Positively Complex

Friday, December 30, 2005

Complexity, Simplexity, and Complicity

Another interesting post from Dave Pollard. In this one he begins a review of Figments of Reality.

And Some More Calls for Papers

These items come from the December 2005 EI Update, which is published by the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations.

Call for Papers - 5th International Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life, EMONET V (Atlanta, GA, August 10-12, 2006)

Researchers interested in studying emotions in organizational settings are invited to submit papers for Emonet V. The conference precedes the annual meetings of the Academy of Management, which are scheduled for August 11-16, 2006 in Atlanta. The conference is organized by the Emonet e-mail discussion group, now affiliated with the Academy of Management�s list server. The primary aim of the conference is to bring together scholars who study emotions in organizational life, and to provide a forum for presentation of some of the significant advances that have been made in our understanding of this important area. The conference papers will be considered for inclusion in Volumes 3 and 4 of the Elsevier Science Annual Series, Research on Emotion in Organizations. The deadline for receipt of papers is March 31, 2006. Please visit the Emonet website for more information.

Call for Papers - International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, Symposium on Workplace Aggression

Guest editors Ann M. Callahan and Joann K. Williams are soliciting manuscripts for a symposium whose purpose is to provide a unified review of constructs used to define workplace aggression. Preference will be given to manuscripts that address workplace aggression between organizational members. Research across academic disciplines is also strongly encouraged. Both theoretical and empirical research are welcomed. Due date is March 15, 2006. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers - EURAM (Oslo, Norway, May 17-20, 2006)

Two tracks of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference are calling for papers. Track chairs Heike Bruch, Sven Volpel, and Bernd Vogel are leading the Organizational Energy - Energizing Leadership track. The purpose of the track is to connect, structure, and develop research about organizational energy.

Track chairs Andrea Fischbach, Isabell Welpe, Dieter Zapf, Tina Kiefer, and Anat Rafaeli are leading the Emotion in organizations - what we know and where we want to go track. They are establishing it as a platform in research and practice of emotion at the workplace for exchanging current knowledge, discussing diverse perspectives and strategies, as well as developing a research agenda for the future. Deadline for submissions to both tracks: February 1, 2006.

Call for Submissions - Special Edition on Organisational Autoethnography for Culture and Organization

Autoethnography is a recognised genre of qualitative sociological research but has not as yet entered the research lexicon of business and industrial sociology. This special edition attempts to promote that move. In the spirit of Carolyn Ellis� (1997) work on introspective and retrospective forays into the self, the editors propose to broaden the study of leadership to include work that is located within the autoethnographic genre. Autoethnography is an autobiographical form of research that connects the personal to the cultural through a �peeling back� of multiple layers of consciousness.

Submissions are requested on the topic of autoethnographic accounts of the leading self. Conceptual, theoretical and empirical articles are equally encouraged. It is anticipated that the special edition will be published in early 2007. Submissions should be received by 31st January, 2006. The editors for this special issue on Organisational Autoethnography are Professor Ken Parry and Dr. Maree Boyle, Centre for Work, Leisure and Community Research, Griffith University. Submissions should be sent by email or hard copy- and-diskette to Professor Ken Parry, Graduate School of Management, Griffith University, Nathan Qld 4111, Australia. k.parry @ griffith.edu.au, Tel: +61-7-3875 3703

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Calls for Papers

Organizational Generativity

Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens

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Monday, December 26, 2005

How to Save the World

Dave Pollard recently wrote this post that mentions Cooperrider, AI, and Dilbert all in the same breath!

Close Your Eyes and Imagine

I think he has a shallow reading of AI, because he later restates some of the principles of AI in his own words.

AI is not "the power of positive thinking." It is E=mc squared. It is Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. It is magical realism. It is social constructivism come to life.

(Okay, I'm deliberately going over the top to provoke response.)

I invite your comments.

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Friday, December 23, 2005

Jarring Open the Johari Window


To begin, perhaps we could start with (re)introductions? I am Tina. That's me wearing a silly hat. During our study tour in Leuven, I participated in an Open Space dialog around the role of humor in organizations that was memorable and thought-provoking. So why not start the introductions with a sight gag?

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Mosh Pit

Welcome to the mosh pit! This blog space is intended to be a place for us to stir the stew of complexity, group dynamics, and generative change.

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