About WAM

The Western Academy of Management Executive Group

Elected Positions

Past President: John Cullen
President: Candace Ybarra
Vice President, Program Chair: Phil Gorman
Vice President, Program-Chair-elect: Paul Hirsch
Secretary: Sally Baack
Treasurer: Richard Stackman
Representative at Large: Bambi Douma
Representative at Large: Jeff Shay
Representative at Large: Marvin Washington

Appointed Positions

JMI Editor: Michael Lounsbury
Information Officer: Suzanne Bigelow
Webmaster: Ken Leslie

Objective

The Western Academy of Management (WAM) began in 1960, and is an independent affiliate of the National Academy of Management. According to its constitution, its objectives are to:

a) Foster the general advancement of knowledge in the theory and practice of management in its domestic and international, and public and private, applications;

b) Perform and support educational activities that contribute to intellectual and operational leadership in the field of management;

c) Promote research in the field of management;

d) Improve the teaching of management; and

e) Promote professionalism in the practice of management.

Click here to download a copy of the WAM constitution (doc).

Regional Conference

The WAM has held a conference each year since 1960 in support of these objectives. In general these conferences have been held somewhere in California one year, and somewhere outside California in the Western region the next. The WAM has developed a distinctive culture, which emphasizes collegiality, informality, and creativity.

International Conference

Since 1990, the WAM has sponsored an international conference which is held around July in even years (the Eastern Academy of Management holds them on odd years.) The first was held in 1990 in Shizuoka. Forthcoming international conferences will be announced on the WAM web site.

Journal of Management Inquiry