand Hyatt, Ballroom C.

To see the complete schedule of ODC sessions, go to http://program.aomonline.org/2011/subMenu.asp?mode=setmenu&menuid=14. Where it says "Browse" "By Division, Interest Group, or Sponsor," select "ODC" in the dropdown box, and click the "View" button.

See you in San Antonio!

Jim Ludema (2011 ODC Program Chair) on behalf of the ODC Executive Committee