Strategic Management (STR)

Even as you prepare for an exciting adventure at AOM Copenhagen soon, you may also be thinking about teaching strategic management courses in the Fall. If so, consider visiting the STR Division teaching website for a phenomenal library of digital resources devoted to teaching that can help you design your course, engage students, enhance learning, and introduce new teaching innovations. From sample syllabi to teaching videos to in-class games and exercises, and even links to external teaching resources, this library is rich with tips, tools and materials that can help you with your upcoming teaching assignments.

Explore the STR teaching website at: https://str.aom.org/teaching

In addition, you may also find STR YouTube teaching playlist useful (also available as podcasts; see the STR home page): https://youtu.be/dgay45yMfbY?si=JvyVyqOsMaQr0faK

Special thanks go out to the STR Teaching Committee members who have helped collate these materials over the years (and especially Paul Seaborn who carried out the most recent update) and to the STR Communications team members who manage our YouTube account and other STR communication channels. If you run into an STR team member, please thank them for their service.

The Strategic Management (STR) Division requests expressions of interest for the sponsorship of awards named in honor of prominent academics who contributed significantly to the field of strategic management and are no longer active (e.g., retired or deceased). Several annual STR Division awards are available to be named, including the STR Outstanding Educator Award (which honors outstanding Ph.D. and MBA/ Executive educators in alternate years), the STR Best Dissertation Award, and the STR Emerging Scholar Award. Each award is expected to carry an honoree’s name for a period of ten to fifteen years, and a sponsorship amount of $30,000 to $50,000 is suggested (the STR division leadership maintains an open channel to discuss alternative amounts and durations for the right honoree). These awards were previously sponsored by publishing houses (except in the case of the Emerging Scholar Award), but the sponsorship agreements have now expired, and the Division leadership believes that awards named after appropriate strategic management scholars would be a better alternative.

Financial contributions towards such an award may come from multiple sources, such as colleagues, students and the former institution(s) of the honoree. Because the Academy of Management (AOM) does not accept donations from individuals, these financial contributions will need to be collected by the honoree’s former institution and transferred to AOM as a single gift/ donation. The sponsorship funds will help provide finances for annual expenses related to the award and support important STR division outreach activities to strengthen the field, engage and develop doctoral students and junior scholars, and expand globally to serve more disadvantaged and disconnected members of our field.

At this time, we are requesting pre-proposals or expressions of interest for each award, which should include the following:

1.             The name of the proposed honoree, and a brief description (100 words) of why the individual is an appropriate honoree for the award, including their contributions to the strategic management field and/or the STR Division (formerly BPS Division).

2.             Please list other awards or recognitions that are named after the nominated individual, whether in the field (at an academic association, journal, etc.), at their associated academic institutions, or more broadly in society.

3.             The names and contact details of at least two (and no more than four) individuals who will lead the effort to collect the funds in a timely manner (within one year).

4.             A commitment from the honoree’s (former) institution to accept funds from various sources (in addition to contributing their own, as appropriate), keeping records, and transferring the collected funds to AOM.

5.             (Optional) Expressions of financial commitment from individuals and/or institutions to contribute towards the award in the honoree’s name.

All submitted pre-proposals will be evaluated in confidence. After a positive decision is communicated, the individuals leading the effort and the institution accepting funds on the honoree’s behalf will have a period of one year to complete their efforts and transfer the funds to AOM. The deadline for submitting pre-proposals is July 15th. Please email the pre-proposal (or any prior queries) to the STR Division Chair (Deepak Somaya, dsomayaaom@gmail.com) and STR Division Treasurer (Paul Drnevich, pldrnevich@ua.edu).