The Academy of Management committees and task forces operate under the direction of the Board of Governors. They are responsible for designing and operating an academy service (such as Career Services), making policy recommendations to the board (a typical task force charge), or implementing board-approved organizational initiatives (a typical governance committee charge).
There are two types of AOM Committees:
Board committees are work groups of the Board, chaired and composed of Board members. Two committees of the Board are standing committees mandated by the bylaws. These committees include:
Other governance committees led by members of the Board include: Journals Committee (JC), Ethics Committee (ETH), Committee on Publishing Portfolio (CPP), Specialized Conferences Committee (SCC), the Division and Interest Group Relations Committee (DIGR), and the Division and Interest Group Strategy Committee (DISC).
Activity committees are all others that carry out the work of the Academy. They include the Career Services Committee, Membership Committee, the Diversity & Inclusion Committee (former Theme Committee) Ethics Education Committee, Ethics Adjudication Committee, Ethics Ombuds Committee, the Historian and various All-Academy Award Committees (Career Achievement, Newman, Dexter, George R. Terry Book, and Journal Best Papers). Activity committees may serve the purpose of carrying out all major activities of a particular service, as in the case of the Career Services Committee, or work on a more limited set of tasks such as receiving and reviewing member nominations for annual awards, as in the case of the various All-Academy Awards Committees. Committee chairs provide periodic status and progress reports to the Board.
Task forces are typically formed as the result of a Board directive. They are charged with addressing a specific issue and recommending proposed policy or course of action for the Board to consider. Task forces are short term appointments and may include non-Board members to address a specific charge.
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Award Committee Charge
Receive nominations for the Distinguished Educator Award, the Distinguished Service Award, the Distinguished Practitioner-Scholar and the Scholarly Contributions to Management Award and select winners.
Composition
Term
One year
Activity Committee Charge
Composition
Term
Theme Committee Charge
The Diversity and Inclusion Theme Committee (D&ITC) is charged with helping to ensure that the Academy fully supports and leverages the scholarly contributions of its diverse members and contributes to their professional development.
The D&ITC
Composition
Term
Board/Governance Committee Charge:
Policy
Division Reviews
Composition
Term
Renewable one-year appointment.
Charge
Composition
Term
Renewable one-year appointment.
Board/Governance Committee Charge
Composition
Term
One year
Activity Committee Charge
Oversee the preservation of non-current records of the Academy by serving as liaison to the archivist at Cornell University, where records are stored and professionally managed.
Composition
Volunteer selected for his/her professional expertise as a historian and commitment to the Academy.
Role of chair
Assist members desiring background or historical information pertaining to the Academy and make determinations about materials to be stored in the archives.
Term
Three years. Reappointment by president.
Board/Governance Committee Charge
Composition
Term
Renewable one-year appointment.
Activity Committee Charge
Composition
Term
Three years
Award Committee Charge
Receive award nominations for the best papers based on doctoral dissertations. Select award recipient(s).
Composition
Term
One year
Board Committee Charge
Develop the slates of candidates for elections as required by the bylaws.
Composition
Term
One year
Committee RosterAward Committee Charge
Receive nominations for the Terry Book Award, given annually to the book published in the previous two years judged as making the most outstanding contribution to the advancement of management knowledge. Select winners.
Composition
Term
One year