The current state of the Management Communication Association (MCA 2.0) began with a ‘reboot’ discussion at the second Emory Conference (2008) and continues to-date at annual meetings and through periodic all-member votes.
No one wants to create an overly engineered, Roberts-Rules-of-Order kind of organization. The reboot originated, and continues, with the following goals in mind: to remain true to the founding mothers’ and father’s vision of an exclusive group of Communication faculty from top-30 MBA programs as we also
- Hold to the MBA-program-level quality and focus
- Diversify the membership as we continue to encourage excellent new members
- Seek representation from many top-tier business schools (in the US and internationally) without over-representation from any single school
- Leverage the Rising Star program to allow prospective new members to vet the organization (and the organization to vet the Rising Stars as immediately viable and valuable contributors)
- Maintain, above all else, the collegiality, integrity, interactivity and quality of the organization
All of the following policies have arisen from committee deliberation, conference discussion, all-member voting–or all of these processes collectively.
Active-Member Classification:
Advancing New Ideas:
Committee Origination and Operations:
Conference-Host-Site Selection:
Emeritus Members:
Funding Requests:
Managing Director Position:
Membership Cap (on the organization and by member school):
Membership Dues:
Rising Star Nomination Cap (per-institution/per-year):
Rising Star Nomination Standards: