ICOS Presents:

"Alternative Futures for Organization Theory"

Professor Dick Scott
Stanford University
and
Jerry Davis
Ross School of Business

September 9, 2005

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Introduction (00:00:00)

Title Slide - Jerry Davis (00:02:35)

Overview (00:04:10)

Data - "What are self-identified…" (00:05:30)

The paucity of "theory" among 2005 OMT submissions (00:07:26)

What if authors chome up with their own Keywords? (00:09:06)

How does this fit OMT's domain (00:10:31)

Are papers with theory "better"? (00:11:53)

The prevalence of "theory" among OMT reviewers (00:12:53)

From paradigm-driven to problem-driven (Whiggish version) (00:13:35)

A little archaeology: carbon-dating our organizational theories (00:14:54)

Compared to 1980, US corporations… (00:16:50)

Quote (00:18:46)

A quick case (00:19:25)

Quote, Michael Burawoy (00:21:48)

Royal Caribbean (00:22:43)

Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (00:25:27)

What's a researcher to do in turbulent times? (00:26:33)

Why is neo-institutional theory now the default "organization theory"? (00:27:54)

Map (00:30:29)

Map 2 (00:31:00)

London Tube Map (00:31:17)

Some recommendations (00:32:14)

Some recent examplars (00:34:51)

Dick Scott (00:36:54)

The Rhythm of Theory Development (00:39:15)

1980-1990 (00:41:25)

Challenges to Earlier Theoretical Arguments: (00:44:35)

Models (00:54:10)

Substantialist formulations (00:55:42)

Relational formulations (00:56:45)

Diagram (01:01:51)

Questions (01:04:07)

Map (01:05:00)

Presentation of Tile (01:21:00)

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