Dear Colleagues,
Listed below are four major activities of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) to be held in Boston that might be of interest to you.
Thanks so much.
David Zoogah
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(A)
The Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) invites you to a Social at the Executive Education Rooftop Patio, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Date: 6th August, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m
Come join in the fun and celebrate AFAM's 1st Anniversary.
Meet new and old friends as you enjoy an eclectic stew of African music.
See you there!!!
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
A) Marriott Boston Copley Place, 110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116 US
1. Start out going northeast on Huntington Ave/RT-9/Avenue of the Arts toward Harcourt St. (go 0.05 miles)
2. Make a U-turn onto Huntington Ave/RT-9/Avenue of the Arts. - If you are on RT-9 and reach RT-9 W you've gone a little too far (go 0.29 miles)
3. Keep left at the fork to go on RT-9 W/Huntington Ave. (go 0.77 miles)
4. Turn right onto Louis Prang St. - Louis Prang St is just past Museum Rd - If you are on Huntington Ave and reach Vancouver St you've gone a little too far (go 0.12 miles)
5. Stay straight to go onto Fenway. (go 0.09 miles)
6. 300 FENWAY. - Your destination is just past Palace Rd –
If you are on Avenue Louis Pasteur and reach Blackfan St you've gone about 0.1 miles too far (go 0 miles) --------------------------------------------------------------------
B) Simmons College, 300 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 US
- >> TOTAL ESTIMATED TIME: 5 minutes by cab or 30 minutes by walking
>> DISTANCE: 1.32 miles
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(B)
Program Session #: 1451 | Submission: 17096 | Sponsor(s): (CAU)
Scheduled: Tuesday, Aug 7 2012 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Marriott Boston Copley Place in Columbus I
Informal Economy and Urban Development in Africa
Urban Development in Africa
In this caucus, Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) will facilitate a session that will engage scholars in Africa and the Diaspora, as well as those scholars interested in Africa Management and Organization research, in discussing strategic initiatives that will highlight how Africa can face challenges and opportunities of informal economy, especially those related to urbanization and poverty eradication. The scholars will discuss the role of the African governance in formalizing the informal economy and how management and organization research can contribute to that objective. This objective is consistent with Academy of Management's theme, "The Informal Economy". Management research in Africa conducted by bodies such as United Nations (U.N) and International Labor Organization (ILO) has contributed to the macro-level interventions required to promote the informal sector. Thus, we argue that these same vehicles can be harnessed to significantly influence urban development in Africa. As has been observed by scholars of Africa, if Africa is to achieve its objective of transitioning from underdeveloped to emerging markets, scholarly groups such as AOM and AFAM are indispensable. A session that will focus on strategic initiatives of AFAM therefore seems important. The second significant reason is that also our strategic initiatives are in line with the internationalization strategic objective of AOM.
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(C)
Program Session #: 22 | Submission: 11733 | Sponsor(s): (ITC, ENT)
Scheduled: Friday, Aug 3 2012 8:00AM - 10:30AM at Boston Hynes Convention Center in Room 201
A Research Agenda on Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy in sub- Saharan Africa
Entrepreneurship in Africa
This Professional Development Workshop intends to develop a road map for further research on entrepreneurship in the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa. More than seventy percent of economic exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa take place in the informal economy making it the most prevalent form of economic organizing on the continent. Yet, management and entrepreneurship research related to this sector is almost ignored. It is obvious that understanding entrepreneurial activities in the informal economy could facilitate further analysis of this under-examined topic (Webb et al., 2009). The present PDW is an attempt in that direction. It brings together management scholars in order to develop a research agenda for empirical as well as conceptual studies on entrepreneurship in the informal economy in sub- Saharan Africa. The PDW will include three sessions. The first session will consist of brief presentations from four management scholars. These presentations will lay the groundwork for group discussions aimed at identifying topics worth of scientific investigations. The second session will consist of group discussions among attendees to identify research avenues. The third session will consist of a general discussion outlining the research avenues to pursue. The deliverables of the PDW are twofold: 1) develop a research agenda and 2) identify a theme for a Special Issue on entrepreneurship in the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa in a publication outlet.
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Program Session #: 217 | Submission: 13324 | Sponsor(s): (ITC, ENT, IM)
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 4 2012 8:00AM - 10:00AM at Boston Hynes Convention Center in Room 305
Each in its Own Way:National Culture and Organizational Ingenuity
National Culture and Ingenuity
Identifying and leveraging ingenuity is an essential ingredient in solving shared global problems, such as environmental management, whose character and implementation vary considerably according to local, regional and national social and physical attributes. The organizers of this PDW will moderate a dialog between a panel of invited speakers and the audience on the subject of the cultural dimensions of ingenuity. The speakers will bring their perspective and experience on how entrepreneurs in their respective countries serve as change agents, and how organizations in their national context exercise ingenuity within institutional constraints. Panelists will discuss ingenuity not only as an effort to negotiate the tension between change and inertia, but also as a creative reformulation of institutional constraints
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David. B. Zoogah, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Management
Morgan State University
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane,
Baltimore, MD 21251
USA
Secretary
Africa Academy of Management (AFAM)