Conference programme

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(2012), "Conference programme", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 31 No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmd.2012.02631iaa.002

Conference programme

Conference programme

Article Type: Conference programme From: Journal of Management Development, Volume 31, Issue 9.

Papers in this issue were presented at the conference held in Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem: Practical Wisdom for Management from the Jewish Tradition, July 4-5, 2011, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Mandel Foundation-Israel.

July 4, 2011

10:00 – 10:30 Welcome remarks:Prof. Ayala Malach-Pines, Dean of the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevOpening addresses:Prof. Gilbert Lenssen, President, EABIS- The Academy of Business in SocietyDr. Varda Shiffer President, Mandel Foundation-IsraelProf. Pierre Kletz, Director of Social Leadership MBA

10:30 – 11:30 Lecture:Mystical Professionals; Social Change, Social Science, Social PracticeProf. Philip Wexler, Director of the School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

12:00 – 13:30 Panel of business people: Israeli Management Wisdom Chairman and moderator: Mr. Moshe Wexler, CEO, Israel Equity Ltd. – IEL

14:30 – 16:00 Workshop 1: Leadership and social theoryProf. Moses Pava, Yeshiva University, New York City, Sacred compromise.Prof. Shlomo Ben Hur, IMD Business School, Switzerland, Moses: A Transformational Leader- Towards an ideal model of Jewish Leadership.Dr. Eli Gottlieb, Mandel Leadership Institute, Moses the Charismatic and Moses the Bureaucrat: Insights into the Practice of Leadership from Rabbinic Commentaries on Exodus 18 and Exodus 24.Prof. Leslie Shaw; ESCP, Europe, Practical Wisdom in Biblical Thought- Social Theory and Judaism.Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, The Challenge of Jewish Leadership in An Age of globalization. Prof. Nurit Zaidman & Dr. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Spirituality as a Discarded Form of Organizational Wisdom: Field Based Analysis.Workshop 2: Judaism and societyRav. Shlomo Ichon, Machon Keter, The Poverty in Jewish Sources.Prof. Karim Medjad; Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Métiers, Paris, Shaping the business organizations of the 21st century: The contribution of the Kibbutz movement.Dr. Avi Kay, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel, Justice shall you pursue: An Examination of Organizational Justice Issues in Jewish Tradition.Ms. Ruth Kabessa, Head of governance and leadership at Elka, JDC Israel, “Shaliah Tzibur”: The Jewish Civil Servant.Dr. Daniel Marom, Mandel Leadership Institute, The Study of Jewish Philosophy in the training of leaders for Jewish and Israeli society: rationale and methodology.Prof. Alvin Wint, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, Managing SDA Tertiary Education and Health Institutions in the Caribbean: Management Lessons from Jewish Traditions

July 5, 2011

9:00 – 11:00 Roundtable: Jewish values in public policy

Chair: Ms. Ruth Kabessa, Head of governance and leadership at Elka, JDC Israel, Graduate of the School of Educational Leadership Panel participants (in alphabetical order):Mr. Ehud Praver, Head of the Department for Policy Planning, Israel Prime Minister's OfficeMr. Dror Strum, Former anti-trust commissioner, Director of the Israeli Center for Economic PlanningMr. Yekutiel Tzeva, Director of the Research, Planning and Training Department in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.Mr. Ovad Yehezkel, Former Israeli Gov. cabinet secretary.

11:15 – 13:45 Workshop 3: Jewish Paradigms and Meaningfulness in Economics and SocietyProf. Herve Colas, Reims Management School, France, Banning of Images: questions arising in the Fields of Management. Prof. Brian Shapiro, Department of Accounting, UST Opus College of Business University of St. Thomas, USA; & Rabbi Norman Cohen, Bet Shalom Congregation Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA, Practical Wisdom in Management from the Holiness Code of Leviticus 19.Prof. Hendrik Opdebeeck, University of Antwerp, Belgium, The Jewish Philosophical Tradition and Social Leadership Source of Wisdom for the Bridge between Management and Spirituality. Prof. Dr. André Habisch; Ingolstadt School of Management, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Covenant and Decalogue: Corporate Compliance and its cultural context. Prof. Pierre Kletz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Mandel Foundation-Israel, Managing a School in the “French Way” in Israel.Prof. Bernard Kahane, Esiee, Paris, France; Tikkun Olam, a fertile ground for entrepreneurial science and technological innovation.Workshop 4: Judaism and OrganizationDr. E. Isaac Mostovicz, Janus Thinking; Prof. Nada Kakabadse, Northampton University & Prof. Andrew Kakabadse, Cranfield University, The sustainability of the Jewish organization. Dr. Granit Almog-Bareket; Graduate Unit – Mandel Foundation – Israel, One more time, the link between strategy and structure: A study on social entrepreneurship based on religious motivation. Prof. Robert J. Greenberg; Yeshiva University, NYC, NY; Practical Advice for Managers: Legal rules and ethical Principles from American law, the Old Testament and other traditional Jewish Sources. Eitan Kovarsky, Adv., It is not in heaven – Conclusions and insights from the story of Aachnei's stove. Dr. Dov Maimon; JPPI – The Jewish People Policy Institute; Tikkun Olam: When a religious paradigm promotes search for excellence.

14:30 – 15:45 Roundtable: Religious spiritual leadershipThe roundtable has been led by Dr. Channah Kehat, Founder of Kolech and lecturer in Jewish studies, Jewish philosophy and gender studies and Rabbi Shmuel Slotsky, Rabbi of the Ramot community in Jerusalem.Chair: Dr. Channah KehatPanel participants (in alphabetical order):Prof. Haviva Pedaya, researcher in Judaism and culture and poet, Department of Jewish History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Mr. Muki Tzur, Member of Kibbutz Ein Gev, former secretary-general of the United Kibbutz Movement, educator and writer.

19:00 – 21:30 Lecture at Mandel Graduates’ Unit in JerusalemPractical Wisdom for the Act of Leadership.Prof. Marty Linsky, Full-time faculty member at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.