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- 134: Normal Accidents — Charles Perrow
We are discussing Charles Perrow’s book Normal Accidents that addresses the risks associated with complex, tightly coupled high-risk technological systems, utilizing a framework developed through analyses of numerous accidents and incidents involving nuclear energy, petrochemicals, aircraft, ships, and many other platforms or facilities
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A wonderful podcast on org theory, covering a range of critical topics/readings that define organisation and management studies; run by the best of our young scholars. Listen in!
Maja Korica, Associate Professor at Warwick Business School, UK
Here is a very worthwhile initiative – an impressive number of podcasts about organizational theory conducted by PhD students and junior faculty. Some big names in org theory make guests appearances…
Nicolai J. Foss, Professor at Bocconi University, Italy
The portions I heard were excellent with both depth and continuity. This is a valuable project and this is well executed.
Karl E. Weick, Professor Emeritus at University of Michigan, US
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For sophisticated and engaging discussions of organization theory, look no further than the Talking About Organizations site. Highly recommended!
Chris Grey, Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
TAOP has become my virtual Organizational Studies network that I have access to from the comfort of my own daily routines. Highly recommend it!
Raluca Stana, PhD Fellow at IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
TAOP blends the best of modern technology with the joys of the old-fashioned conversation. It gave me permission to slow down, pour a glass of sherry, snuggle in a comfortable chair, listen in and take an occasional note, knowing I could share my thoughts later on its blog
Albie M. Davis, Writer and former Director of Mediation for the Massachusetts District Courts, US
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Special Guests
All the people who made an appearance on the podcast, and their corresponding episodes.
Prof. Peter Adamson (LMU Munich; History of Philosophy without any Gaps podcast):
Dr. Laura Adler (Yale School of Business) – now a cast member!
Prof. Mats Alvesson (UQ Business School; Lund University)
Adrienne Baer (PhD student; Stanford University)
Prof. Emma Bell (Open University)
Rohin Borpujari (PhD Candidate, London Business School)— now a cast member
Dr. Deborah Brewis (Bath University)
Dr. Todd Bridgman (Victoria University of Wellington)
Dr. Drew Carton (Wharton School of Business)
Prof. Gino Cattani (NYU Stern)
Dr. Lisa Cohen (McGill University)
Prof. Stephen Cummings (Victoria University of Wellington)
- Episode 55: Group Dynamics and Foundations of Organizational Change – Kurt Lewin
- Episode 84: Professionalizing Business – Louis Brandeis
Dr. Katharina Dittrich (Warwick Business School)
- Episode 4: Carnegie Mellon Series #1 – Organizational Routines
- Episode 21: Small Research, Big Issues with Brian Pentland and Katharina Dittrich (LIVE)
Prof. Paul Duguid (University of California, Berkeley)
Dr. Anna Rylander Eklund (Chalmers University of Technology)
Prof. Marianna Fotaki (Warwick Business School)
Dr. Barton Friedland (University of the Arts, London)
Dr. Shelby Gai (Professor of Management; Michigan State University)
Dr. José Gallegos (Rotterdam School of Management)
Dr. Bob Gibbons (Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University)
Prof. Bob Hinings (University of Alberta)
Dr. Summer Jackson (Harvard Business School)
Dr. Paul Kan (U.S. Army War College)
Prof. Sarah Kaplan (Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto)
Dr. Anupama Kondayya (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta) – now a cast member!
Dr. Maja Korica (Warwick Business School)
Prof. Ann Langley (HEC Montreal)
Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf (New York University – Stern School of Business)
Mr. Thomas A. Mercer (Rear Admiral, US Navy, retired)
Prof. Henry Mintzberg (McGill University)
Dr. Bjørn Erik Mørk (BI Norwegian Business School)
Dr. Davide Nicolini (Warwick Business School)
Dr. Sarah Otner (Imperial College London) — now a cast member
Prof. Brian Pentland (Michigan State University; Doctor Decade)
Prof. Andrew M. Pettigrew OBE (University of Oxford)
Dr. Simone Phipps (Middle Georgia State University)
Dr. Woody Powell (Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University)
Amanda Pratt (PhD Candidate; Stanford University)
Dr. Leon C. Prieto (Clayton State University)
Prof. Trish Reay (Warwick Business School; University of Alberta)
Dr. Georg Rilinger (MIT Sloan School of Business)
Dr. Thomas Roulet (University of Cambridge)
Prof. Denise M. Rousseau (Carnegie Mellon University)
Prof. Jörgen Sandberg (UQ Business School; Warwick Business School)
Dr. Bill Starbuck (New York University)
Dr. Arianna Tassinari (European University Institute)
Zach Tan (PhD Candidate; MIT Sloan School of Business)
Prof. Hari Tsoukas (Warwick Business School; University of Cyprus)
Prof. Signe Vikkelsø (Copenhagen Business School)
Dr. Judy Wajcman (London School of Economics)
Prof. Mike Wright (1952-2019) (Imperial College London)
Prof. Tammar Zilber (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
I found the Talking About Organizations podcasts an excellent and very engaging way of introducing both classical and contemporary organization and management theories
Jörgen Sandberg, Professor at University of Queensland Business School, Australia
This is a brilliant podcast, building upon the idea that a lot of management scholars actually have no time to read the original masterpieces in their field. Here, we get them presented in a neat package, including a critical analysis of content as well as applicability and relevance
Daniel Semper, Research Fellow at WU Vienna, Austria
I found the podcast refreshing and thoroughly enjoyable. The conversation was insightful, instructive and the comments often sharp and perceptive. I am really impressed.
Davide Nicolini, Professor at Warwick Business School, UK