MEEETING HIGHLIGHTS
BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
AUGUST 1-2, 2014 | PHILADELPHIA, PA
2013-14 AOM Board of Governors
Present: R. Duane Ireland, presiding: Paul Adler, Pamela S. Barr, Gayle Baugh, Ann Buchholtz,
Ming-Jer Chen, Christopher Tucci, Mark Gavin, Kate Kearins, Anita McGahan, Quinetta Roberson,
Debra Shapiro, Mary Waller, Sandy Wayne
Absent: N/A
Guests & Staff
Editors: Kenneth G. Brown, Gerry George, Timothy (Tim) Devinney, Belle Rose Ragins,
Donald (Don) Siegel, Sim Sitkin, Christina Stamper, Christine Quinn Trank, Laurie Weingart,
Andrew (Andy) Van de Ven; Incoming Board Members: Maureen Ambrose, Peter Bamberger,
Mary Ann Glynn; Theme Committee Members: Isabel Metz, Ed Ng, Christina Stamper;
Staff: Taryn Fiore, Terese Loncar, Kelly Mitchell, Matthew Suppa, Nancy Urbanowicz, Susan Zaid
Overview
The Academy of Management’s Board of Governors held their final meeting of the 2013-14 term
August 1-2, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 Minutes: The Board of Governors voted to approve the minutes of the April 11-12, 2014
meeting in Vancouver, BC.
 Editor Reports: The Board received annual reports from the editors of AMD (Andy Van de
Ven), AMJ (Gerry George), AMLE (Christine Quinn Trank), Annals (Sim Sitkin, Laurie Wiengart),
AMP (Tim Devinney, Don Siegel), and AMR (Belle Rose Ragins). The editors shared updates on
their respective journals and engaged the Board in discussion about current activities,
planned initiatives and new ideas.
 Annual Journal Portfolio Evaluation: Annually, the Journals Committee reviews the
performance of two Academy journals according to criteria including: knowledge
advancement, operational efficiency, financial stability, representativeness of editorial team,
editorial review board, and authors, and stakeholder satisfaction (authors, submitters, AOM
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membership). This year, the Journals Committee presented evaluations of AMP and AMR, as
part of their ongoing review of the Academy’s publications portfolio 1.
 Small Conferences Initiative: The Board discussed the business and organizational
considerations for implementing a strategy for small Academy conferences. 2 This initial
analysis and resulting discussions revealed important areas of concern to be considered in
the development of the final action plan for launching a small conferences initiative
(scheduled for review at the next meeting, in December 2014).
 Dues Modeling: Members of the headquarters staff shared a brief status update on the
exploratory and ongoing work under strategic objective 4.1 (to examine alternative dues
structures) and the possibility of an electronic-only membership option in the future.
 Annual Meeting Site Selection: The Board voted to approve recommendations to begin
negotiations to secure proposed future sites for the Annual Meeting 3. Meeting location
selections will be posted to the Academy’s website once venue contracts have been finalized.
 Diversity & Inclusion: In 2013, the Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee (D&ITC)
conducted a survey of a representative sample of the membership in an attempt to identify
potential barriers to inclusion impacting members, as well as inclusionary best practices
across the Academy. Ed Ng, Isabel Metz and Christina Stamper from the D&ITC shared the
results of this survey and offered their interpretations of the state of inclusion throughout
Academy and its communities.
1
Annually, the Journals Committee reviews the performance of two Academy journals according to criteria including: knowledge advancement,
operational efficiency, financial stability, representativeness of editorial team, editorial review board, and authors, and stakeholder satisfaction
(authors, submitters, AOM membership).
2
At the April 2014 meeting, the Board reviewed a proposed strategy for small Academy meetings from the small conference task force. Building
on the recommendations from the task force, a workgroup analyzed the business case for small meetings and started to explore the next steps for
implementing the task force’s vision to build a portfolio of small Academy meetings throughout the year that would complement the annual
meeting in August.
3
At the April 2014 meeting, the Board of Governors agreed to adopt a multi-year contracting approach for the Annual Meeting sites to better
secure facilities into the future, reduce costs, and provide leverage for the Academy to negotiate more favorable terms with host cities and
meeting venues.
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
AUGUST 1-2, 2014 | PHILADELPHIA, PA
 Annual Review of AOM Committees, Activities & Strategic Initiatives:
Board Strategic Intent Committees evaluated the portfolio of activities (committee,
activity, strategic initiatives) under each area of strategic intent (Internationalization,
Professional Impact, State of the Profession, Academy Management). Highlights from
the reports and recommendations for feedback to the committees or project teams
were shared with the Board.
 Other Informational Reports & Updates: The Board received informational reports from
staff on the current state of finance, meetings, and membership. Updates from the Executive
Committee on recent meeting discussions, and the 2015 Program Chair on the theme of the
next Annual Meeting (Opening Governance) were also presented.
The next meeting of the Board of Governors was scheduled for December 12-13, 2014 in
Vancouver, BC.