This paper discusses the similarities between project management and the playing of improvisation... more This paper discusses the similarities between project management and the playing of improvisational jazz. General characteristics for projects and jazz are compared and the five most important linkages be- tween projects and jazz are discussed. The paper also explains why disorder is not chaotic and pro- jects can be successfully managed. Jazz might show us one way of looking at
ABSTRACT Since Hélène Cixous introduced it in 1975, the notion of a specifically feminine writing... more ABSTRACT Since Hélène Cixous introduced it in 1975, the notion of a specifically feminine writing — écriture féminine — has been discussed as a provocative and potentially disruptive form of representation that breaks with masculine and authoritarian modes thereof. However, in this paper we will discuss how the notion of écriture féminine may itself be at risk of getting trapped within the gender binary its progenitors tried to break free from. As a commentary on this, we suggest looking at the gendered nature of the research text from the perspective of the technologies with which they are produced, as the writer — when writing/publishing — is always already embedded in the technologies of the publishing machine, turning (academic) writing into something akin to cyborg writing. We further suggest that an understanding of the cyborg nature of writing can introduce a parallel mode of inquiry, which holds the potential to enrich écriture féminine and stand as a critique of too simplistic readings of the same.
On June 2nd 2006 we hosted the Organizing Revolution seminar on the sun-drenched campus (and beac... more On June 2nd 2006 we hosted the Organizing Revolution seminar on the sun-drenched campus (and beach) of Swansea University, attracting an eclectic range of papers. The aim of the seminar was to open up the discussion as to what form 'revolution' might take in the 21st century, and in what direction our theorizing about 'organizing rev-olution' could/should develop. On the back of the Swansea event we also launched a call for papers for this special issue, inviting papers with a historical slant on the Figure 1 Editors on the Beach. all pre-sented insightful papers that for various reasons didn't end up in this special issue. We would like to acknowledge the input of their thought, and express our thanks for making the seminar a success. And before introducing the four papers that make up this issue we would like to outline briefly our own interest in the topic. Revolution seems a constant in the world of business. Textbooks talk about Taylorism and Fordism as revo...
... Guest Editors: Damian O'Doherty (University of Manchester) Christian De Cock (Swanse... more ... Guest Editors: Damian O'Doherty (University of Manchester) Christian De Cock (Swansea University) Alf Rehn (??bo Akademi University) Karen ... For example, recent developments in the social sciences and humanities associated with what Patricia Clough (2007) has called the ...
... For further information please contact any of the Guest Editors for this Special Issue: Damia... more ... For further information please contact any of the Guest Editors for this Special Issue: Damian O'Doherty@mbs.ac.uk; alfrehn@mac.com; C.De-Cock ... Rojas, Fabio (2007) From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline. ...
ABSTRACT Researchers often use Lindblom's concept of “muddling through” to explain how co... more ABSTRACT Researchers often use Lindblom's concept of “muddling through” to explain how complex and incremental processes can lead to satisfactory results even without the systematic application of “management”. However, this tendency to look for positive outcomes from muddling might be limiting, as this tends to ignore muddling that ends in failure. This article aims to extend the work following Lindblom by studying the failure of an innovation in engine technology. The key argument is that by paying more attention to failures, business research can develop a more complete theory of muddling through, and this article uses the case of how a new engine for lawnmowers incrementally failed to become an innovation as an illustration. In this, the term “sliding” is introduced to clarify the role of incrementalism in the processual study of business failure.
... Furthermore, it deals with how the rap star Shawn Jay-Z Carter han-dles this dialectic, pos... more ... Furthermore, it deals with how the rap star Shawn Jay-Z Carter han-dles this dialectic, positing entrepreneurship as both a politics and an ethic, and how we, by reading his lyrics, are led to some forgotten localities in academic researchthe disenfranchised, urban ...
The discussion regarding entrepreneurship and society has often presupposed that this society by ... more The discussion regarding entrepreneurship and society has often presupposed that this society by necessity will be one that embraces the market economy as a guiding principle. This paper questions this assumption by discussing a command economy, namely the Soviet Union, as a fundamentally entrepreneurial society. By introducing the case of the blat, ‘Russia’s economy of favours’, the paper illustrates how mundane individual economies can be a part of entrepreneurship, and how flexible opportunity networks can support the rigidity of a command economy. Continuing from this, the exclusion of such irregular economies is discussed from an ideological rather than an analytic standpoint. The paper further presents some inferences that can be drawn from the case of the blat and which problematizes common assumptions in entrepreneurship studies.
This paper discusses the similarities between project management and the playing of improvisation... more This paper discusses the similarities between project management and the playing of improvisational jazz. General characteristics for projects and jazz are compared and the five most important linkages be- tween projects and jazz are discussed. The paper also explains why disorder is not chaotic and pro- jects can be successfully managed. Jazz might show us one way of looking at
ABSTRACT Since Hélène Cixous introduced it in 1975, the notion of a specifically feminine writing... more ABSTRACT Since Hélène Cixous introduced it in 1975, the notion of a specifically feminine writing — écriture féminine — has been discussed as a provocative and potentially disruptive form of representation that breaks with masculine and authoritarian modes thereof. However, in this paper we will discuss how the notion of écriture féminine may itself be at risk of getting trapped within the gender binary its progenitors tried to break free from. As a commentary on this, we suggest looking at the gendered nature of the research text from the perspective of the technologies with which they are produced, as the writer — when writing/publishing — is always already embedded in the technologies of the publishing machine, turning (academic) writing into something akin to cyborg writing. We further suggest that an understanding of the cyborg nature of writing can introduce a parallel mode of inquiry, which holds the potential to enrich écriture féminine and stand as a critique of too simplistic readings of the same.
On June 2nd 2006 we hosted the Organizing Revolution seminar on the sun-drenched campus (and beac... more On June 2nd 2006 we hosted the Organizing Revolution seminar on the sun-drenched campus (and beach) of Swansea University, attracting an eclectic range of papers. The aim of the seminar was to open up the discussion as to what form 'revolution' might take in the 21st century, and in what direction our theorizing about 'organizing rev-olution' could/should develop. On the back of the Swansea event we also launched a call for papers for this special issue, inviting papers with a historical slant on the Figure 1 Editors on the Beach. all pre-sented insightful papers that for various reasons didn't end up in this special issue. We would like to acknowledge the input of their thought, and express our thanks for making the seminar a success. And before introducing the four papers that make up this issue we would like to outline briefly our own interest in the topic. Revolution seems a constant in the world of business. Textbooks talk about Taylorism and Fordism as revo...
... Guest Editors: Damian O'Doherty (University of Manchester) Christian De Cock (Swanse... more ... Guest Editors: Damian O'Doherty (University of Manchester) Christian De Cock (Swansea University) Alf Rehn (??bo Akademi University) Karen ... For example, recent developments in the social sciences and humanities associated with what Patricia Clough (2007) has called the ...
... For further information please contact any of the Guest Editors for this Special Issue: Damia... more ... For further information please contact any of the Guest Editors for this Special Issue: Damian O'Doherty@mbs.ac.uk; alfrehn@mac.com; C.De-Cock ... Rojas, Fabio (2007) From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline. ...
ABSTRACT Researchers often use Lindblom's concept of “muddling through” to explain how co... more ABSTRACT Researchers often use Lindblom's concept of “muddling through” to explain how complex and incremental processes can lead to satisfactory results even without the systematic application of “management”. However, this tendency to look for positive outcomes from muddling might be limiting, as this tends to ignore muddling that ends in failure. This article aims to extend the work following Lindblom by studying the failure of an innovation in engine technology. The key argument is that by paying more attention to failures, business research can develop a more complete theory of muddling through, and this article uses the case of how a new engine for lawnmowers incrementally failed to become an innovation as an illustration. In this, the term “sliding” is introduced to clarify the role of incrementalism in the processual study of business failure.
... Furthermore, it deals with how the rap star Shawn Jay-Z Carter han-dles this dialectic, pos... more ... Furthermore, it deals with how the rap star Shawn Jay-Z Carter han-dles this dialectic, positing entrepreneurship as both a politics and an ethic, and how we, by reading his lyrics, are led to some forgotten localities in academic researchthe disenfranchised, urban ...
The discussion regarding entrepreneurship and society has often presupposed that this society by ... more The discussion regarding entrepreneurship and society has often presupposed that this society by necessity will be one that embraces the market economy as a guiding principle. This paper questions this assumption by discussing a command economy, namely the Soviet Union, as a fundamentally entrepreneurial society. By introducing the case of the blat, ‘Russia’s economy of favours’, the paper illustrates how mundane individual economies can be a part of entrepreneurship, and how flexible opportunity networks can support the rigidity of a command economy. Continuing from this, the exclusion of such irregular economies is discussed from an ideological rather than an analytic standpoint. The paper further presents some inferences that can be drawn from the case of the blat and which problematizes common assumptions in entrepreneurship studies.
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questions this assumption by discussing a command economy, namely the Soviet Union, as a fundamentally entrepreneurial society. By introducing the case of the blat, ‘Russia’s economy of
favours’, the paper illustrates how mundane individual economies can be a part of entrepreneurship, and how flexible opportunity networks can support the rigidity of a command economy. Continuing from this, the exclusion of such irregular economies is discussed from an ideological rather than an analytic standpoint. The paper further presents some inferences that can be drawn from the case of the blat and which problematizes common assumptions in entrepreneurship studies.
questions this assumption by discussing a command economy, namely the Soviet Union, as a fundamentally entrepreneurial society. By introducing the case of the blat, ‘Russia’s economy of
favours’, the paper illustrates how mundane individual economies can be a part of entrepreneurship, and how flexible opportunity networks can support the rigidity of a command economy. Continuing from this, the exclusion of such irregular economies is discussed from an ideological rather than an analytic standpoint. The paper further presents some inferences that can be drawn from the case of the blat and which problematizes common assumptions in entrepreneurship studies.