āEventā episodes are episodes based on symposia, workshops, or other activities that we have either hosted ourselves, that took place at established academic conferences or related forums, or were recorded in association with such forums.
118: Organizational Structures & Digital Technologies ā AoM 2024 Symposium
October 15, 2024 1:00 amThis month we present a recording of a symposium titled Design Choices: Examining the Interplay of Organizational Structure and Digital Technologies from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Digital technologies now underpin the very fabric of the workplace; how tasks are assigned, bundled, and monitored partially hinges on the design of such technologies. Four panelists discuss various perspectives on the matter including design thinking, disparities of structures and norms thatāMoreā
106: The Study of Organizations Across Disciplines
October 10, 2023 4:56 amWe sit down with Woody Powell and Bob Gibbons who, since 2016, have been organizing the summer institute on organizational effectiveness at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) in Stanford, California. We ask them to reflect on the history of CASBS and the summer institute, the value of fostering interdisciplinary conversations on the study of organizations, and the way in which they design and conduct the summer institute to allow young scholars across economics, sociologyāMoreā
93: Approaches to the Study of Work ā Classics AoM PDW LIVE
September 13, 2022 1:00 amThis years professional development workshop (PDW) on Classics of Organization and Management Theory explored key approaches to the study of work and was held at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Seattle, Washington in the U.S. It represents the fourth edition of a standing series showcasing the enduring relevance of early organizational research. Steve Barley, Gina Dokko, Ingrid Erickson, and Davide Nicolini presented central insights on research traditions related to theāMoreā
82: Women of Organizational Scholarship ā Classics AoM PDW LIVE
October 19, 2021 1:00 amPresents a professional development workshop we hosted at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. It sheds light on the foundational texts of female scholars for the field of organization and management theory but whose work is often overlooked. Includes presentations by Emmanuelle Vaast on Jean Lave, Marta CalƔs on Edith Penrose, Martha Feldman on Susan Leigh Star, Maja Korica on Rosemary Stewart, Maria JosƩ Tonelli on Isabel Menzies Lyth, and Lisa Cohen on Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
81: Diversity and Inclusion ā EGOS 2021 Special LIVE
October 5, 2021 1:00 amThe COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on societies and the workspace have demonstrated the importance of open conversations on matters of diversity and inclusion. The theme for the 37th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), hosted virtually in July 2021 by the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam, was Organizing for an inclusive society: Meanings, motivations, and mechanisms. In this special episode, we offer the keynote address of that colloquium by Mirjam van PraagāMoreā
58: Contingency Approach ā AOM 2019 Workshop LIVE
November 20, 2019 1:00 amThis professional development workshop focuses on the contingency approach as exemplary of classic scholarship in organization and management theory. We focus on the historical context of the contingency approach, the main ideas of authors and traditions associated with it, and their connections with contemporary research.
46: Classics of Management and Organization Theory ā AoM 2018 Workshop LIVE
September 12, 2018 1:00 amA special recording from a workshop on management classics held at the 2018 Academy of Management Conference in Chicago. Hosted by Pedro, this PDW intended to raise interest towards classic authors/ideas in the field of organization and management theory. It offered scholars from all levels the opportunity to reflect on insights of earlier scholarship and their relevance for current research, complementing the strong emphasis (on new ideas and approaches. This is of great importance as the fieldāMoreā
40: Symposium on the Gig Economy LIVE
February 24, 2018 1:00 amThe TAOP Symposium on the Gig Economy was a unique, one-day interdisciplinary symposium on the forms and effects of management in the contemporary sharing (a.k.a. gig) economy that took place on 15 December 2017 at the University of Sussex. Blending individual and panel presentations from leading scholars and commentators with group conversations, we wanted to examine the continuities ā as well as disruptions ā in the ways that work is organised through, and in light of, online platforms.
32: Organizational Stupidity with Mats Alvesson and Bjorn Erik Mork LIVE
August 23, 2017 1:00 amāFunctional stupidityā is the term used by Alvesson and Spicer to describe a strange phenomenon they observed in practice: smart people in organizations that do seemingly not smart things because people are discouraged to think and reflect. Mats Alvesson and BjĆørn Erik MĆørk sit down with Ralph to talk about functional stupidity and real world implications for nearly an hour after Matsā keynote speech at the conference.
31: Process Studies, PROS and Institutional Theory LIVE
August 15, 2017 1:00 amPlease join us for the first of two fascinating special episodes recorded from the International Process Symposium 2017. The aim of the Symposium is to consolidate, integrate, and further develop ongoing efforts to advance a sophisticated process perspective in organization and management studies. PROS is an annual event, organized in conjunction with the annual series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies published by Oxford University Press, and it takes place in a Greek island, in JuneāMoreā
21: Small Research, Big Issues with Brian Pentland and Katharina Dittrich LIVE
December 17, 2016 1:00 amWhat a treat! Joining us for this Special Episode from the fascinating āConnections in Actionā workshop at the University of Warwick are Katharina Dittrich and Brian Pentland (aka Doctor Decade)! To our great delight, Doctor Decade provided the live intro music for this episode and even performed one of his songs!
15: Doing Interesting Research with Jorgen Sandberg LIVE
August 9, 2016 1:00 amWhat is it about research that makes it interesting? Or, rather, at which point does a study become interesting? We invited Mats Alvesson to discuss his 2013 book ā Constructing Research Questions: Doing interesting research (co-authored with Jorgen Sandberg) who proposes that the focal point of what contributes to something being interesting is found way before any results or implications. The focal point of what makes a research interesting has to do with the assumptions that go into theāMoreā
12: On the Value of Conferences ā Emma Bell and Paul Duguid LIVE
June 7, 2016 1:00 amDmitrijs and Ralph are joined by Professors Paul Duguid and Emma Bell to talk about the value and form of conferences in promoting, disseminating and facilitating knowledge. The four of us shared some personal conference-attending experiences, considered the current format and emergent alternatives, and pondered on the nature of knowledge as such.