TIM –The Beginnings Year 2 (1989-90)

PHILIP H. BIRNBAUM-MORE PROFESSOR EMERITUS, USC

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The Constituency

Boomers - post WW2 generation who grew up

during the 1950-60’s

Experienced the “duck & cover” drills in school,

Sputnik and the emphasis on science and technology

(S&T*) education in response

Came of age in US during period of economic growth and political turmoil and in Europe and Asia post WW2

rebuilding

Educated in some area of expertise within S&T and

many with S&T work experience

Interested in better “describing” S&T

management and the challenges associated with

it rather than in creating better S&T artifacts

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* I use the acronyms S&T to describe the early stages of what later became TIM

Initial Founding of TIM Loose network of US academics who came to know each other

through conferences. Informal interactions led to recognition of common areas of interest

and teaching. Requests from home universities to review promotion and tenure

dossiers Invitations from home universities to make presentations Requests from journals to review papers for publication No initial succession ladder or plan just one person asking another if

they would run for chair (e.g., I never served as program chair before becoming the chair elect)

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Membership

Majority Academic positions in US research universities

Male

Mixed countries of origin and age

Minority Academic positions in European & Asian schools and US teaching

schools

Positions in – government, established firms

Female

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TIM Management

Issues

Institutionalize earlier initiatives Enhance reputation

Within AOM Do not split-off as others did (BPS, OSCM)

Grow TIM membership

Distinguish TIM domain from other areas (e.g., OSCM, OCIS, ENT, BPS

Outside AOM Build credibility for AOM in S&T management

education

Increase publication opportunities in top journals

Build succession within TIM Do more with less

Limited funds

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TIM Initiatives

Build membership within AOM – generate more annual $ support:

Increase academic credibility/prestige: Institutionalize new Ph.D. consortium Sponsor specialized conferences (e.g.,

Boulder Conference) Develop new S&T management courses

at leading universities by disseminating S&T management course outlines among TIM membership

Increase list of top journals that publish S&T scholarship beyond the traditional AOM “A-list” of AMJ, AMR, ASQ, OBHDP, JAP to include Management Science, Research Policy, IEEE Transactions.

Outreach and cross-listing with other S&T societies (e.g., AAAS, EMS, NAS)

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TIM Executive Committee

President and Chair: Phil Birnbaum-More, USC President-Elect: Dick Goodman, UCLA Program Chair: Mike Lawless, U Colorado Program Chair-Elect: Warren Brown, U Oregon Secretary & Newsletter Editor: Oscar Hauptman,

HBS Past President: Mike Badawy, VPI Members Phil Anderson, Cornell Burton Dean, San Jose State Gerald Gaynor Rick Osborn, Wayne State Fred Betz, NSF Carolyn Dexter, Penn State John Ettlie, Michigan Ralph Katz, NSF/Northeastern

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Executive Committee

Charge: 5-year plan, links to national program themes - ID of national program chair and development of TIM program to fit this theme at the annual national meeting, semi-annual reporting of progress.

Improving the visibility and prestige of TIM within the Academy and among other professional societies and practitioners.

Development of special joint session with other Academy divisions at the annual meeting.

Representation of Academy on national/international bodies responsible for science/technology policy development (e.g., AACSB, National Academy of Science/Engineering, AAAS, etc.)

Development of domain statement that clearly identifies what the TIM domain is and is not in terms of both academics and practitioners. For example, does it include manufacturing technology (the domain of the POM division) and information systems technology (the expanded domain of the Communications Division, etc.). If it does, do we cut it to focus on organizational level, e.g., we focus on the general manager while they focus on the functional specialist (if so how do we distinguish ourselves from the Business Policy and Planning Division). Who is the practitioner audience, if any, for which our Division has relevance?

Coordinate development of a policy and procedures manual from input of committees to be passed from one set of officers to the next.

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Teaching Committee Members & Objectives

Members: Dick Goodman (Chair), Judy Kamm, Bill Flannery, Martin Ginn, Lawrence Ryhne, Warren Brown, Burton Dean

Objectives: Normal Housekeeping: Succession planning, procedures, mailing list, names

-addresses - telephone (H)&(O) - fax for all members. Charge: 5-year plan, development of lists of courses at undergrad,

masters, and doctoral courses in TIM with analysis. Development of list of programs (more than a single course) in TIM. Annual updating of these lists, semi-annual reporting of progress (at mid-year and annual meeting.

Development of a special session for the national meeting on innovative methods for teaching TIM material on a semi-annual basis in even numbered years.

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Research Committee – Members & Objectives

Members: Phil Anderson (Chair), Joseph Cheng, Bob Keller, Jeff Liker, Urs Gattiker, Kaye Schoonhoven, Phil Birnbaum-More

Objectives: Normal Housekeeping: Succession planning, procedures, mailing list, names

-addresses - telephone (H)&(O) - fax for all members. Charge: 5-year plan, identification of research projects and thematic

programs, semi-annual reporting of progress (at mid-year and annual meeting.

Development of a special session for the national meeting on innovative programs/methods for doing research on TIM topics on a semi-annual basis in odd numbered years.

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Newsletter Committee – Members & Objectives Members: Phil Birnbaum-More (Chair), Oscar Hauptman, Dick

Goodman, Mike Badawy Objectives:

Normal Housekeeping: Succession planning, procedures, mailing list, names -addresses - telephone (H)&(O) - fax for all members.

Charge: 5-year plan to help build community, semi-annual reporting of progress (at mid-year and annual meeting.

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Membership and Liaison Committee – Objectives Normal Housekeeping: Succession planning, procedures, mailing

lists of members within region, names -addresses - telephone (H)&(O) - fax for all members.

Charge: 5-year plan, development of programs for participation of TIM in regional meetings, methods for boosting membership by 10% annually within each region in TIM through creative ways of linking similar interests in other societies, semi-annual reporting of progress (at mid-year and annual meeting.

Development of liaison with professional practice: IRI, IEEE others. Identify practitioners by name, affiliation, background who would make use of TIM information.

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Membership & Liaison Committee – Areas of Responsibility

National: Dennis Duchon, UT-San Antonio (Chair) East: Denis Lee; David Waldeman, SUNY – Binghamton Mid-West: Raymond Hill, U Michigan; James Skivington, MSU West: Ed O’Connor, U Colorado; Bill McKinley, WSU South: Bill Boulton, U Georgia; Shaker Zahra, George Mason; Bill Lindsley,

Vanderbilt; Luke Novelli, Center for Creative Leadership South-West: J. Flynn Buch, Baylor; Dennis Duchon, UNC-Greensboro Practitioner Liaison: Jeff Cerny, DOD; Thomas Wheeler International Liaison: A. Dekker, Netherlands; Gadi Harel, Israel; Pja

Nagel, South Africa; Ann Sesor, Canada; K. Wang-Sun Son, South Korea; Jiro Tanaka, Japan; C.A, Voxx, UK; Toerg Westphal, Germany; Thomas Wong, China; Rolf Wunderer, Switzerland

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