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.)
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.]
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.
by PatVidal on August 7, 2009
Do you have the list of the parties?
[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.]
