Dear colleagues,
As you plan for the Annual Meeting, please join our panel symposium dedicated to complexity and complex systems. We are fortunate to have excellent panelists. Through the panel, we aim to build a vibrant community of scholars across disciplines interested in systems-oriented research.
Abstract
Embracing Complexity and Systems to Bridge the Corporate-Society Divide
The purpose of this symposium is to generate a discussion across business sub-disciplinary fields on how to embrace complexity and systems approaches in management research. This involves understanding the impacts of business on societal and environmental systems, but also how businesses are actors, leaders and decision-makers within complex systems. Whilst there is a strong rationale for WHY this kind of research is needed, the HOW question is still relatively underdeveloped. The panel consists of leading scholars, from a range of sub-disciplines, who are addressing the HOW question. The panel discussion will explore emerging theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches to understanding the interaction between business and system-level outcomes, and the challenges of doing so. By creating a space for discussion between sub-disciplinary boundaries, we hope to develop new research directions on how complexity theory and systems- oriented approaches can enhance our understanding of business within societal systems.
Participants
Organizer: Christof Miska, WU Vienna, Austria
Participant: Michael Barnett, Rutgers University, United States
Participant: Sylvia Grewatsch, Goodman School of Business, Brock University, Canada
Participant: Thomas Roulet, U. of Cambridge United Kingdom
Participant: Mary Uhl-Bien, Texas Christian University, United States
Moderator: Wendy Chapple, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Date and place
Ssession #1214, Symposium (panel)
Georgian Room, Park Plaza
Monday August 07, 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Please scan the attached flyer to get your calendar invite.
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in Boston.
Best wishes,
Christof Miska
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