Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

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Texas Southern University

Jesse H. Jones School of Business

Seventeenth Annual

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

October 21 -23, 2009

"Raising the Bar: Challenging Our Students to be Global Competitors"

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline for Submission September 27, 2009

In a recent press release, a U.S. Department of Education official stated that American students are “treading the waters of academic achievement while other countries’ students are swimming faster and farther.” Although foreign nations are becoming more competitive in our increasingly integrated global economy, education is still the cornerstone of America’s economic leadership. Much of the challenge to maintain leadership will depend on U.S. colleges and universities’ ability to improve student achievement. Student achievement is inextricably linked to teaching effectiveness. The focus of this year’s conference, “Raising the Bar: Challenging Our Students to Become Global Competitors” is to explore pedagogical techniques and strategies aimed at enhancing teaching effectiveness.

The 17^th Annual Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference (SWBATC) represents a unique opportunity for the cross-pollination of ideas by bringing together faculty, administrators, students and practitioners from the various business, science, mathematics, technology, education and social science disciplines. Both conceptual and empirical submissions related to the conference theme are encouraged. Special submissions for workshops, poster sessions and roundtable discussions dealing with effective teaching strategies capable of enhancing student achievement are invited.

ABOUT SWBATC

The Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference (SWBATC) is an annual conference sponsored by the Texas Southern University Jesse H. Jones School of Business. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for exchanging ideas, identifying emerging trends and examining relevant issues that support and enhance teaching effectiveness.

The conference takes place on the metropolitan campus of Texas Southern University, the second largest HBCU -- Historically Black Colleges and Universities – in the country. Texas Southern is situated between downtown Houston, home to more corporate offices than any other city outside New York, and the Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Anyone interested in the following teaching areas should attend: Accounting, Business Communication, Business Education, Business Law, Business Ethics, Business Statistics,

Economics, Finance, Insurance, Management, Management Information Systems, Management Science, Marketing, Real Estate, or other disciplines in Business Administration. Faculty from related disciplines – Education, Psychology, Public Administration, Social Work, Sociology and Technology – can also benefit from the conference, since many of the sessions focus on pedagogy rather than academic content. The conference welcomes participation of doctoral candidates as session presenters, reviewers or attendees. All conference activities are free to graduate students.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The conference format consists of lively, interactive sessions structured to facilitate the sharing of ideas and experiences. The conference takes place on the campus of Texas Southern University, the 2^nd largest Historically Black University in the country. The program consists of concurrent special sessions, workshops and roundtable discussions. The atmosphere is casual and informal. A limited number of formal research presentations at various stages of development are generally part of the conference. Poster sessions are new for this year.

Additionally, participants will be eligible for eight (8) hours of continuing professional education (CPE).

If you have any questions concerning this Call for Submissions, please contact:

Dr. Johnnie Williams, Chair

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

Texas Southern University

3100 Cleburne Street

Houston, TX 77014

Phone: (713) 313-1103

Fax: (713) 313-7701

williams_jx@tsu.edu (Note underscore between Williams and jx)

REGISTRATION

The Conference registration fee is $150 and includes all conference workshops and sessions of your choice, coffee breaks, three (3) continental breakfasts, as well as, a keynote luncheon on Thursday and a “soulful” jazz reception on the evening of Thursday, October 22^nd. Registration will be completed onsite when you arrive at the Conference. Only personal checks and organizational purchase orders (POs) will be accepted. Checks and POs should be made payable to Texas Southern University.

To reserve a registration packet, please email the conference chairperson at the following address, Williams_jx@tsu.edu (Note the underscore between Williams and jx) and state in the subject line, “Conference Registration”. We encourage you to indicate your interest early.

Participants needing overnight accommodations should make reservations directly with the Conference hotel:

Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks

713-523-8448-Hotel

713-523-3689-Fax

www.crownplaza.com/houriveroaks

The objective of the Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference (SWBATC) is to foster a collaborative venue whereby participants can discuss the ideas presented, build upon them, and apply them in such a way as to improve their effectiveness within their respective institutions. This year’s theme, “Raising the Bar: Challenging Our Students to Become Global Competitors” blends the challenges of teaching effectiveness with the new U.S. economic imperative – lead or be left behind. The expectation is that this theme will stimulate provocative and motivating discussions among academics, practitioners and students. For this reason, only proposals keeping with the conference theme will be accepted. It is hoped that many of the sessions will be of cross-disciplinary interest. Sample areas for proposals sought include:

·         Exercises, games, case studies used to help create student success models;

·         Mentoring strategies;

·         Multicultural and diversity training;

·         New approaches to learning core content and critical thinking skills;

·         Entrepreneurial projects and classroom involvement; and

·         Course and class design

Guidelines for Submission (please note, guidelines have changed)

Submission deadline is midnight on September 30, 2009

Submission must be an electronic copy in MS Word as an attachment to:   Johnnie Williams at williams_jx@tsu.edu

An electronic acknowledgement will be sent when your paper is received.

Submissions must be entirely original: not under concurrent consideration, scheduled for presentation elsewhere, or previously presented.

All attending authors must register. Submissions with four (4) or more co-authors are required to register at least two (2) of the co-authors.

Submissions are limited to a maximum of two (2) per individual author.

Instructions regarding the format for papers to be published in the proceedings will be provided to authors of accepted papers by the proceedings editor.

Full paper submissions will be referred to the Southwestern Business Administration Journal (SBAJ) editor for full review, in accordance with the journal review process.

All submissions should have a page separate from the main body of the submission that includes the title, names of all authors, their affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses.

Submissions are double-blind reviewed. Authors should avoid including identifying information in the main body of the submission. Competitive submissions should be typed, single-spaced with a line between paragraphs and two between sections. The main body of the submission should use Arial Narrow 12-point font with care being taken to include the following components:

A title page with a 150-word abstract, but not the authors’ names. Note: this abstract will be placed in the conference program – it should be both concise and compelling.

Which type of presentation you are submitting for consideration (i.e., presentation, workshop, poster session, or a roundtable discussion)

Equipment requirements (e.g., overhead projectors, flip charts, slide projectors, VCR, DVD player, etc.)

The body of the paper should state the presentation’s relevance to this year’s topic and describe the following:

·   WHAT will be discussed/presented during the session;

·   WHO would likely attend the session;

·   WHY the session will be of benefit; and

·   HOW you plan to use the time allotted for the session;

11.   All conference participants are expected to attend the entire the conference. We are intentionally a small conference, and such each participant is critical to the overall success of the conference.   The conference is planned to maximize attendance in each session, please do not request preference for your presentation. For your consideration, please not the following:

a.       Presentations -- 20 minutes in duration -- are scheduled for Thursday and Friday

b.       Workshops - 1 to 2 hours in duration - are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday only.

c.       Posters sessions - 1/2 day in duration - are scheduled for Wednesday through Friday.

d.       Roundtable discussions - 1 hour in duration - are scheduled Wednesday through Friday

Special Awards

The following awards are to be presented at the Conference’s closing session:

Best Presentation Award (Non-TSU Participant)

·         Award of $500

·         Submissions accepted for presentation must make a separate submission of the entire PowerPoint presentation by noon on October 14, 2009 for consideration

·         The focus of this award is innovation in teaching effectiveness

Best Presentation Award (TSU Participant)

·         Award of $500

·         Submissions accepted for presentation must make a separate submission of the entire PowerPoint presentation by noon on October 14, 2009 for consideration

·         The focus of this award is innovation in teaching effectiveness

In Addition, This Call Solicits Participants Who Will Serve As:

·         Discussants

·         Reviewers

·         Session Moderators

If you wish to participate as a reviewer, discussant or

moderator, please email the program chair and indicate your

interest/preference as a discussant, reviewer, or session

moderator along with a summary of your area of expertise/interests

If you have any questions concerning this Call for Submissions, please contact:

Dr. Johnnie Williams, Chair

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

Texas Southern University

3100 Cleburne Street

Houston, TX 77014

Phone: (713) 313-1103

Fax: (713) 313-7701

williams_jx@tsu.edu (Note underscore between Williams and jx)