2008 IRWIN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD NOMINATIONS
The Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) division of the Academy of
Management requests nominations for the BPS Outstanding Educator Award, to
be given at next year’s annual meetings in Anaheim. The BPS division has
recognized outstanding educators since 1987. In 1991 the publishing
company Richard D. Irwin established a $25,000 endowment for the award,
thereafter named the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award.
Previous award winners are:
1987: C. Roland Christensen (Harvard) 1997:
David Jemison (University of Texas)
1989: James Brian Quinn (Dartmouth) 1999:
Arnold Cooper (Purdue)
1991: Charles Summer (U. of Washington) 2001: Michael
A. Hitt (Arizona State)
1993: Michael Porter (Harvard) 2003:
Donald C. Hambrick (Penn State)
1995: William H. Newman (Columbia) 2005: Jay
Barney (Ohio State)
2007: Kathy Eisenhardt (Stanford)
This award is designed to recognize a person who has demonstrated a long-
term commitment to and expertise in educating strategy students. This
year’s award is given specifically for contributions to teaching students
in undergraduate, MBA, or Executive Education programs. While the person
may advise Ph.D. students as well, this call for nominations is
emphasizing non-Ph.D. focused contributions. Nominees should have at
least 15 years of service. BPS is seeking a diverse pool of nominees from
around the globe.
Some manifestations of outstanding educator contributions might include:
1. Demonstrated outstanding teaching capabilities over a long period
of time. (For example, the person has demonstrated either breadth or
depth in teaching strategy-related topics to Executive Education, MBA, or
undergraduate populations; the person has won teaching awards; the person
has created strategy-oriented elective courses that are regularly
oversubscribed and/or highly rated; the person creates learning
environments that promote constructive and interactive class discussions
in which students challenge assumptions and share their knowledge and
experiences; etc.)
2. Had an important impact on strategy pedagogy through demonstrated
expertise or by developing new and different teaching methods or materials
that were subsequently widely adopted by others. (For example, the person
has produced high-quality simulations, textbooks, business cases, etc.,
for strategy courses.)
Nominations will be accepted through November 15, 2007.
Please send your nomination(s) to the following email address (NB: that is
the letter “l” and not the number one after the @ sign):
IrwinAward2008@langate.gsu.edu
Please include a brief explanation as to why you are nominating the
individual.
Many thanks!
The BPS Teaching Committee: Melissa Appleyard, Ilgaz Arikan, Moshe
Farjoun, Larry Stimpert