The Critical Management Studies Division
is a forum within the Academy for the expression of views
critical of unethical management practices and exploitative
social order. Our premise is that structural features of
contemporary society, such as the profit imperative,
patriarchy, racial inequality, and ecological irresponsibility
often turn organizations into instruments of domination and
exploitation. Driven by a shared desire to change this
situation, we aim in our research, teaching, and practice to
develop critical interpretations of management and society and
to generate radical alternatives. Our critique seeks to
connect the practical shortcomings in management and
individual managers to the demands of a socially divisive and
ecologically destructive system within which managers work.
Please read our domain
statement in full.
WHY and HOW Join US
A PowerPoint presentation on "Why
I should get involved in Critical Management Studies at the
(US) Academy of Management"
As
for the HOW:
Academy members are entitled to join two divisions/interest
groups with their regular membership dues.
You may add CMS as an Division when you complete your
membership renewal online or using your mailed invoice. For
any membership inquiries, including adding a division, members
may contact anyone in the Membership Department at
headquarters, and e-mails should be sent to
membership@aom.pace.edu.
The CMS runs a listserv for people who sympathize with our
goals. Its purpose is to share information and facilitate
discussion and debate among our members. To join the list (and
thus be able to post messages) please visit this
site
and follow the instructions to join the list.
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=C-M-Workshop
CMS HISTORY
The
Critical Management Studies Workshop was first organized for
the pre-conference portion of the 1998 Academy of Management
Meetings in San Diego. The purpose of the Workshop was to
provide a forum in which researchers with an interest in
critical approaches (broadly defined) to diverse aspects of
management and organization studies could meet and discuss
their research interests.
The
Workshop has since been approved as an Interest Group by the
Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and, as voted
by the general assembly of members in Atlanta 2007, and
confirmed in Philadelphia in 2007, and following an online
survey of the membership, we are now
seeking division status.
CMS GOVERNANCE:
Our
system of governance follows the Academy rules. See our
By Laws for any
relevant detail and visit our
Executive Committee page.
Please
feel free to contact any of us,
or just email
cmsaom@gmail.com directly for any queries
related to CMS.
