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Presentor: David A. Waldman, professor of management in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University

David A. Waldman is currently a professor of management in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His research interests focus largely on leadership processes, especially at the upper levels of organizations. Many of his research efforts have been interdisciplinary in nature, involving colleagues from areas such as neuroscience, operations management, strategy, economics, information systems, accounting, and finance. As an example, he is currently a co-principal investigator for the Neuroscience of Leadership Project at Arizona State University. Professor Waldman’s accomplishments include approximately 100 scholarly and practitioner articles in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, the Journal of Management, and The Leadership Quarterly. He has also published 2 books on 360-degree feedback and leadership and open communication, respectively. He has been an investigator on grants and research contracts approximating $1.3 million.

He is currently on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and The Leadership Quarterly. Previously, he served as associate editor for The Leadership Quarterly and the Academy of Management Learning and Education. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, as well as the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Professor Waldman has consulted for a number of Fortune 500 companies and governmental agencies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Examples include IBM, Nortel, Goodyear-Mexico, Homestake Mining Organization, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the Information Technology Alliance.

Abstract:

This workshop will serve as a primer for people who may be interested in conducting research that applies neuroscience concepts and methods to the study of management issues. Although we will consider management issues somewhat broadly, a special emphasis will be placed on leadership research and applications. The activities or goals of the workshop will be fourfold. First, we will consider how neuroscience can contribute to our basic understanding of concepts in the field of management and why the time is right for such applications. Second, we will consider some of the theoretically-based problems when attempting to incorporate neuroscience into management research. Third, attendees will be made aware of the basic neuroscience technologies that can be used for such research, although an emphasis will be placed on quantitative electroencephologram (qEEG) methods. To help illustrate, a few short videos will be shown. Practical issues will be stressed, such as costs, know-how, setting up research protocols, and so forth. Fourth, we will consider the possibility of applying knowledge gained through such research for leadership/managerial development purposes.

The workshop will be of interest to doctoral students and faculty members at all levels. In addition, it might be of interest to some MBA students and practitioners (e.g., HR and management development specialists). Key topics and issues that will be included in the workshop:

- How applications of neuroscience to management pertain to the broader field of social cognitive neuroscience

- How neuroscience might fit into an existing management research program, and what neuroscience can tell us that other measurement approaches cannot

- The challenge of framing theory that integrates neurological processes with management

- Neuroscience technologies and the types of variables that they can yield

- An example of some recent research pertaining to charismatic leadership processes

- Potential hot topics that might be addressed using neuroscience methods

- Technical and practical issues

- Basic research, versus applications to managerial development

Please confirm your attendance to Ms. Olga Linares at Registrar’s Office olgamaria.linares@esade.edu