| Doing Organizational Science |
| Presenter | Golden-Biddle, Karen | U. of Alberta | Karen.Golden-Biddle@ualberta.ca | 403-492-8901 |
| Presenter | Locke, Karen D. | College of William and Mary | karend@norfolk.infi.net | [(757)-221-2889] |
| Presenter | Reay, Trish | U. of Alberta | preay@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca | 403-487-6121 |
| | In 1990, Daft and Lewin launched Organization Science to "broaden the boundaries of inquiry into organizations, and to loosen the straitjacket of acceptable empirical research as a means to opening our field to new ideas." We view this as a signpost to the pluralistic journey of change our discipline embarked on early in the decade. By that point many scholars had recognized that just as the organizations we study are changing and developing on their journeys in the new more pluralistic world, so must our theories and methods. In keeping with the conference theme, this interactive symposium examines our scholarly journey by reviewing the current state of organization analysis and stimulating discussion (or debate) about its future.
In each of three presentations, panelists share their views about the field, directions within which it is evolving, and challenges that warrant attention. The first presentation empirically studies exemplary organization science research and explores what this implies for the future. The second focuses on the methodologies needed to address change and development as an ongoing journey over time and the disciplinary issues this raises. The third identifies changes in organizations that pose difficult challenges to empirical research and theories of organizations and discusses related implications. Together, panelists articulate methodological and theoretical challenges resident in organizational analysis today. Thereafter, two discussants (at differing points in their scholarly life) comment on the issues raised. This session is designed to generate active discourse between attendees and panelists.
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| | Keywords: future of organization science; challenges of org. analysis; paradigm development |
| Reflecting on the Future of Processural Research |
| Presenter | Hinings, C. R. | U. of Alberta | chinings@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca | 403-492-2801 |
| | In 1990, Daft and Lewin launched Organization Science to "broaden the boundaries of inquiry into organizations, and to loosen the straitjacket of acceptable empirical research as a means to opening our field to new ideas." We view this as a signpost to the pluralistic journey of change our discipline embarked on early in the decade. By that point many scholars had recognized that just as the organizations we study are changing and developing on their journeys in the new more pluralistic world, so must our theories and methods. In keeping with the conference theme, this interactive symposium examines our scholarly journey by reviewing the current state of organization analysis and stimulating discussion (or debate) about its future.
In each of three presentations, panelists share their views about the field, directions within which it is evolving, and challenges that warrant attention. The first presentation empirically studies exemplary organization science research and explores what this implies for the future. The second focuses on the methodologies needed to address change and development as an ongoing journey over time and the disciplinary issues this raises. The third identifies changes in organizations that pose difficult challenges to empirical research and theories of organizations and discusses related implications. Together, panelists articulate methodological and theoretical challenges resident in organizational analysis today. Thereafter, two discussants (at differing points in their scholarly life) comment on the issues raised. This session is designed to generate active discourse between attendees and panelists.
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| | Keywords: future of organization science; challenges of org. analysis; paradigm development |
| New Challenges for Organization Research and Theory |
| Presenter | Beyer, Janice M. | U. of Texas, Austin | [jbeyer@mail.utexas.edu] | [(512)-471-8825] |
| | In 1990, Daft and Lewin launched Organization Science to "broaden the boundaries of inquiry into organizations, and to loosen the straitjacket of acceptable empirical research as a means to opening our field to new ideas." We view this as a signpost to the pluralistic journey of change our discipline embarked on early in the decade. By that point many scholars had recognized that just as the organizations we study are changing and developing on their journeys in the new more pluralistic world, so must our theories and methods. In keeping with the conference theme, this interactive symposium examines our scholarly journey by reviewing the current state of organization analysis and stimulating discussion (or debate) about its future.
In each of three presentations, panelists share their views about the field, directions within which it is evolving, and challenges that warrant attention. The first presentation empirically studies exemplary organization science research and explores what this implies for the future. The second focuses on the methodologies needed to address change and development as an ongoing journey over time and the disciplinary issues this raises. The third identifies changes in organizations that pose difficult challenges to empirical research and theories of organizations and discusses related implications. Together, panelists articulate methodological and theoretical challenges resident in organizational analysis today. Thereafter, two discussants (at differing points in their scholarly life) comment on the issues raised. This session is designed to generate active discourse between attendees and panelists.
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| | Keywords: future of organization science; challenges of org. analysis; paradigm development |