A Different Kind of Blog

by markjenkinsf1 on August 19, 2009

Our first colleague contributions! Woo hoo! Scroll around and discover what's here!

I was delighted to find the blog group at AoM and also disappointed I missed the recent session at the Chicago meeting. I am new to blogging, but started my own up in June this year due to my interest and research in a particular business sector which seems to be moving at a pace that other forms of output cannot match!

My interest is in Formula 1 motorsport and I have both written books and scholarly papers on the subject. I also have produced some teaching cases which I use both for Executive Development and MBA classes (we do not have undergraduate classes at Cranfield). So I look forward to keeping involved with this blog and finding out more at next years Academy meeting!

[Note: Mark’s blog, is on the Blogroll as “Formula 1 (Racing)”, for those of us who think F1 is either a button on a spreadsheet or a relative of M3.)

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Finding, Reading, and Commenting on Scholarly Blogs

by Sandy Piderit on August 11, 2009

Hi folks,

I wrote up a page on The Wisdom of Managing Change that includes the slides I used in my presentation on Friday, as well as hotlinks to most of the websites I mentioned.

I hope the page on finding, reading, and commenting on scholarly blogs is useful, both for those who attended the PDW, and for those who were not able to do so.

[Eds.' note: These and other resources were complied by the PDW group and organized (and gussied up) by each presenter. We'll be unpacking things from the wiki we created as the PDW was developed, and we'll be posting these here, over the next month or so. Tell us what you want to read/have first, so we can set priorities.]

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Is it ethical to use a pseudonym?

by Jordi on August 11, 2009

During our discussion on Friday, the issue of the ethics of claiming authorship or being pseudonymous (blogging with a pseudonym) was raised. Motivation of the author, context of the blog, and awareness of the audience are all relevant factors.

Karen Mishra argued that academics should not blog using a pseudonym, but should instead claim their identity. She suggested that this was a more ethical choice, and also a more practical one, since bloggers have demonstrated their capability to unearth the true identity of bloggers with pseudonyms

I pointed out that in the blogging community, there is a norm regarding other authors who write under pseudonyms — don’t out them, even if you can identify the author by name.

Furthermore, I argued that there are good reasons to blog under a pseudonym, even as an academic. You may be a doctoral student, or a dean, or a member of the Academy who blogs about the difficulties facing underrepresented groups within the Academy, for example.

We must each choose our own ethical approach.

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AoM parties

by PatVidal on August 7, 2009

Do you have the list of the parties?

Tony Wears His Jumper on Flickr - Photo Sharing!_1249694553637

[eds.' note: SOMEONE has a list to the parties, and that person might become veeeeery popular, if s/he would share this with everyone, say, by posting it in the comments. We're already cruising the horsdooverays at the OMT shindig.]

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a personal history of blogging

by Sandy PideritAugust 7, 2009

In this morning’s panel, I talked about Management Professor Notes II, where I blogged between 2005 and 2007, while I was a professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. I thought that PDW participants might enjoy reading some of my archived blog entries; here are three of particular interest:

Why I Ask Students to [...]

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What is a blog and the blogosphere (links)

by JordiAugust 7, 2009

These are some links I will use for part of the workshop today.
What is a blog?

Work Matters
Authentic Organizations

The DNA of the living web: the Cluetrain Manifesto.
Graphic of what happens to your post.
What is the Blogosphere? Technorati report.
The Academic Blogosphere-
Wiki for Academic Blogs (maybe100-200?)
As a stab in the dark, I searched the Chronicle of Higher Education [...]

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Reflections From A Novice

by drmcewanAugust 6, 2009

I am honoured to have been invited to contribute to InsightsToActions. You can find out a wee bit more about me here http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/who-we-are/
Why Do I Blog?
As a novice blogger of just eight months, I blog mainly to sort out what I think. I also do it to have a voice. What I get in return [...]

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A Brief Message for my AOM Colleagues

by bretlsimmonsAugust 6, 2009

Bob Sutton of Stanford University has been blogging since June 2006. Bob’s blog, Work Matters, is easily my favorite and I have been following it and sharing it with my students for several years. There is a link on Bob’s site to the Asshole Rating Self-Exam. Within the first 15 minutes of [...]

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What kind of Info Tech user are you?

by CV HarquailAugust 2, 2009

Are you a roving node, an surfing drifter, or an aging hippie a media mover?
Don’t know? Interested to find out?
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has a 2 minute survey you can take that will find your place in their typology of Info & Communication Technology Users.
It’s interesting to see the array of types [...]

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Insights for Better/More Fun Conference Participation

by CV HarquailAugust 2, 2009

Two social media gurus, each reflecting on the same conference experience (SXSW), wrote about how they and others might have a better experience— something more fun, more interesting , and more enriching.
Their insights, and your personal reflections on them, might help you frame your AOM conference experience differently this year…. What do you think?

Click through [...]

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