Doctoral Institute

Doctoral Institute at the Annual Conference

The Doctoral Institute provides promising new teacher-scholars an opportunity to plan for a cohesive academic life; one that is attentive to excellence in teaching, research, and personal balance. We achieve that goal through an interactive series of rich and reflective seminars over two days with world-class faculty known for their research and teaching. The Institute includes registration for the Teaching Conference (OBTC), considered by many as the premier management teaching conference in the world.

Underlying Philosophy
To address a cohesive academic life, the OBTS Doctoral Institute pursues two purposes for promising scholars from research-oriented universities:

· Provide development as teachers, and
· Explore pathways to individual scholarly goals.

The DI addresses the question: How do emerging new Ph.D.’s become productive teachers and scholars, while enjoying a rewarding personal life?

The Institute brings out the special elements — the magic — of OBTS as the essence of excellence in teaching and research, speaking to both the mind and the heart. You will create a lasting network of fellow teacher-scholars as you enter the full-time professoriate.

As part of the DI, you will experience intensive interaction with prominent management scholars – people who have successfully balanced the demands of excellence in teaching and research.

Past Distinguished Faculty
Amy Edmondson Harvard University Jean Bartunek Boston College Richard Boyatzis Case Western Reserve University Kim Cameron University of Michigan Tom Cummings University of Southern California Andre Delbecq Santa Clara University Jane Dutton University of Michigan Cynthia Fukami University of Denver Joe Garcia Western Washington University	Roy Lewicki Ohio State University Jone Pearce University of California-Irvine Joe Raelin Northeastern University Denise Rousseau Carnegie Mellon University Jim Stoner Fordham University Victor Vroom Yale University Karl Weick University of Michigan David Whetten Brigham Young University

Selection will consider:
(1) A brief letter of support from the student’s sponsoring school, including
information on possible university financial assistance
(2) A curriculum vitae including any current teaching experience
(3) A student application essay expressing in 500 words how the student will
both benefit from and contribute to the Doctoral Institute.

Conference Registration and Scholarships
The registration fee for the 2011 Institute to be held at Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is $800. This fee includes all of the following:

· The two-day Doctoral Institute
· The following four-day Teaching Conference
· All meals, housing, and social activities of the DI as well as the Teaching Conference
· Membership in OBTS and
· A one-year subscription to the award-winning Journal of Management Education – the pioneer journal in management pedagogy.

When applying to the Doctoral Institute, you may also seek financial assistance. Separate from Institute acceptance, a limited number of needs-based scholarships will support Institute and Conference registration. Contact Dr. Kristi Lewis Tyran at Kristi.Tyran@wwu.edu for more information.

Acceptance confers automatic registration for the Institute and the Conference.

Travel
Participants make their own travel arrangements in accordance with their schools’ guidelines. Arrange travel to arrive on Monday afternoon, June 9th. The DI program commences Monday evening morning and runs through dinner on Wednesday night.

Participants should plan to stay through the end of the OBT Conference, which formally concludes on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

Publication Potential
Institute students will contribute to preparation of a conference presentation later in the week. All are encouraged, separately, to propose their own presentation, which may qualify to appear in Proceedings.

Additionally, the conference welcomes proposals from students for presentations (see OBTC website for submission details – www.obtc.org).

Past Participant Testimonials

“The small size of the DI and OBTC offers a unique opportunity to develop all facets of our future academic roles and creates an inviting environment for learning . . . A++!”
Ian Walsh, Boston College

“The DI fed my mind and my spirit. It was relational learning at its best!”
Anne Harbison, Harvard University

“The DI helped me consider the kind of research I wish to pursue with a vision of the teacher I hope to be.”
Kevin Farmer, University of Massachusetts

“Without doubt the OBTC DI was the best conference experience during my doctoral program.”
Craig Seals, Geo. Washington University

And a Faculty View

“It was a spectacular experience for me in terms of capturing new ideas, building relationships, learning from extremely bright and energetic graduate students and faculty colleagues, and sharing an intimate setting for a couple days . . . a true delight.”
Kim Cameron, Univ. of Michigan, Distinguished Faculty 2005