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The Do’s and Don’ts of Academic-ing at a Distance

April 18, 2020 TAOP Admin
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we published this special blog post for the following purose -- "With so much teaching never designed to be delivered via distance learning being delivered via distance learning, we wanted to chip in and offer some of our experience amassed during 64 episodes of (distance) recording the podcast. Granted, while these are more applicable to asynchronous teaching than synchronous Zoom-lecturing, we nonetheless hope that there might be a bit of something for everyone here. So, lo and behold, the TAOP list of do's and don'ts of academic-ing at a distance." Five years later, we believe this advise still holds up well...Read More

Reflections on the “Human Capital Hoax”

July 9, 2018 Benoit Gautier
In this response to our Episode 36 on the "Human Capital Hoax," listener Benoit Gautier critiques Fleming's article that it is presenting a distorted view of the gig economy.Read More

Centralization and the Inefficient Quest for Efficiency

May 31, 2018 Tom Galvin 0:27:52
In this sidecast inspired by the debate on the Federalist Papers, Tom talks about the topic of efficiency and its many meanings. Read More

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Milton Hershey and an Organization’s Commitment to its Members

April 11, 2018 Tom Galvin 0:11:21
As a contrast to the gig economy discussions of recent episodes, Tom offers an example of an organization and its leader who exercised high organizational commitment to its members. This is the story of Milton Hershey, the founder of both the Hershey Chocolate Factory and the small town that grew from it, then located in a rather remote spot east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Read More

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The Value of Simple Exploratory Models for Explaining Complex Behaviors

February 9, 2018 Tom Galvin 0:18:27
Modeling was an uncommon method of conducting research in organization studies back during the classic period. The inclusion of a model (complete with FORTRAN source code) in Cohen et al.'s garbage can model article was therefore very exciting. Could Tom replicate the results in a modern programming language?Read More

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Reflections on Wieliczka

September 20, 2017 Tom Galvin
Tom reflects on an experience that arose during his preparations for Episode 34 (Trist & Bamforth, 1951). In this post, he reminisces on a bus tour taken in the summer of 2001 from Heidelberg, Germany to the Wieliczka Salt Mines located only a short drive from Krakow. These mines are famous for the salt sculptures and engravings that the miners carved out of the walls as a means of overcoming the harsh and isolated environment.Read More

Reflections on the “Process and Practice Perspectives” Workshop at the University of Queensland Business School

February 8, 2017 Ella Hafermalz
This reflection by Ella Hafermalz follows a 2017 workshop conducted at the UQ Business School on process and practice perspectives. Practice theories in particular emphasise everyday life – what activities are practitioners involved in, and how is meaning exercised through these routines and collectivities? Process philosophy offers a related perspective, with a greater emphasis on how temporality frames and arises from our experiences of everyday life. Are they two different perspectives or really two sides of the same coin?Read More

Book Review of Henry Mintzberg’s “Simply Managing” (2013)

July 13, 2016 Ralph Soule
In this Note, Ralph reviews the Henry Mintzberg's work "Simply Managing," published in 2013. We covered the book and interviewed Mintzberg in Episode 14.Read More

How to Use Podcasting as a Teaching Tool

June 16, 2016 Dmitrijs Kravcenko
Nowadays, podcasts are everywhere and they are being used more and more in educational settings. But not everyone knows how best to use them to supplement teaching. One of our founders, Dmitrijs, has broken the code and is here to help!Read More

A Letter About Mary Parker Follett

February 16, 2016 Albie Davis
Our discussion of Mary Parker Follett's "The Giving of Orders" inspired one of our listeners and co-author of a book on Follett's work to contribute a post. Davis provides further background on her works and elaborates on some points made in our conversation.Read More