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St Anne's College, Oxford

Learning from the Crisis of 2007-09

The Seventh International Philosophy of Management Conference

22 - 25 July 2010

Learning from the Crisis of 2007-09 is the seventh in a series of conferences open to all.  It will be of special interest to philosophers, management researchers and teachers, consultants and practising managers.

Following the established model at St Anne's College we are designing an event to offer opportunities for unhurried presentation of papers and discussion, high-quality supportive interaction and feedback, ample opportunity for networking and a gathering in which all participants can pursue informal, rich conversations and the continuing exploration of shared concerns.  Participants will be limited to 75 plus plenary speakers.

Contributions are invited on any aspect of philosophy of management and from within any cultural or philosophical tradition. We will especially welcome papers, panels and workshops on the relationship between philosophy and management practice.

All papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings and a selection of revised papers will be published in a forthcoming issue of Philosophy of Management.

Theme   Following the immediate aftermath of the credit crunch, initial responses have varied. Some have suggested the crisis was simply another – severe - cyclical downturn and others that it derived from a failure to understand risk and uncertainty and the difference between them. For some observers, however, the crisis suggests a deeper malaise in the management of economies and the organisations and institutions operating within them. The MBA Oath movement originating in the Harvard Business School graduating class of 2009 is perhaps one straw in the wind. And of course many commentators have called for fundamental reform, not least of the financial sector and its regulation. What has surely become clear is that managerialist models – and management theories – have been directly involved in the recent crisis. In some cases they have contributed to the behaviour of governments or key players such as central bankers and regulators, whilst in others the influence has been via the imprint of subtle assumptions on behaviours. Sociologists, anthropologists, historians, economists are just some of the disciplines to have explored crises of this kind. This conference invites philosophical exploration into what we have learned - and have yet to learn - from the Crisis of 2007-09. Papers combining empirical research and case studies with philosophical treatment of issues will be particularly welcome.	St Anne's College, Oxford
Topics Possible topics include: o  The philosophies of management behind the crisis o  Contributors to the crisis: ethical, epistemological and others o  The concept of the market and alternatives to it o  Social enterprise o  The legitimacy of business management o  The regulation of business: national and supranational; values and principles that should                inform regulation; the capacity of markets to ‘regulate’ themselves o  Should management be regulated – or be self-regulating? Is there a place for a professional oath? o  Neoliberal and other conceptions of business including from beyond the developed world o  Lessons to be learnt from businesses that have emerged from the crisis unscathed o  The role of ‘alternative’ business models eg partnerships, cooperatives, mutuals o  Sustainable business o  The place of non-business sectors in society o  Core concepts in management relating to crisis management such as risk, uncertainty, judgement, character, individual and corporate responsibility, moral hazard, integrity, strategy, organisational learning o  Managing risk and uncertainty o  The extent of - and limits to - management responsibility o  The bases and value of current conceptions of business leadership o  Ways of understanding crisis eg modelling, scenario planning, narrative histories, drama, fictions o  New approaches to management education o  The impact of explicit and assumed philosophies on management o  Potential contributions of philosophy to management practice and organisation

Conference Format

We invite participants to propose collaborative formats for their sessions: eg paper, prepared reply and moderated discussion; contrasting approaches to an issue with papers from theorists and practitioners.  Contributors are welcome to assemble small panels to offer a series of linked papers.

Language

The language of the conference will be English.

To Contribute...

Please submit a 500 word proposal plus separate contact details and brief cv to arrive by              Friday 19 February 2010.  (Please do not submit full length papers at this stage.)

Email to   nwltempemail-conference2010@yahoo.co.uk

Alternatively, send 3 paper copies to

Nigel Laurie

Philosophy of Management

PO Box 217

Oxted

Surrey RH8 8AJ

All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed.

Timetable

19 February                Proposals due

8 March                     Contributors informed of acceptance 

9 April                        Full papers due

10 May                       Notification of conference streams, session dates and times, etc

28 June                      Despatch of conference programme and full set of abstracts with online access xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxto full paper texts.

22 - 25 July                 Conference      

Proceedings

The texts of all papers will be available online before the conference and the proceedings cd rom will be issued at the conference.  Speakers will speak to their abstracts which will be issued by email on 28 June. 

Booking

Two rates are available:

1.      Conference presenters: full conference attendance

2.      Non-presenters and doctoral student presenters: special day rate 

Registration Form

Organising Committee

Paul Griseri: Middlesex University
Nigel Laurie: Philosophy of Management (Chair)
David Seth Preston: University of East London

Consultant Advisors

Nelarine Cornelius: University of Bradford
Jim Platts: Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University
 

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