OTREG

Milano OTREG

2011-05-20T02:14:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone for making the Milano OTREG so successful - in particular Davide Ravasi for his fantastic hospitality and the incredible dinner! Thanks also to Paul Hirsch (who flew in all the way from the US) and Martin Kilduff for giving excellent talks. Some pictures attached!

The next OTREG meeting will take place on Friday 23rd September in Cambridge. More details to follow.

Kamal Munir

OTREG - now open and operating in Montreal

2011-03-29T02:25:00.000-07:00

We are pretty pleased to inform you that Montreal now has it's very own OTREG group. Totally inspired (ie copied) by the UK original, Charlotte Cloutier and Viviane Sergi (both from HEC Montreal) and Ruthanne Huising (from McGill) started the group in the fall of 2010. As some of you may know, Charlotte joined OTREG while a post-doctoral research fellow at the Said Business School at Oxford University in 2009-2010. She thoguht the idea was so great, she convinced some of her colleagues in Montreal to start a similar group locally. The group held its first meeting on December 1st at HEC Montreal, with Sarah Kaplan(University fo Toronto) as special guest. About ten of us got together to discuss two papers, and go out for dinner at a local restaurant. A second meeting was held on February 3rd (at McGill this time) with Kim Elsbach (UC Davis) as planned special guest. However, Kim's flight was cancelled due to adverse weather and she could not make it. The meeting was held anyway, again with two papers being discussed and a very fun evening at Montreal's very cool Pullman bar and restaurant. A third meeting is scheduled for April 7th at HEC, with Dennid Gioia (Penn Stat) as special guest. Rumours have it that Sarah has now started a similar group in Toronto. If any UK OTREGgers happen to be passing through Montreal - please get in touch (charlotte.cloutier@hec.ca; ruthanne.huising@mcgill.ca; viviane.sergi@hec.ca ). We would love to hear from you. We may even plan a special Montreal OTREG session for the occasion! Regards, Charlotte Cloutier

2011-02-23T02:08:00.000-08:00

Dear OTREGgers,

I am very pleased to thank you all for the immense help you provided during two (!) OTREG meetings where I presented our paper on "false starts".

The paper is now in-press at the Academy of Management Journal with the title "Reversal of Strategic Change". We acknowledge the OTREG group --apologies if I failed to name someone specifically who desevred to be thanked, there were many.

For those of you who couldn't get enough of our research during the two seminar presentations, you can click to: http://journals.aomonline.org/InPress/main.asp?action=preview&art_id=944&p_id=1&p_short=AMJ

Best,

Henri Schildt

OTREG Meeting - 4th March 2011

2011-01-24T06:23:00.000-08:00

The next OTREG meeting will be held on Friday 4th March at Imperial College. The meeting will last from 3 - 6pm, and will be held in the Lower Ground lecture theatre in the Business Schol.

Please contact Donna Sutherland-Smith (d.sutherlandsmith@imperial.ac.uk) to confirm your attendance, and to let her know if you plan to attend the pub afterwards, so that she can reserve a table.

OTREG 10th December 2010

2010-12-03T04:09:00.000-08:00

The next OTREG meeting will be held in the Cambridge Judge Business School on Friday 10th December. Papers will be presented by:

1. Ismael Al-Amoudi, Henley Business School.
2. Martin Kilduff, Cambridge Judge Business School.
3. Juliane Reinecke, Cambridge Judge Business School.

CJBS is located on Trumpington Street, Central Cambridge, on the Old Addenbrooke's Site. The meeting will be held in room KH107, adjacent to the main building. Swipe card access is required into this building, and Ella Hewitt will be standing at the main door from 2:20 until 2:45pm. If you are unable to arrive within this time, then please ask for Ella at reception, and she will be happy to give you access to the Keynes House building.

If you are still yet to register for the event, and wish to do so, please email e.hewitt@jbs.cam.ac.uk and Ella will send you out the papers for next week's meeting.

Best wishes

Kamal

Thanks from Martin Kilduff

2010-10-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

Professor Martin Kilduff would also like to thank the OTREG community for their help with his paper on the philosophy of science, which was prepared for resubmission to the AMR special topic forum on new theory. The paper has been conditionally accepted.

'Formal Dining at Cambridge Colleges'

2010-10-21T01:46:00.000-07:00

Kamal Munir, Paul Tracey and Tina Dacin would also like to thank the OTREG community for their invaluable feedback on a paper they presented at the OTREG meeting in Paris, September 2008. The paper was accepted and is now available on the AMJ website:

Tina Dacin, Kamal. A. Munir, Paul Tracey (2010), "Formal Dining at Cambridge Colleges: Linking Ritual Performance and Institutional Maintenance" Academy of Management Journal, Vol 53, number 6, December 2010

'Boundary Object Use in Cross-Cultural Software Development Teams’

2010-10-21T01:34:00.000-07:00

Michael Barrett and Eivor Oborn presented their paper 'Boundary Object Use in Cross-Cultural Software Development Teams' for discussion at the 2008 OTREG meeting, and the paper was accepted and published in Human Relations this year. They would both like to thank the OTREG community for their feedback and encouragement.

Text Me!

2010-10-20T07:41:00.000-07:00

Nelson Phillips and Shaz Ansari presented a paper (along with reviews from Org Sci) called 'Text me' at an OTREG meeting last year. The paper has now been accepted to be published in Organization Science. Congratulations to Shaz and Nelson, and well done to the OTREG community for helping them tackle the reviews!

Please do let us know whenever you get your papers (that you presented at OTREG) in!

Next OTREG December 10 Cambridge

2010-10-20T07:39:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

Thank you for coming to the OTREG meeting on October 7th. We had three highly interesting papers, all of which triggered wonderful discussions.

The next OTREG Meeting will be on December 10th (2-5pm) in Cambridge.Details to follow. Please let me know if you would like to present.

All best,kamal

OTREG: April 23rd 2010, London

2010-04-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

The next OTREG meeting will be held in London (Imperial B School) on April 23rd at 2pm. Presentations include:

1. Institutional Theory and Organizational Decision-Making:From Small Groups to Herds - Pamela S. Tolbert (Cornell University)

2. Understanding the Interplay of Institutional Logics and OrganizationalIdentity: The Case of Intel's Emergence as a Platform Leader - NelsonPhillips and Annabelle Gawer (Imperial)

3. TOWARDS OPEN SOURCE SCIENCE? THE ROLE OF BOUNDARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEACQUISITION OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY FIRMS - Markus Perkmann (Imperial)

Please let Donna Sutherland know asap if you plan to attend.

Regards,

Kamal

February 25 Cambridge Meeting

2010-03-07T03:22:00.000-08:00

On Feb 25, the OTREG met in Cambridge. Presenters included myself (along with my co-authors, Matthew, Wanda and Jochen), Henri Schildt and Frank Wijen. Royston and Tina joined from across the pond, along with around 30 regulars from around Europe and UK. I am attaching some pictures.

Photos from Setp 8 meeting

2009-09-27T01:02:00.000-07:00

I am adding a few pictures from the September 8th meeting. Woody and Royston participated from across the big pond, while Rudy and others joined from across the small pond. The usual suspects from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands et al were present too. I will soon announce the date for the next meeting, probably early or mid-November. Watch this space!

kamal

Next OTREG Meeting

2009-07-22T12:17:00.001-07:00

The next meeting of OTREG will be held on Tue Sept 8, 2009 at Imperial College (Tanaka Business School) in the second floor lecture theatre (2pm - 5:30pm). Directions are available in previous posts. Papers will be presented by:

1. Martin Kilduff (Cambridge) and Kate Kenny (Cambridge)
2. Nelson Phillips (Imperial) et al
3. Henri Schildt (Imperial) et al.

best wishes,

kamal

March 13 Meeting

2009-03-16T04:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone for making the March 13th meeting so successful. Again, we had an excellent set of papers and very helpful discussants. The presenters found the discussion highly useful in taking their work forward and dealing with those troublesome reviewers. The next meeting will be held in London on May 15th. I will be posting details soon, but in the meanwhile pencil this date in, and let me know if you would like to present.

As usual, I am posting a few pictures from the meeting - Kamal

Papers for March 13th OTREG Meeting

2009-03-03T02:27:00.000-08:00

1. Brokerage and firm network evolution: The Complementary Roles of Architectural and Functional Brokers (Joanne Jin Zhang & Charles Baden-Fuller, Cass Business School, City University, London)

2. A Knowledge Perspective for Understanding Boundary Object Use in Cross Cultural Software Development (Michael Barrett, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge & Eivor Oborn, Royal Holloway, University of London)

3. Agency, history and ‘structural wholes’: Critical realist refinements of the new institutionalism (Tim Edwards and Rick Delbridge, Cardiff University)

The meeting is in the Billiard's room at 58 Princes Gate and is shown as building no. 23 on this map: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/48903696.PDFIf travelling by tube, the nearest station is South Kensington (on theDistrict, Circle and Piccadilly lines), and Imperial College is a fiveminute walk from the station - either follow the subway signposted tothe museums or walk north up Exhibition Road. The campus is just past the Science Museum.

Trains - plan your journey: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Underground - plan your journey: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/

If you are planning to attend, please let Donna Sutherland know and she will mail you the accompanying reviews as well as joining instructions. As always, please do let me know if you would be happy to serve as a discussant for one of the papers being presented.

PhD course on Critical Management Studies

2009-02-23T05:57:00.000-08:00

International PhD course:

Supervised by Dan Kärreman, University of Lund; Pushkala Prasad, University of Lund; André Spicer, Warwick Business School

The PhD course aims to give an advanced introduction to the theoretical frameworks, research interests and methodologies in Critical management studies. We will look how this has been applied in organization studies as well as other subdisciplines of management such as accounting, marketing and strategy. The course will also give examples of critical studies and show how critical research can be produced. During the course, participants will be asked to to present their own PhD projects. They will have an opportunity to receive feedback on their project from faculty and other course participants.

Content:

The Theorical Basis of Critical Management Studies.
Applying Critical Management Studies
Doing Critical Management Studies

Teaching:

The course will include 30 hours of teaching, lectures and seminars.

Examination:

Written paper based on students own project

Teachers:

Dan Kärreman, Pushkala Prasad and André Spicer supervises the course. Other teachers include Karen Lee Ashcraft (University of Utah), Mats Alvesson (Lund University), Campbell Jones (Copenhagen Business School) and Yiannis Gabriel (Royal Holloway, University of London).

Schedule

The course fee will be 500 Euros.

Practicalites

Lund is located in Southern Sweden, 1 hour train ride from Copenhagen. We will assist in finding cheap accommodation.

Application

Application should submit a short bio, 1 paragraph on their motivation of interest for joining the course, and short abstract describing their own research project. This should be sent to Jacqueline.Colleary@fek.lu.se by March 1st. We can give earlier notication of acceptance if needed.

For more information please contact Andre Spicer at Warwick.

Next OTREG Meeting - March 13 in London

2009-01-24T03:12:00.000-08:00

Dear All,

We would like to thank you for making the 23 Jan 2009 meeting so successful. All the presenters found the discussion extremely helpful (Andre and Marcus doubly so, I hope :). I am attaching a few pictures (taken by Henri Schildt, who can not only recite the 30 volumes of Giddens blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back but also, as you will agree, take some very good photos).

The next meeting will be on Friday, March 13 at the same venue (2:00pm-5:30pm). Please let me know if you would like to present.

Finally, if you have questions or comments, you can comment on these blog posts using the 'comment' feature at the foot of each posting.

kamal

2009-01-06T06:46:00.000-08:00

A very happy new year to all of you! We kick off the new year with a meeting on 23rd Jan at our usual place – Tanaka in London. Here are the three papers to be discussed. Please let me know if you would like to volunteer as a discussant.

Henri Schildt (Tanaka Business School)
A failure of sensegiving in response to organizational identity threats: The case of an organizational identity crisis

Marcus Perkmann (Tanaka) & Andre Spicer (Warwick Business Schol)
How Identifcation Shapes the Translation of Organizational Forms: The Case of Indymedia

Ed Carberry (Rotterdam School of Management)
Exploring the context and Work of Institutional Translators

Tanaka BusinessSchool, Imperial College, is in South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ. The meeting is in the main building on Exhibition Road. Room is Lower Ground Round lecture theatre (2 - 5.30pm).

If travelling by tube, the nearest station is South Kensington (on theDistrict, Circle and Piccadilly lines), and Imperial College is a fiveminute walk from the station - either follow the subway signposted tothe museums or walk north up Exhibition Road. The campus is just past the Science Museum.
Trains - plan your journey: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Underground - plan your journey: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/

Tenure Track Openings at Tilburg

2009-01-01T10:32:00.000-08:00

Tilburg University has opened a search for two assistant professorship positions in Organisation Studies (tenure trackpositions). They are particularly interested in candidates with a focus in either 1) intra-organisational relations / organisational behaviour or 2) institutional theory and strategy.

"We are looking for passionate scholars with the potential to publish in highquality scientific journals. Link to the vacancy text: http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/vacancies/4000841.html

2008-11-17T10:40:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures (courtesy: Henri Schildt) from OTREG's last meeting in London. Thanks to all participants for a highly stimulating discussion. All presenters felt they benefited greatly from the comments. We hope to see all of these papers in print very soon!

The next meeting will take place in London on Friday January 23rd, 2009. Please let me know if you would like to present.

Speakers for November 14 OTREG Meeting

2008-10-24T00:26:00.000-07:00

1. Violina Rindova (UT Austin), Martin Kilduff (University of Cambridge) & Ye Dai: Reinventing Coffee: The Changing Meaning of Coffee in the US Specialty Coffee Industry (1980-1995).

2. Elena Dalpiaz (Bocconi University), Davide Ravasi (Bocconi University), Violina Rindova (University of Texas, Austin) : A cultural quest: A study of cultural repertoire enrichment

3. Shahzad Ansari (RSM), Frank Wijen (Rotterdam School of Management) and Barbara Gray (Penn State Univ): Institutionalization in Collective Action Fields: Actors and Factors for Building Collaborative Institutions

Next OTREG Meeting

2008-09-21T04:27:00.000-07:00

In November, OTREG returns to its usual haunt: Imperial College, London. The next meeting of OTREG will be held on 14 November, 2008 at 2:00pm. If you wish to attend, please email Donna Sutherland at d.sutherlandsmith@imperial.ac.uk.

Tanaka BusinessSchool, Imperial College, is in South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ. This meeting will not be held in the main building but at

The meeting is in the Billiard's room at 58 Princes Gate and is shown as building no. 23 on this map: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/48903696.PDF

If travelling by tube, the nearest station is South Kensington (on theDistrict, Circle and Piccadilly lines), and Imperial College is a fiveminute walk from the station - either follow the subway signposted tothe museums or walk north up Exhibition Road. The campus is just past the Science Museum.

Trains - plan your journey: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Underground - plan your journey: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/

OTREG in Paris, 18 Sept 2008

2008-09-21T04:20:00.000-07:00

On September 18th, 2008, OTREG was hosted by Rodolphe Durand at HEC's beautiful campus near Versailles. Papers were presented by David Courpasson, Eva Boxenbaum, Bernard Leca and Kamal Munir. In addition to the usual program, David Courpasson, Michael Lounsbury and Marie-Laure Djelic gave talks to the 50 or so participants. OTREG would like to thank Rudi for hosting us in such a magnificent setting, and for his generous hospitality.

A Brief History

2008-09-21T03:30:00.000-07:00

OTREG (Organization Theory Research Group) was founded in 2006 by Kamal Munir (Cambridge University) and Nelson Phillips (Imperial College). The unique format emerged out of discussions with several friends, including Marc Ventresca (Oxford), Raghu Garud (Penn State), Hugh Willmott (Cardiff) and Anand Narasimhan (IMD).

OTREG is a group of thirty or so organization theorists from various UK and European universities that meet every six weeks. Prior to the meeting, three manuscripts from members (under revision for journals) are distributed. The group dissects the papers, considers the reviews and give in-depth comments on how to improve the paper.

Before OTREG, there was no regular forum to discuss organization theory in Europe (they had to wait a year for EGOS). Most OT departments in UK and European schools are quite small, and young researchers found themselves isolated and unable to discuss their work with colleagues. Moreover, there has traditionally been little or no interaction across these departments.

With OTREG they are able to connect with each other, benefit from collective experience (and those of senior colleagues), and feel inspired by each others' work. Moreover, the group provides a bridge with an increasing number of North American researchers. Most recently, Prof. Dick Scott participated in an OTREG meeting. Previously, scholars such as Royston Greenwood, Wanda Orlikowski, Raghu Garud, Michael Lounsbury, David Courpassson, and others have participated in meetings.

Thanks to OTREG, researchers from schools like London Business School, Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, Warwick, IMD (Lausanne), HEC (Paris), Max Planck Institute (Germany), Bocconi U (Milan), Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus), Helsinki, Vienna among several others now meet regularly to advance research in organization theory.

While OTREG generally meets at Imperial College in London, at least twice a year, we convene in other European cities. Most recently, these included Rotterdam and Paris.

Holding a meeting at a particular school not only contributes to the worldwide visibility of the school, enhance its reputation for promoting research, but also fosters links between this highly productive group of organizational researchers and the school's other faculty.

If you wish to become part of OTREG, you may request Kamal or Nelson to be part of its mailing list. You must attend 2-3 meetings before you are allowed to present your own work.