Innovation in Organization Science
Introduction
Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, 8-11 Feb 2007; Deadline 20 Oct 2006
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:33:49 -0400
From: Danielle Trojan <dtrojan@DUKE.EDU>
Organization Science Winter Conference
Call for Participants
“Innovation in Organization Science”
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Feb 8-11, 2007
We are very pleased to announce the Thirteenth Anniversary Organization Science Winter Conference (OSWCXIII). OSWCXIII is sponsored by Organization Science in order to stimulate theory and understanding about organizations through experimentation and boundary-crossing conversation. It combines the leading-edge ideas of strategy and organization scholars, executives, entrepreneurs, and interested non-business scholars, in a community-enhancing setting. The time and place are February 8-11, 2007, the Steamboat Grand Hotel, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
The theme for OSWCXIII is “Innovation in Organization Science.” By this we mean both scholarship about organizational innovation and innovation within the field of organization science. This theme refers to some of the central purposes of the Winter Conferences, such as scholarship on topics of major concern for organizational practice and continuous renewal within the field of OS. Because of this latter purpose we do not attempt to summarize all the topics with which participants might contribute. However, we do encourage special attention to innovation within the field itself. For example, what are innovative ways for OS to contribute to leading issues of public policy? What are innovative ways to incorporate non-textual modes of expression, such as audio recordings, photographs, films or other media?
The Thirteenth Anniversary Conference also continues recent years’ successful use of well-designed posters as a means to “explore” emergent and varied ideas. Panel sessions are limited to the “exploitation” of major theories and approaches within OS. All such panels will include proponents of divergent views. Time will be preserved for discussion among all participants. Talks at the OSWC are dialogues not lectures.
Organization Science Winter Conferences have always bridged research and practice by also inviting thinkers from the world of practice. Guests at previous conferences have come from companies such as Citibank, Monitor, Allen Edmonds, Xerox, IBM Consulting, and Intel. For our Thirteenth meeting we encourage the integration of reflective practitioners into proposed sessions. For this reason, and to facilitate discussions across boundaries and to encourage clear thinking. We strongly encourage, in fact we demand, straightforward language.
OSWCXIII, as with past meetings, is family-friendly and community-building. Working sessions are scheduled in the morning and again in the afternoon and evening, leaving the middle of the day free for skiing and other winter sports, sightseeing, family outings, relaxing, or continued conversations. OSWCXIII’s intimate atmosphere and unique location limit the number of participants. However, the conference is not US-centric, and non-US scholars as well as advanced Ph.D. students, and junior scholars have been regular participants. As a matter of policy at least 40% of the participants each year are first-time participants.
We invite proposals for poster presentations from scholars whose research interests relate to the concerns of Organization Science, the mission of OSWCXIII, and particularly to the Innovation theme of the 2007 conference. If you would like to propose a presentation designed to explore or advance the frontiers of our field at OSWCXIII, please submit a two- page abstract of your poster presentation and a one-page sketch of the proposed poster. Please follow the model for posters used by the Academy of Management: (. Three other useful sites are: , . Acceptance is conditional on the preparation of a well designed and printed poster.
If you are interested in attending OSWCXIII but not as participant on the program please submit a statement expressing your interest in participating, mentioning one or two of your interests in major controversies. Please also suggest significant practitioners who you may be able to bring as well. The application deadline for posters or individual applications to attend is October 20, 2006. The co-conveners, however, intend to issue invitations on a rolling basis as proposals come in.
Invitations to extend will be extended by the co-conveners of OSWCXIII, Arie Y. Lewin and Alex Stewart. The program committee is comprised of Laura Cardinal (Tulane), Deborah Dougherty (Rutgers), Terri Griffith (Santa Clara U), and Silvia Massini (UMIST). Posters and statement of interest in participation should be submitted by email to Arie Y. Lewin c/o Danielle Trojan (dtrojan@duke.edu) or Alex Stewart (Alex.Stewart@Marquette.edu; note the dot between Alex and Stewart).
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