OTREG: April 23rd 2010, London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.