Innovative Teaching Award

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The Innovative Teaching Award is given to one or more individuals who have developed an innovative teaching method or disseminated a new approach in the teaching of human resource management. The award winner(s) will be announced at the Academy meeting during the HR Division Awards Ceremony and receive a plaque and a $500 honorarium. The award winner(s) will also be encouraged to share their teaching innovation via a recorded presentation that will be shared on the HR Division website.

In support of the HR Division's goal of increasing member involvement and its international reach, we strongly encourage submissions that reflect the rich diversity, backgrounds, and perspectives of our membership.

Award selection will be completed by a committee formed and chaired by someone selected by the Awards Committee (e.g., prior award winner).

Eligibility:

  1. The submitter for the award must be a member of the HR Division of the Academy of Management.
  2. The winner(s) are willing to present their innovative teaching method in a live and recorded presentation in a non-conference session.
  3. The winner(s) must also agree to allow the HR Division to post the innovative method on the HR Division Website (http://www.hrdiv.org).

Criteria:

The awards committee is particularly interested in understanding:

  1. What the teaching innovation is and how it is innovative.
  2. How the innovation positively affects students’ learning experiences.
  3. How readily the innovation could be adopted by others.
  4. The innovation should be related to the teaching of HR-related topics.

Required Nomination Materials:

  1. Only members of the HR Division of the Academy of Management may be nominated for this award. Please double check that you or your nominee is a member of the HR Division.
  2. Self-nominations are encouraged.
  3. A 2-3 page cover letter, providing the following:
    • Description of the teaching innovation
    • How it has been utilized to date
    • How it addresses a significant and important problem or issue relevant to HR
    • How it makes a novel and innovative contribution to HR-related teaching
  4. Supporting materials that elaborate the teaching methods and can be used by others to adopt the innovative teaching methods.
  5. Please combine all required materials into a single PDF document (less than 100 MB) and CLICK HERE to complete an official nomination for this award. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2025.

Complete nomination packets will remain active for three award cycles. If the nominee is not selected, the nomination will automatically roll over to the next award cycle. We encourage nominators to update the packet, if necessary, before each award cycle. After three award cycles, there is a one-year waiting period before the nomination can be resubmitted.