Helsinki Workshop on Routines and Practices
Helsinki Workshop on Routines and Practices
Aalto University, Helsinki, 22-24 May 2019
With the support of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and Aalto University School of Business
Purpose of the Workshop
Leading up to the 20th anniversary of routine dynamics research, the purpose of this workshop is to bring together PhD students and early career academics with senior scholars to discuss current and future topics in research on organizational routines and social practices. Grounded in a practice perspective and with a methodological focus on action patterns this growing body of research has important implications for our understanding of fundamental concepts of organization and management studies, such as change, strategy, interdependence, or temporality. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to discuss and further develop new ideas in an open and collaborative setting. Further, the workshop will focus on methodological challenges and provides ground for creating a network for exchange and collaboration.
Invited and Affiliated Speakers
Martha Feldman is the Johnson Chair for Civic Governance and Public Management at the University of California, Irvine. Her research on organizational routines explores the role of performance and agency in creating, maintaining and altering these fundamental organizational phenomena. She was a Senior Editor for Organization Science for over 12 years and serves on several editorial boards. She was the 2015 Distinguished Scholar for the OMT Divison of AOM and is a Fellow of the Academy of Management.
Brian Pentland is the Main Street Capital Partners Endowed Professor in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. His current research uses narrative networks to examine the complexity of healthcare routines (NSF SES-1734237) and routine dynamics in general. His publications have appeared in Academy of Management Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, YouTube and elsewhere.
Kristina Lauche is the Chair of Organizational Development and Design at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her research addresses how actors outside senior management pursue change and build momentum within and across organizations.
Davide Nicolini is Professor of Organization Studies at Warwick Business School where he co-directs the IKON Research Centre and facilitates the Practice, Process and Institution Research Programme. In the past he has held positions and visiting appointments at the University of Oslo, The Tavistock Institute in London, ESADE in Barcelona and the University of Trento and Bergamo in Italy. His current research focuses on the development of the practice-based approach and its application to phenomena such as knowing, collaboration, safety and technological innovation in organizations
Jörg Sydow is Professor (Chair) of Inter-firm Cooperation at the School of Business & Economics of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where he is also the spokesperson of the Research Unit “Organized Creativity”, funded by the DFG. His research focuses, among others, on strategic alliances and networks, management and organization theory, temporary organizing, creativity and innovation research, trust/control and industrial relations. Currently, he is Senior Editor with Organization Studies.
Eero Vaara is Professor of Organization and Management at Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on organizational and strategic change that he examines from discursive and narrative perspectives. This work deals with strategy process and practice research, studies of radical change such as mergers and acquisitions, work on institutional change and legitimation, research on multinational corporations and globalization, and historical analysis of management and organizations. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of Academy of Management Journal.
Workshop Program
Wednesday, May 22
14.30 - 15.30: Registration and socializing
15.30 - 16.00: Welcome
16.00 - 17.00: Opening plenary and discussion with Martha Feldman and Brian Pentland
17.00: Social event
Thursday, May 23
9.00 - 16.00: Idea workshop on Uunisaari island
Together with our invited and affiliated speakers we will zoom in on topics, challenges, and trends in studying routines and practices and discuss them in small roundtables as well as in plenary. Participants will have the opportunity to present their research projects, conceptual ideas, etc.
16.00 - 18.00: Sauna slam – sweat, cool off, pitch what you learned and your new ideas
18.00 - 21.00: Dinner
Friday, May 24
9.00 - 12.00: Method workshop on Aalto campus
An entire day dedicated to engaging with different methods for collecting and analyzing data to study routines and practices.
12.00 - 13.00: Closing panel with all speakers
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch
Application
To ensure the best experience, the number of participants is restricted to 40. The workshop is partly funded by the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and Aalto University School of Business. Workshop participation is free. PhD and early career participants can apply for funding of their travel and accommodation costs (maximum 300 Euro/person).
Scholars interested in participating are invited to apply through e-mail by March 15, 2019 (helsinki.routines@gmail.com), briefly outlining their interest and how their research relates to the workshop focus. Please indicate in your application whether you need funding to participate. Acceptance decisions for the workshop will be announced end of March.
We look forward to seeing you all at Aalto University.
Kathrin Sele, Waldemar Kremser, Laura Mitzscherling and Lauri Paavola
For regular updates and information about our network join us on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/RoutinesResearchCommunity
WS Call as pdf:
Helsinki Workshop_Routines and Practices.pdf