2009 Annual Meeting
Call for Papers, Critical Incidents, Panel Topics, Embryo Cases
Drake Hotel - Chicago
March 18-20, 2009
The Society for Case Research (SCR) is one of eleven autonomous associations that meet together each March in Chicago for an annual conference coordinated by MBAA International. Attendees may submit papers to multiple organizations meeting at the conference (see http://www.mbaainternational.org/conf.htm for details).
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2008. The following types of submissions are invited:
Papers, conceptual or empirical, that address topics related to case research, case writing, or case teaching.
Critical Incidents that are similar to cases but provide less information upon which to base an analysis, and instead briefly describe a provocative situation upon which the student brings his background and knowledge to bear to arrive at a course of action. Incidents must detail a real situation in a real organization and can be based on either field work or library research. Incidents must be submitted with a Teaching Note including: an Overview of the incident, Teaching Objectives, Discussion Questions (and their Answers), a General Discussion or an Additional Issues section if needed, any special teaching approaches (e.g., role playing), and an Epilogue if appropriate (see the SCR website at http://www.sfcr.org/ for formatting specifics). Following the conference, critical incidents are revised and undergo a blind review process for possible publication in the new SCR electronic Journal of Critical Incidents.
Panel Topics that are proposed relating to any aspect of case research, case writing, or case teaching. Proposals should include the names, affiliations and addresses of all participants and a detailed description of the topic of discussion and its relevance to conference attendees.
Embryo Cases consist of ideas, basic outlines, or initial rough drafts of cases from participants who would like to receive constructive feedback and suggestions from published case writers on how to turn these ideas into publishable cases. At a minimum, submissions should include an outline of the case situation and brief descriptions of how the author envisions using the case in class and what students will learn. Guidelines for writing cases and teaching notes are available on the SCR Web site at http://www.sfcr.org Submissions will be reviewed and supportive feedback provided to authors during the conference. The authors leave prepared to write an effective case for submission to the SCR Summer Case Writers Workshop or other similar venue. This is a good opportunity for both experienced case writers and those who are just thinking about getting into case writing to receive suggestions and guidance onturning their ideas into publishable works.
Submissions must be in Microsoft Word 98 or later and are to be submitted electronically via e-mail to Mark Bezik at bezimark@isu.edu. For information, contact Mark at 208-282-4769 (phone) or 208-282-4367 (fax).
To facilitate the double blind review process, authors should separately submit both an author/title file and a manuscript file that does not contain information identifying the authors.
The author/title file must contain the following information for each author:
- author's name
- affiliation
- mailing address
- telephone number
- fax number
- e-mail address
- if the author is also presenting at other presentation
The complete manuscript file should be sent as a separate e-mail file and named as follows: (contact author last name)_(title key words)_Submission Type_(numeric submission date using the day and month only).doc. Submission Type should be Paper, Incident, Panel or Embryo, whichever is appropriate.
Example: Smith_XYZcorp_Embryo_0929.doc. if an Embryo Case were being submitted.
Authors will be notified of the status of their submission(s) by mid-November 2008. For accepted papers and critical incidents, e-mailed final copies will be due early in December 2008.
Submissions must not have been presented elsewhere before the 2009 meeting or be under consideration by other conferences or journals. All author(s) must be members of SCR, and at least one must present the paper at the Chicago MBAA Conference.