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4th
International Critical Management Studies
Conference
'Critique and Inclusivity:
Opening the Agenda'
4-6 July
2005
To be held at Robinson and Selwyn Colleges
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Thank you for visiting the CMS 4 website. On behalf of the stream convenors who play such a key role in soliciting and selecting contributions, we hope you find something of interest here, and that you will consider submitting a paper to one of the conference streams.
Critical
Management Studies addresses a wide range of issues that
extend from diversity to globalization, from labour process
to philosophy, from technology to sexuality and gender. It
interrogates established agendas and strives to move beyond
them. Contributions from heterodox standpoints are
encouraged: marxism, feminism, environmentalism, labour
process theory, post-structuralism, post-colonialism,
post-development theory, queer theory, critical realism,
etc., etc.
Critical Management Studies has been described as an
ecumenical movement embracing many critical traditions and
viewpoints, each differentiated by a distinctive cause. The
suggestion that diverse perspectives are included may sound
like an anything-goes-postmodernism. However, the idea of
critique is based on the notion of making judgements at
critical moments, this way or that, which implies that not
all differences matter equally all the time. Articulating
these differences, and making both conventional and critical
judgements subject to interrogation is a central aim of
discussions at the conference.
We look forward to welcoming conference delegates to Cambridge and working together to develop critical studies of management.
Hugh
Willmott
Conference Organizers
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