The program is just about set for S.A.M.’s National Management Conference to be held April 27-29, 1981 at the Hospitality House in Williamsburg, Virginia.
On Sunday afternoon, April 26, S.A.M.’s board of directors will meet for their preconference session. At 6:00 that evening, the directors and other early arrivals will meet for cocktails.
Registration for the conference will begin at 8:00 Monday morning, and at 9:00 the keynote address of the conference will be delivered by Joe Batten, president and CEO of Batten, Batten, Hudson & Swab, the noted Des Moines firm of management consultants. Batten, known for his philosophy of “toughminded” living and working, will speak on “Expectations and Possibilities.”
The work sessions also begin on Monday morning. All week long, the sessions will run between 10:30 and noon, and between 2:00 and 3:30. The two morning sessions and the two afternoon sessions will run concurrently. Unlike in the past they will not be repeated.
Session A on Monday morning will be devoted to “Concepts of Management,” with Dr. Guy DeGenaro, professor of management, Virginia Commonwealth University; Dr. Rosemary Pledger, dean of the School of Business and Public Administration, University of Houston at Clear Lake City; and Dr. Thomas L. Wheelen, professor of commerce, University of Virginia. Session B will be a discussion of the “Practical Aspects of Career Development,” with Robert K. Blake, vice-president of human resource development at F&M Bank; Dr. J. Curtis Hall, dean of the School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University; and William L. VanArnam, director of training and development for Philip Morris, USA.
At lunch on Monday, Andrew M. Lewis, president of Best Products Co., will discuss “A Marketing Strategy That Works.” After lunch at 2:00, sessions C and D get under way. Session C, titled “Dealing with Change” will have as speakers Dr. Walter S. Griggs, Jr., chairman of the Department of Business Administration and Management, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Dr. D. Robley Wood, Jr., assistant professor of management, Virginia Commonwealth University. Session D is “Succession Planning for Key Executive Positions” with Bill N. Rutherford, vice-president of human resources, Sun Company, Inc. Concurrent Sessions E and F, to begin at 4:00, will be presentations of academic papers chaired by Dr. Darrel R. Brown, professor of management, Virginia Commonwealth University.
After late registration and a general session on Tuesday morning, Sessions G and H begin. Session G, on “Business Ethics,” will be moderated by Dr. Thomas W. Thompson, editor, United States Banker. Featured on the ethics panel will be Benjamin P. Campbell, urban missioner, Richmond Urban Institute; Douglas H. Ludeman, president, United Virginia Bank; and S. Buford Scott, chairman, Scott & Stringfellow. In Session H, Dr. Sayed EI-Hawary, chairman of the Department of Business Administration at Ain Shams University in Cairo, will speak on “New Banks-Middle Eastern Style.”
Tuesday’s lunch will be highlighted by an address on “The Manager of the Future” by Jim Hayes, president and chief executive officer of AMA.
Session I and J on Tuesday begin at 2:00. “Managing Changing Employee Values” is Session I, which will be led by Clark Kurtze, director of management development in the Human Resources Department at Reynolds Metals. Session J, “Productivity Centers,” will feature William Liggett, manager of industrial development services at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and Dr. Thomas C. Tuttle, director of the Maryland Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, University of Maryland.
One of the highlights of the national conference is always the banquet, and the Williamsburg dinner will begin at 6:30 Tuesday evening.
Wednesday morning’s breakfast meeting will honor S.A.M.’s campus chapters. After breakfast, Dr. Harry Evarts of AMA will lead Session K, “What Managers Should Know and How They Will Learn in the Year 2000.” Joel Boyd, supervisor in the National Tax Department at Ernst & Whinny, will conduct Session L, “Personal Tax Planning for Busy Executives.”
In addition to the sessions and the speakers, another attraction of the 1981 conference will be Williamsburg in springtime. The Hospitality House is just a ten-minute walk from the famous restoration area and boasts a heated outdoor pool. Nearby are two championship golf courses.
It would be a good idea to get registrations in early for next year’s conference. The easiest way to do that would be to clip out and complete the form on this page. See you in April. SAM-NI
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