Organizations are multi-faceted social phenomena that comprise cognitive, material, affective, and aesthetic aspects. The sub-plenary will open a debate on the role of “beauty” in and around organizations. The “beautiful” can take on many different meanings and facets: it can manifest both in tangible and intangible forms; it is culturally and temporally anchored; and it can be both an aspect of organizing and an outcome of organizing.
 
The panelists will discuss issues around the ambiguity inherent in the value of high-end luxury goods, efforts to configure the world as something worthy of intellectual interaction, and the queer aesthetic of imperfection that points to the embodied and sensual possibilities of incompleteness.