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Topic for this Conversation: Making the World Better though Our Teaching and Research
Jim Walsh joins Sandra Waddock for a Necessary Conversation about ‘Making the World Better though our Teaching and Research.” Jim, one of 28 academics profiled in Waddock’s book Intellectual Shamans (2014), embraces leaving the world a better place as part of his core mission. He believes that as academics, we are all called to do so. Walsh, a former President of the Academy of Management and the Gerald and Esther Care Professor of Business of Administration and Professor of Strategy (and Management and Organizations) at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, believes that what we choose to teach and how we teach it, as well as the research that we do, are fundamental aspects of how we, as academics, can do work that ‘leaves the world a better place.’ Walsh’s research explores purpose, accountability, and control of the firm, and his teaching emphasizes helping students learn to lead. Please join us to explore how academics can successfully negotiate today’s academic environment and still do meaningful research and teaching.
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