AOM Organization & Management Theory Division (OMT)

What AOM Organization & Management Theory Division (OMT) does

AOM Organization & Management Theory Division (OMT) is a constituent division of the Academy of Management (AOM), a nonprofit professional association headquartered at 100 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 110, Valhalla, New York. OMT advances the theoretical understanding of organizations, organizing, and management, serving a global community of management and organization scholars, doctoral students, junior faculty, researchers, educators, and practitioners. Its core activities center on professional development programming, including doctoral and junior faculty consortia, professional development workshops, and paper presentations at the annual AOM conference, alongside a recognition portfolio comprising eight named awards such as the Louis Pondy Dissertation Award and the Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award.

OMT's primary technical asset is the OMT THRIVE community platform, a Higher Logic-powered website (omt.aom.org) that delivers event calendars, calls for papers, award nominations, sponsorship information, member directory access, and biannual newsletter distribution. The division distributes its services through AOM membership infrastructure and supports member engagement via six owned social channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Facebook, YouTube, X) and a Linktree hub. OMT does not sell commercial products; its operating model is sustained by parent AOM membership dues and a sponsorship program that includes partnerships with Cornell ILR School, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research, George Washington University, University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College, Copenhagen Business School, and King's College London. The division operates with a stated headcount of five employees and is structured as a program unit within AOM rather than an independent revenue entity.

Name

AOM Organization & Management Theory Division (OMT)

Legal name

Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of Academy of Management

Website

https://omt.aom.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OMT is a division of the Academy of Management that serves a global community of management and organization theory scholars, doctoral students, and faculty through professional development consortia, named research awards, a biannual newsletter, and the OMT THRIVE Higher Logic community platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Valhalla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Division Membership: OMT functions as a division within the Academy of Management (AOM). Revenue is generated through AOM membership fees, with OMT serving as a constituent division that attracts scholars to the parent organization's membership base.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The OMT Division of the Academy of Management operates a scholarly community platform (OMT THRIVE) for organization and management theory researchers, educators, and practitioners. It delivers biannual newsletters, an events calendar with calls for papers, an awards and recognition program (including paper awards and dissertation awards), doctoral and junior faculty consortia, professional development workshops, and a member directory. The division is accessed through AOM membership and serves as a constituent division of the Academy of Management.

Product overview

OMT (Organization and Management Theory) Division is a division of the Academy of Management (AOM), operating as a scholarly community rather than a commercial product company. The division offers a web-based community platform (OMT THRIVE) that provides access to programs and services including a biannual newsletter, events calendar with calls for papers, awards and recognition program, sponsorship opportunities, member directory, and social media channels. The portfolio consists of community-focused services including professional development workshops, doctoral and junior faculty consortia, and various academic paper awards.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• OMT THRIVE Community Platform The OMT Division's primary web community platform providing access to home, about, events, awards, newsletter, sponsorship, member directory, social media, and contact features for organization and management theory researchers, educators, and practitioners.
• OMT Division Newsletter A biannual newsletter published by the Organization and Management Theory division, with one edition distributed before the annual conference and one after, for OMT members and the broader management scholarship community.
• Events Calendar and Call for Papers A centralized calendar listing upcoming events, calls for papers, conferences, webinars, and professional development workshops related to OMT scholarship, with filtering by location, community, and type of event.
• Awards and Recognition Program Recognition program celebrating individuals who advance OMT scholarship, including the Distinguished Scholar Breakfast, Best OMT Environmental & Social Paper Award, Best OMT International Paper, Best OMT Entrepreneurship Paper, Louis Pondy Dissertation Award, Best OMT Social Networks & Organizations Paper, Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award, and Best Symposium Award.
• OMT Sponsorship Program Sponsorship program offering universities and institutions partnership opportunities to support OMT initiatives including the Doctoral Consortium, Junior Faculty Consortium, Distinguished Scholar Breakfast, and named awards.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of Delaware, Alfred Lerner College of Business & EconomicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Sponsors the Distinguished Scholar Breakfast event, supporting OMT's recognition of distinguished scholars and professional development activities.
• The George Washington UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Sponsors the Distinguished Scholar Breakfast, contributing to OMT's flagship recognition event for distinguished scholars.
• MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Sponsors the Executive Committee Winter Meeting, supporting OMT's governance and strategic planning activities.
• Copenhagen Business SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Supports conference expenses and operations, contributing to OMT's ability to host academic events and gatherings.
• King's College LondonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-sponsors conference expenses, supporting OMT's event infrastructure and scholarly programming.
• Cornell ILR SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Sponsors the Best Symposium Award, supporting recognition of outstanding symposium contributions in OMT scholarship.
• Higher LogiccoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Provides the community platform technology powering OMT's website, member directory, event management, and digital communications.
• Academy of Management (AOM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Parent organization providing overall membership infrastructure, conference organization, and administrative support for the OMT Division as one of its constituent divisions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Academy of Management (AOM): The parent nonprofit organization that hosts OMT as one of its constituent divisions. Directly comparable as a membership-based scholarly association for management researchers, but operates across all management disciplines rather than specializing in organization theory.

Direct peers

• Strategic Management Society (SMS): A global professional association that serves management researchers through conferences, journals, and special interest groups — directly parallel to OMT's structure within AOM but focused on strategic management scholarship.
• Academy of Management - Organizational Behavior (OB) Division: A sibling AOM division serving organizational behavior scholars through the same Higher Logic platform and annual meeting infrastructure. Same community format, overlapping membership base, adjacent scholarly focus.
• Academy of International Business (AIB): A long-standing scholarly association for international business researchers, with annual meetings, journals, and awards programs that mirror OMT's division-level structure for an adjacent management sub-discipline.
• European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS): An international scholarly association for organization studies researchers, offering annual colloquia and journals that directly overlap with OMT's mission of advancing organization and management theory scholarship.

Others

• Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD): An AOM-published journal that is the natural outlet for OMT-aligned exploratory scholarship. Complementary rather than competitive, but indicative of the publishing ecosystem OMT curates against.

Regional players

• British Academy of Management (BAM): UK-based professional association for management scholars and educators, with annual conference and awards serving a primarily UK academic audience — analogous to OMT but in a different geographic scholarly market.

Emerging players

• International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB): A smaller professional association for management and business scholars offering conferences and journals; an emerging community platform with partial overlap to OMT's scholarly community mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@AOM_OMT
• Facebookfacebook.com/omtdivision
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aom-omt
• Instagraminstagram.com/aom__omt

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