Rethinking Business Education
Welcome to the website of the International Conference on Business & Management Education (ICBME). We are proud to announce our forthcoming conference, to be held from 17th-20th November at the Bangkok Palace Hotel in central Bangkok, Thailand. This is in collaboration with our partner event, the 2nd International Colloquium on Business & Management.
ICBME is intended as a forum for academics and practitioners to meet and discuss the diverse realities of business education around the world. We thus invite interesting submissions in all areas related to the conference theme, such as: the future of business education; the nature and impact of Western hegemony on business education around the world; the structure and curricula of current and future business programs; assessing the role and function of the business school; the influence of accreditation bodies such as the AACSB; improving management education for practising middle and senior managers; problem-based learning and its applications; emotional intelligence in teaching, learning and managing; leadership; the case-study method; learner dynamics; using stories and narrative; the use and abuse of textbooks and Powerpoint; critical approaches to business education; student entrepreneurship; gender and cross-cultural issues in business education; the Internet and learning; spirituality; new technologies and media; using games, role play and simulations; internships; effective mentoring; phenomenological approaches to business education; encouraging creativity and innovation; appraising current assessment methods and standards; the environment and sustainable development; ethics, politics and business education; managerialism and bias in business education.
We particularly welcome papers that employ novel or interdisciplinary approaches, perhaps drawing from areas of sociology, economics, psychology, cultural studies, history, gender studies or politics.
The overall aim of the conference is to provide a lively forum for academics and professionals to meet and exchange interesting new research and ideas in an informal, interdisciplinary setting.
Key Information
The deadline for abstracts and full papers to enter the review process is 15th October 2008 Please send your submissions by email to: papers@icbme.com. Accepted papers will be included in the refereed official conference proceedings, which will have an assigned ISBN number.
Venue: Bangkok Palace Hotel, City Square, 1091 /336 New Petchburi Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand.Tel : (662) 253-0510 Fax : (662) 253-0556
Dates: 17th-20th November 2008. Registration is from 4-6pm on the 17th November in the reception room.
Fee: 575 US Dollars. The fee includes conference attendance, lunch and coffee for the duration, and one copy of the conference proceedings. There is a reduced fee of 290 US Dollars for full-time registered postgraduate students.
Hotels: Accommodation in the Petchburi Road area is plentiful and caters for all budgets. We recommend staying at the conference venue, the Bangkok Palace Hotel, which really is excellent value. It is also convenient for transport, for shopping and for sightseeing. You can book your room directly with the hotel through clicking here.
For further information about the conference, click here.
We very much hope to see you there.
Mark Neal, PhD and Colin Jones, PhD
