Organization beyond Idealizations:
When: Friday, July 8, 2022, 16:00–17:30 CEST
Where: TC.0.03 WIENER STÄDTISCHE ---> WU interactive campus map
In organization and management scholarship, the attributes of business enterprises from the Global North have long been held
as ideals against which to compare the organizational reality of the public sector and the Global South. Occasionally, the
former is equated to the perfection to which the ‘others’ should aspire. Even well-intentioned attempts to study forms of
organizing in these ‘other’ contexts are usually short-circuited by idealizations eclipsing their uniqueness while foregrounding
their (assumed) imperfections. What if we dispense with idealization? Can we think of imperfection as a strength and not a
weakness of organizations? What insights can we learn from the ‘imperfect’ organizations across sectors and geographies that
have long dealt with multiple complex stakeholders (public organizations) and heterogeneous and resource-constrained social
environments (Global South organizations)?
This sub-plenary is a step in this direction. We will explore how attending to public organizations and the reality of the
Global South can expand the theoretical toolbox of our field and further diminish the dominance of idealized and normative
images of organizations.
ORGANIZER:
Pedro Monteiro
Assistant Professor
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
ORGANIZER:
Samantha Ortiz Casillas
PhD candidate
emlyon business school, France
Panelist:
Fahreen Alamgir
Senior Lecturer
Monash University,
Australia
Panelist:
David Arellano-Gault
Professor
CIDE,
Mexico
Panelist:
Paul du Gay
Professor
Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Panelist:
Martha S. Feldman
Professor
University of California, Irvine, USA
Panelist:
Erin McDonnell
Professor
University of Notre Dame, USA