Kritische Organisationsforschung
a personal blog dedicated to the critical analysis of management, work and organization
Contested realities of the Circular Economy Call for papers for a special issue of Culture and Organization Volume 26, issue 2, 2020 Submission deadline November 15th 2018. http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/bes/gsco-si-circular-econ-3q2017 Guest editors: Hervé Corvellec (University...
For anyone interested in the relation of popular culture and the world of work and organization as well as some aspects of its research, this video with Mark Learmonth is a good starting point:...
The 11th International Conference in Critical Management Studies PRECARIOUS PRESENTS, OPEN FUTURES Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK 27th – 29th June 2019 CALL FOR SUB-THEME PROPOSALS The Department for People and...
Another interesting case study about about market pressure, scaling up of coops and the conflict between democratic management and commercial success. Pansera, Mario/Rizzi, Francesco (2018): Furbish or perish: Italian social cooperatives at a crossroads....
Between ‘staying alternative’ and ‘going mainstream’ … Audebrand, L. (2017). Expanding the scope of paradox scholarship on social enterprise: the case for (re)introducing worker cooperatives. M@n@gement, vol. 20,(4), 368-393. doi:10.3917/mana.204.0368. https://www.cairn.info/revue-management-2017-4-page-368.html Abstract. Over the...
Hier nur ein ganz kleiner Vorgeschmack auf unseren Projektbericht zu „Partizipationspraktiken in Genossenschaften“, unserem bis Ende 2017 von der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung geförderten Projektes. Hartz, Ronald/Hühn, Melanie/Rybnikova, Irma/Tümpel, Markus (2017): Partizipationspraktiken_in_Genossenschaften – Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts. In:...
An interesting study about downsizing, it’s discursive construction through companies and media and the enforcement of a ‚management-by-fear‘: Pynnönen, Anu; Takala, Tuomo (2018): The Discursive Dance: The Employee Co-operation Negotiations as an Arena for...
There are two new and interesting publications, both published in Organization, I want to inform you about: Contradiction, circumvention and instrumentalization of noble values: How competition undermines the potential of alternatives Youcef Bousalham, Bénédicte...
The Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism 2018 takes place at Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. The theme for 2018 is Wabi-sabi (侘寂): Imperfection, incompleteness and impermanence in organizational life. Conference Website: http://scos2018.org Call for Abstracts...
The „Society of the Spectacle“ reloaded. Free access to the e-book: https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book11/ Abstract Spectacle 2.0 recasts Debord’s theory of spectacle within the frame of 21st century digital capitalism. It offers a reassessment of Debord’s...
Hier der Hinweis auf eine interessante Tagung an der Universität Hamburg. Aus der Ankündigung: Die Zukunft der Arbeit muss nachhaltig sein, oder sie wird gar nicht sein! Welche Begriffe nachhaltiger Arbeit gibt es? Wird...
Hier der Hinweis auf eine neue Online-Plattform für Wissenschaftler*innen in der Promotions- und PostDoc-Phase im Bereich Organisationspädagogik: Forum-OrgPaed.net ist eine Online-Plattform für Wissenschaftler*innen, die sich mit organisationspädagogischen und verwandten Themen beschäftigen und den Peer-to-Peer...