Organizing the PDW program this year at OMT was not easy, because we received an unprecedented number of high quality submissions (which is good!) while facing new restrictions in our allocation of time to events (which is... less good). Trimming here and there, though, we managed to accept almost all submissions, reaffirming our will to make OMT "the place to be" for a broad and diverse range of scholarly communities.
Our offering combines long-standing, popular workshops discussing latest developments in established conversations in the OMT community...
· Advanced Networks - Cutting-Edge Social Network Theoretical Work and ERGM Workshop
· Behavioral Strategy VII – Micro, Macro, and In-Between
· Current Research in Organization Design: Topics, Tools, and Triumphs
· Introduction to Social Network Analysis
· Trust between Individuals and Organizations
... with new and stimulating forums to discuss emerging research areas and start new conversations:
· Brokers and Brokerage in a Dynamic Context
· Explorations in Performativity: Rationality in Action
· Hybrid Organizations and Organizing: Challenges and Opportunities for Research
· Paradox Theory and Sustainability
· Pragmatism, Organization and Management - Ideas and applications
· Understanding Stigmas across Audiences, Categories and Levels
Some exciting workshops will directly address the main conference theme...
· The Material and Cognitive Foundations of Culture in Cultural Entrepreneurship
· The Value of Values for Organization Theory
· Constructing Meaning Using Visual and Material Data
... while others will reflect on the actors, structures, and interactions that shape our economic systems:
· Business Collective Action in the 21st Century
· Financial Markets and Organization Theory
· Professional Organization Research: More Methodological Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
· Social Movements, Stakeholders, and Nonmarket Strategy
· State Capitalism 2.0: Implications for International Business and Corporate Governance
· The Social Construction of Markets
The inaugural OMT New and Returning Member Networking and Research Forum (Friday 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm) will continue to help all members feel "at home" in the OMT division. This forum will offer them the opportunity to meet leading scholars in the OMT division, meet other new members of the division, and discuss research with other scholars who share similar interests.
The OMT Café, our popular, topically themed discussion in local cafés, where folks can come together to meet others with similar interests in a casual self-hosted cafe setting, will return as an off-program series of events. We have now 14 provisional topics, ranging from "Institutional Logics and Meaning Making" to "Crowds, Time and Entrepreneurship". Stay tuned with this blog with more information about who, what, when, and where. And if you are interested in hosting an OMT Café, drop me a line at omt@city.ac.uk.
Finally, some major OMT events to put on your conference calendar:
· Meet OMT (Friday 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm) to kick off the conference
· OMT Distinguished Scholar Breakfast (Monday 8:00 am to 9:30 am) to celebrate our Distinguished Scholar, John Meyer.
· OMT Business Meeting (Monday 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm) to learn what OMT is up to, see what prizes were awarded, and receive your OMT Artifact.
· OMT Social Hour (Monday 7:30pm to 9:00 pm) to drink, snack, and continue on the OMT fun!
Come join us at one or all, even if you are not yet a member of OMT - all are welcome (especially to the receptions)!
We look forward to welcoming you to OMT, the place to be, in Anaheim!
Davide Ravasi
PDW Chair
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Davide Ravasi
Professor of Management
Director of PhD in Management
Cass Business School
Visiting Professor
Aalto School of Business
Cass Business School
106 Bunhill Row
London, EC1Y 8TZ, United Kingdom
Tel. 020 7040 5139