Committee Charters for the SMS Board of Directors

Awards & Honors Committee

The SMS Awards & Honors committee consists of 4 board members and is responsible for the management of the selection and recognition of recipients of the SMS Awards and creating processes related to SMS awards.

Responsibilities

The review and amendment of existing SMS awards
The development and approval of proposals for new SMS awards.
The appointment of directors for the SMS Annual Conference Paper Prizes
With the assistance of awards sub-committees and final approval by the Board, managing the review and selection of the recipients for 4 SMS Awards
- The CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice
- The SMS Educational Impact Award
- The SMS Emerging Scholar Award
- The SMS Service Award

The organization and orientation of awards sub-committees and their members through guidance and leadership throughout the awards process

Meetings & Members

This committee holds 2-4 meetings in the first and second quarters of the year to manage the sub-committee appointments and final selection process and coordinates other responsibilities via email. Each sub-committee holds 1-3 meetings in the second quarter to review and recommend their assigned award’s recipient to the committee. The Awards committee members would each serve as the chair of 1 or more sub-committees leading to an average of 5-10 hours of work between January and June. The committee also compiles a report for the Board of Directors prior to each of their meetings to update the Board on program progress or review pending Award proposals.

Committee Structure

Conference Committee

The purpose of the Conference Committee is to ensure SMS conferences (both special and annual conferences) align with SMS Board and organization-wide goals, strategies, and initiatives, and reflect SMS’s position as a leader in the field of strategic management.

Annual Conference

Special Conferences

Conference Committee Chair

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee

The purpose of this Committee is to monitor and develop Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) across all SMS program areas and publications. It supports the SMS as the organization becomes more intentional about having a diverse representation, provides guidance to SMS regarding the design and implementation of DEI activities, and provides a spotlight on the ongoing efforts around DEI. The Committee sends a clear message to members and the broader community that SMS and its leadership are dedicated to DEI and responsive to the diverse needs and capabilities of SMS members.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

Oversee and serve in an advisory capacity to monitor the implementation, progress, and ongoing evaluation of DEI efforts across SMS board, committees, publications, Interest Groups and Communities, programs, and conferences to ensure cohesive and coordinated efforts.
Support and review the development, implementation, and codification of SMS policies, actions and initiatives related to DEI issues and trends reflective of the community at large and serving as a proactive resource for SMS programs and leadership.
Encourage and facilitate diversity in SMS membership and participation in SMS publications, programs, and activities, and in SMS leadership and leadership development, such as creating opportunities and eliminating barriers for membership enrollment and leadership opportunities.
In coordination with SMS staff, plan and facilitate programming that supports raising awareness of and educating the membership on current DEI topics and how and why diversity is linked to the future of the field and the organization

Committee Structure

The Committee’s composition is designed to increase diversity by encouraging SMS members to have their voices heard and represented on the Committee. Members of this Committee will include Board directors, leadership of SMS Programs, and members-at-large. Members of this Committee are expected to work collaboratively with the SMS Executive Committee, SMS Board of Directors, SMS Interest Groups and Communities, SMS Committees, SMS Office, SMS publications, and SMS program leadership.

Meeting Cadence

The Committee reports to the Board of Directors annually or as requested and meets quarterly. Between meetings, the Committee communicates by email and other means as requested on its activities and progress. Every member is expected to spend approximately 2-3 hours/month on Committee work and is encouraged to spend further time on additional outreach, advocacy, and member support activities.

Ethics Committee

NOTE: This is currently a standing committee of the board and is designated as such in the bylaws:

The Ethics Committee develops and implements guidelines for professional conduct to provide a statement of the basic values of the SMS as a professional society and thus help the continued development of the field. The Ethics Committee is also tasked with attempting to resolve ethical disputes that it finds or are brought to its attention.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The SMS Ethics committee is responsible for the development, implementation, and review of guidelines for professional conduct and the resolution of ethical disputes that it finds or are brought to its attention. The Guidelines established by this committee are meant to guide conduct of members and volunteers as they work with the Society to advance the field and their careers, as well as support the process of evaluating ethical disputes that are brought forward from members regarding SMS practices with journals, conferences, and other program areas.

Committee Structure

Meeting Cadence

Finance Committee

NOTE: This is currently a standing committee of the board and is designated as such in the bylaws:

The Finance Committee recommends to the Board of Directors an annual budget, oversees the financials of the Society, and performs such functions as directed by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer presides at all meetings of the Finance Committee and, additionally, oversees the accounts and expenditures of the SMS on a monthly basis.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The Finance Committee is responsible for the proper financial oversight of the organization, monitoring the organization’s financial health, and ensuring that proper financial controls are in place and the financial records of the organization are accurate and complete.

Responsibilities:

Reviews the financials of SMS on a monthly basis.
Works with the Treasurer to:
- Prepare the finance section for the annual report
- Create the financial report for the annual business meeting
Reviews and provides feedback on the annual budget proposal from the Executive Director and proposes the recommendation for approval to the full board.
Reviews the results of the annual audit, meets annually with the auditor (if necessary), and proposes the recommendation for approval of the audit to the full board.
Monitors the organization’s internal controls and the implementation of safeguards to protect the organization’s assets.
Reviews the organization’s investment policies on a regular basis and makes recommendations for adjustments to the policies.
Assists with the analysis of the financial implications of strategic decisions.

Committee Structure

Meeting Cadence

Governance & Nominating Committee

NOTE: This is currently a standing committee of the board and is designated as such in the bylaws:

The Governance and Nominating Committee recommends to the Board of Directors individuals for election as Directors or Officers, provides recommendations on SMS governance, and performs such functions as directed by the Board of Directors. The Past President presides at all meetings of the Governance and Nominating Committee.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The SMS Governance & Nominating committee is responsible for the recommendation to the Board of Directors of individuals for election or appointment as Directors or Officers and performs additional duties as directed by the Board of Directors.

These duties include:

Overseeing Board candidate nominations by SMS Members
Recommending a slate of candidates for election to the Board based on member nominations
Reviewing that the Board composition is representative of the membership base
Recommending candidates for appointed Board positions
Communicating details about the Board positions to candidates
Overseeing the election of Board members
Notifying all candidates following the election of the results.

Additional responsibilities that may be delegated to this committee include:

Recommendations for and review of appointed Board member positions
Overseeing Board self-evaluations
Reviewing the governance of the organization and recommending changes and updates to committee, structure, board structure and bylaws
Conducting periodic reviews of the SMS bylaws

Committee Structure

The Governance and Nominating Committee consists of the Past President, the Executive Director, and such other Directors the Board of Directors determines are needed. The Executive Director serves as a non-voting member of the Committee with regard to the nomination of candidates for President-Elect. A member of the Governance and Nominating Committee may not be recommended as candidate for re-election as Director.

Meeting Cadence

This committee holds 3-5 meetings in a year to manage Board appointments and the preparation of the candidate slate and coordinates other responsibilities. This committee averages 2-5 hours of work a month, with a majority of the work being undertaken in the third quarter. The committee also compiles a report for the Board of Directors prior to each of their meetings to update the Board.

Membership Committee

The purpose of the Membership Committee is to provide oversight and guidance to all membership initiatives with SMS.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The purpose of the Membership Committee is to:

Keep abreast of current trends and needs within the SMS community and recommend and / or develop plans to meet those needs
Regularly review current membership services and programs and provide recommendations on improvements or changes to meet the needs of members
Develop and recommend tactics for increasing SMS membership base, especially among historically underrepresented groups, and the global community
Act as a point of contact between the SMS Interest Groups & Communities and the SMS Board of Directors, including but not limited to providing guiding objectives and overseeing IG&C governance
Provide input to staff on membership structure, dues, and value propositions

Committee Structure

Meeting Cadence

Members of this Committee should expect to meet in-person or virtually a minimum of 3 times per a year to discuss Committee Business ahead of the Spring, Summer, and Fall Board of Director Meetings as well as communicate by email throughout the year.

Committee Members should also anticipate separate meetings with the Interest Groups & Community Leadership twice a year once in the spring and once in the fall virtually or in-person at SMS Conferences.

Members of this Committee are expected to actively engage in Membership outreach activities such as New Member Welcomes and virtual events throughout the year and in networking and engagement activities at SMS Annual Conferences. The Membership Committee requires 2-4 hours per quarter in meeting time, preparation, and participation in other events and communications.

Practitioner Strategy Committee

The goal of the Practitioner Strategy Committee is to increase the presence of SMS among non-academic audiences.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The goal of the Committee is to:

Attract a broader practitioner audience to disseminate cutting-edge academic research and introduce that research’s relevant impact into the business community.
Engage top business leaders and consultants to inform future SMS/SRF research, teaching, and outreach initiatives that result in actionable insights that advance the field.
Strive to create opportunities for meaningful interactions between academics and practitioners to drive advances in research and practice related to strategic management.

The Committee should work to engage this practitioner audience while advising, monitoring, and reviewing SMS programs and initiatives.

The Committee’s duties include:

Engage practitioner-oriented speakers, especially those centered on SMS content pillars (e.g. Strategy Imagination Forum, webinars, special sessions at conference)
Develop channels for practice-oriented content aligned around strategic organizational pillars
Engage high-level business leaders and consultants with SMS programmatic activities, including SMS journals, conferences, and content, through personal connections and outreach
Work cross-functionally with other committees to promote practice engagement initiatives and increase practitioner participation with the SMS and the membership

Committee Structure

Meeting Cadence

The Committee meets as a group on a quarterly basis, with occasional follow up via email and telephone as needed. The Committee should compile a report for the Board of Directors prior to each of their Board meetings to update the Board on program progress. Committee members should expect to spend approximately 20 hours annually on committee tasks.

The Chair should expect to spend additional time, up to a total of 40 hours annually, preparing for meetings, writing memos, and communicating with colleagues.

Publications Committee

The SMS Publications Committee’s goal is to enhance the Society’s publications program. The Committee works in cooperation with the three journals: Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ), and Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) Co-Editors as well as the Media Innovations team. The Committee also works with the SMS staff, the journals’ publisher (Wiley), and the SMS Board of Directors in support of the journals.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The Committee’s duties include:

Understanding the publication processes
Strategically enhancing the journals and their content dissemination
Supporting editors in navigating and reviewing ethical and publications issues as they arise
Providing evaluations and continuity between editorial teams
Enhancing and discussing current publishing issues to ensure top-quality journals representing state-of-the-art research in strategy
Serving as a liaison, alongside the SMS Executive Director, with Wiley on publications processes and issues

The Committee is also responsible for leading the Co-Editor searches and presenting Co-Editor nominees to the Board of Directors for approval.

Committee Structure

Meeting Cadence

The Publications Committee typically meets as a group on a quarterly basis. It meets with each journal’s Co-Editors twice per year and with the SMS journals’ ecosystem once per year. The Committee also compiles a report for the Board of Directors prior to each of their meetings to update the Board on program progress. Committee members should expect to spend approximately 20 hours annually on committee tasks. The Chair should expect to spend additional time, up to a total of 40 hours annually, preparing for meetings, writing memos, and communicating with colleagues.

Research Committee

The purpose of the Research Committee is to oversee and guide SMS activities relates to the development of research with the strategic management field.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The purpose of the Research Committee is to:

Act as an advisory council to the Strategy Research Foundation leadership including but not limited to:
- Provide program evaluation and policy guidance
- Communicate fiscal policy
- Manage the nomination, selection, and evaluation of SRF Co-Chairs

Develop and propose board level policy around researching funding program proposals including the review and evaluation of existing programs and funding of new programs in partnership with the SRF-Co-Chairs
Lead, coordinate, and oversee Responsible Research in Business and Management efforts of SMS
Contribute to defining the fundamental principles of the field and provide future revisions to these principles as needed
Lead an annual review of SMS research descriptors and keywords to verify the ones in use are current and reflective of research in the field

Committee Structure

Meeting Cadence

Media Task Force

Responsibilities & Deliverables

The SMS Media Taskforce is charged with reviewing the needs of SMS media strategy and management related to content development, external content placement, audience generation, social media outreach, and public relations and creating a proposal for the SMS Board of Directors that will address the strategies and workstream management of these areas. This process will include the review of responsibilities currently assigned to the SMS Media Innovations team while also investigating additional opportunities related to outreach.

Social Media

Currently there is a team of SMS Members assisting with social media for SMS. Questions this taskforce should address include what the objectives of this team are, how is this group managed, how are new members recruited, what is an appropriate size for this team, how are they integrated into the organizational structure to best leverage their support, how the responsibilities are divided among team members, etc.

Members will participate in the tasks listed below with the goal of launching a new website and Society systems that benefit all SMS members and the objectives of the Society.

Meet via videoconferencing 1-2 times per quarter to review progress
Participate in user experience interviews and testing
Provide feedback to SMS office as requested
Promote the new technologies to their networks and larger communities of SMS

Content Production & Organization

SMS generates content from the SMS Journals published regularly by Wiley. Additionally, content is created through video abstracts that accompany published articles, articles that summarize research for a broader audience, and recorded webinars that provide thought-leadership and advice. Questions this taskforce should address include how can additional content be generated and through what channels, can content generation be solicited on a regular basis from volunteers, what volunteer groups can be leveraged to produce additional content, is there opportunity to leverage volunteers to assist in organization (i.e. tagging), how should this content be organized and who should have access to it (member vs. non-member), who will be responsible for managing the content development, and what are the strategy/goals behind the content being developed.

Public Relations & Audience Generation

SMS Board Committees

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Committee Charters for the SMS Board of Directors

Awards & Honors Committee

Conference Committee

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee

Ethics Committee

Finance Committee

Governance & Nominating Committee

Membership Committee

Practitioner Strategy Committee

Publications Committee

Research Committee

Media Task Force

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