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Management Consulting Division (MC)

2026 Call for Professional Development Workshop (PDW) Proposals

Division PDW Chair: Pierre EL HADDAD, INSEEC Grande Ecole, Paris, France

Professional Development Workshops (PDW) are the preferred ground to introduce and test new ideas. With this year’s conference none-specific theme, PDWs allow an open horizon to submit, test, and explore a wide range of ideas and methods. The flexible format of PDWs is a call for scholars, practitioners, consultants and scholar-practitioners to be innovative and daring.  

The flexible format of PDWs is a call for scholars, practitioners, consultants and scholar-practitioners to be innovative and daring. However, the division invites submissions to consider research that serves organizations and people within organizations, and how to deliver immediate and sustainable performances. It also encourages research that is based on field observations and real-world interventions and practices that transformed organizations. Professional Development Workshops provide a space for dialogue and cross-fertilization between MC members as well as with members of other divisions. Such collaborations enable grounding the field of consulting in science and enriching the field of management in general with actionable knowledge. 

Submission 

The deadline for PDW submissions is January 13, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Formatting guidelines are available on the AOM website. A PDW submission must include a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 8 pages with the following:  

  • Page 1: Title page that includes: Submitter (contact person) and presenter(s) information, including each person’s name, affiliation, address, phone, and e-mail and abstract (250 word minimum).
  • Page 2: Division or Interest Group sponsor solicited and why.
  • Page 3: How do you intend to create a productive audience interaction and participation.
  • Page 4: The overview of the workshop must include the following: Full description of the workshop, activities, and roles.
  • Duration – 1.5 to 2 hours maximum

Pre-Formatted PDW 

This year, the Management Consulting Division (MC) will have a special pre-formatted PDW with the following topic: “The Common and the Differentiating between Consulting, Scientific Consulting, Applied and Translational Research” This topic is open to all scholars and practitioners who are interested in collaborating in this pre-formatted PDW. Number of presenters is limited. 

  • To participate in this PDW, please contact directly the PDW Chair Pierre EL HADDAD at [email protected]
  • Additionally, please direct any questions regarding PDWs to PDW Chair Pierre EL HADDAD at [email protected] 

Doctoral Consortium  

We invite all doctoral candidates (PhD, DBA, Exec-PhD, DM…) to participate in the Management Consulting Division’s Doctoral Consortium.  The Doctoral Consortium offers an engaging and inclusive environment where emerging scholars can: 

  • Engage in scholarly dialogue by presenting and discussing research-in-progress with an international community of peers and distinguished faculty
  • Obtain developmental feedback to advance theoretical rigor, methodological precision, and practical relevance of emerging research
  • Cultivate a professional network that fosters long-term collaboration and knowledge exchange across academic and industry boundaries
Doctoral Consortium Submission 

Although the deadline for submitting papers to the general call is 13 January 2026 (17:00 ET GMT/UTC-5), the deadline to submit to the MC Doctoral Consortium is 31 December 2025 (17:00 ET GMT/UTC-5).  Doctoral candidates who wish to participate in the MC Doctoral Consortium are required to submit their papers to the MC Doctoral Paper official call for submissions. Below are guidelines to submit a paper for the Doctoral Consortium: 

  • Total 8 pages minimum – 15,000 signs (double-spaced)
  • Page 1: Contact Details, Title and Abstract (150 words minimum)
  • Page 2: Research Object, Research Question and Hypothesis
  • Page 3 to 4: Theoretical Framework
  • Page 5 to 6: Methodology Used
  • Page 7: Results or Expected Results
  • Page 8: References
Doctoral Consortium Contacts 

Doctoral papers are submitted through the AOM submission website AND via email to Dr. Pierre El Haddad at [email protected], Dr. Eric SANDERS at [email protected], or the Doctoral Consortium Coordinator Dr. Danielle GERVACIO GRAF at [email protected].

Rule of 3+3 

  • No one may submit or be associated with more than three (3) PDW submissions to an Academy Meeting. No one may appear in more than three (3) PDW sessions during the PDW program from Friday to Sunday, regardless of whether the sessions are held onsite or offsite
  • A PDW can only be submitted to (1) Division or Interest Group
  • The Doctoral Consortium counts as 1 PDW

Awards 

We invite you to browse the MC Awards page. Award recipients are recognized and awarded for their achievements at the MC Friends and Family Dinner held at the annual AOM conference.