ICMLG 2016 - 4th International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance ICMLG 2016

ICMLG offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to Management, Leadership and Governance to share their thinking and research findings. These fields of study are broadly described as including strategic and operational managerial topics, the leadership challenges facing senior and high potential management and the formal and informal governance of the organisation. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice. In addition, work emphasizing entrepreneurship and/or sustainability will be particularly welcome at Auckland in 2015.
The conference committee encourages contributions on this wide range of topics through the use of a variety of rigorous approaches, including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action-based research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are enthusiastically welcomed. PhD research, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions and product demonstrations based on the conference themes are also invited. . You can find full details in the submission types document (.pdf format).
Publication Opportunity
Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. You can see details of the proceedings accreditations by clicking here.
Additionally papers presented at the Conference will be considered for publication in the following Journals:
? the Leadership & Organizational Development Journal published by Emerald ISSN: 0143-7739
A prize will be awarded to the best PhD paper and best Poster
In addition to the main conference topics, the advisory group invites suggestions for mini tracks. If you would be interested in preparing and chairing a mini track, please contact the Conference Director, Sue Nugus.
Submission details are given below. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:-
Leadership Governance
? Developing strategic leadership capabilities
? Entrepreneurial leadership
? Facilitating entrepreneurship throughout the growth cycle.
? Leadership and management Styles
? Gender and leadership
? Leadership for sustainability
? Leaders role in innovation
? Leadership in non-profit settings
? Leadership and the family enterprise
? Leading change and managing conflict
? Leading from the middle ? centralized vs. decentralized control
? Leadership challenges ? barriers to effective communications
? The impact on companies strategies of changing legal regulations/frameworks
? The impact on companies strategies of labor market conditions, labor force qualifications and social trends
? Functional organizational dynamics ? the changing role of marketing/R&D/operations, etc.
? Identifying the locus of control ? differences in finance vs. marketing dominated companies.
? Trends in corporate governance policies and procedures
? Regional variance in within-company governance
? External and internal influences on regional governance policy.
? Board composition for the global venture
? Determining corporate/business unit/regional strategies ? who is in charge?
? Governance challenges in the family-owned business
? Governance roles for venture capitalists/private equity funders.
? Corporate social responsibility ? stakeholder or stockholder driven?
? Managing the public/private partnership
? Corporate governance in emerging economies
Strategic and Operational Management:
? Managing in the digital economy.
? Big data analytics ? challenges for knowledge management.
? The entrepreneurs dilemma ? managing on a small budget.
? Building and operationalizing go-to-market strategies.
? Issues in project management
? Social innovation ? more than the bottom line?
? Managing across company boundaries ? strategic partnering.
? Executive education/professional development for rapidly changing marketplaces.
? Managing the customer experience ? an outside-in view of the companys