The Western Academy of Management Executive Group

Elected Positions

President: Richard Stackman
Vice President, Program Chair 2011 conference: Sally Baack
Vice President, Program Chair 2012 conference: Jeff Shay
Secretary: Scott Hammond
Treasurer: Kim Hinrichs
Representative at Large: Ana Maria Peredo
Representative at Large: Ellen Ensher
Representative at Large: Karen Harlos
Past President: Paul Hirsch

Appointed Positions

JMI Editors: Nelson Phillips and Marvin Washington
Membership Officer: Frank Gigliotti
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, WAM's 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

The WAM also sponsors The Journal of Management Inquiry, a quarterly journal which is intended to provide a forum for many good articles which don't fulfill the requirements of current journals. It began publication in 1992 by Sage, and has been the fastest startup in their history.