Marketing Department Heads Forum - Questionnaire

(1) Establishing a data base of persons interested in this forum Please identify persons who are interested in joining our group and who agree that his / her name and e-mail address will be made available to the other members of this group.

Last name First name e-mail address affiliation

(2) A systematic data base is envisaged, which contains helpful information for decision mak- ing as a department head. Which information would you like to receive from others, which information of your department / within your country would you be willing to provide for others?

Information Interested to receive Willing to provide Salary systems for academics Career opportunities in academia Hiring criteria for academics Promotion system Research incentives for academics Academic job market information Funding issues of research projects Funding issues of conference participation Curricula Student selection at different levels Exchange activities for faculty Exchange activities for students Other??

1 (3) It was decided to organize a follow-up meeting of this group at next year’s EMAC confer- ence in Ljubljana. This time, the agenda will be more structured as discussion will focus on “Career developments for academics” because this topic appeared to be most inter- esting for the participants of the Copenhagen meeting. There will be some input from del- egates from different countries to stimulate subsequent discussion. (a) Are you interested in career developments for academics in a particular country with- in Europe? Name of the country: ⃝ any country (b) Will you attend next year’s EMAC conference in Ljubljana and are you willing to provide information about career developments for academics in your country? ⃝ yes ⃝ no

(4) Identifying most pressing topics for further meetings Please propose topics you regard most relevant for discussing it in subsequent meetings. These meetings might be organized in the same format as hitherto (within the yearly EMAC conference) or more frequently if this is deemed appropriate. Proposed topic: Format of the meeting: ⃝ within the yearly EMAC conference ⃝ more frequently

Thank you for your cooperation!

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