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Centers and Special ProgramsThe Department of Management currently hosts the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence and is involved in the following special programs (Please click on any to learn more): The Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE):
Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL)
Executive Development Program (EDP) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Founded in 1955, ICSB was the first international membership organization to promote the growth and development of small businesses worldwide. It accomplishes this through bringing together educators, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to share knowledge and experience in their respective fields. ICSB promotes the development of knowledge in all areas of business theory and practice and is particularly focused on strategies and policies proven to be effective in sustaining small businesses and entrepreneurship. It currently has 11 country-based or regional affiliates comprising members from over 70 countries. Membership comes from four primary groups: educators, business practitioners, government policy makers, and researchers and consultants. Click here to learn more. Contact: Dr. Susan Duffy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The George Washington University Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) plays a central role in promoting entrepreneurship education to both undergraduate and graduate students. Through its faculty, graduate teaching fellows and partners, CFEE provides a knowledge sharing platform for many, both inside and outside the University, to study entrepreneurship from a local to a global perspective. CFEE offers excellent opportunities for research, in which knowledge and methods of different fields can be merged, where due diligence coupled with creativity and innovation scholarship may reach fruition not otherwise possible. Click here to learn more Contact: Dr. Ayman Tarabishy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The GW Hoffman Lectures --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3E-Learning Project Contact: Dr. Ayman Tarabishy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Survey of Entrepreneurship Education Its objective is to stimulate interest in the educational community to provide a new and innovative entrepreneurial curriculum. The survey’s objective is to encourage educational organizations to expand their current activities at both the secondary and post secondary levels. Finally, the survey results provide a database for individuals to view them as a reference guide to help them understand and analyze entrepreneurship education programs and develop a new curriculum in small business and entrepreneurship. Click here to learn more. Contact: Dr. George Solomon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The George Washington University DECA Initiative Contact: Dr. George Solomon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contact: Kathy Korman Frey --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Springboard Enterprises Contact: Amy Millman --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Contact: Julie Silard Kantor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL) The program focuses on the interaction between ideas and society and the design of ideas as a way of transforming organizations and societies. Mission of RPSOL is to contribute to the knowledge of social systems, help individuals and groups improve their skills in making use of current social science knowledge, assist organizations in adopting an experimental approach to their operations and facilitate organizational learning, advance the interdisciplinary fields of systems theory and cybernetics, and expand the philosophy of science so it can more effectively guide social science research. Contact: Dr. Stuart Umpleby, 202-994-1642 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academy of Management The Academy of Management is a leading professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. Founded in 1936 by two professors, AOM is the oldest and largest scholarly association in the world. Today the Academy is the professional home for 17,000 members from 100 nations. Click here to learn more. Department of Management faculty are heavily involved in the work of the Academy of Management. Currently the following functions are housed within the department. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE) AMLE advances the knowledge and practice of management learning and education. It does so by publishing theoretical models and reviews, qualitative and quantitative research, critique, exchanges, and retrospectives on any substantive topic that is conceived with, and draws implications for, how managers learn and the educational process and context. AMLE is an interdisciplinary journal that broadly defines its constituents to include scholars, educators, program directors, deans, and other administrators at academic institutions, as well as consultants, policy makers and practitioners in private or public organizations in which management learning and education are of central concern. Click here to learn more. Contact: Dr. James Bailey, 202-994-1669 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academy of Management Proceedings Editor Contact: Dr. George Solomon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academy of Management Exhibitor Relations Exhibitor Relations' role is to solicit vendors, raise funds and coordinate all exhibitor activity for the Academy of Management annual meeting held each August. Contact: Dr. Ayman Tarabishy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Development Program (EDP) The Executive Development Program in business and Public Management was created to help executives become better business leaders and improve government management and leadership. Click here to learn more. Contact: Dr. James Bailey, 202-994-1669, jbailey@gwu.edu |
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