Sub-theme 36: Organization operating at the extreme
Convenors:
Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Warwick Business School, UK
Arzu Iseri-Say, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Philippe Véry, EDHEC Business School, France
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 09:00 to 10:30, E3-B-B019
Convenors Welcome and High Reliability Organizations
Chair: Philippe Very
Gerardo Patriotta
Managing errors and blame in extreme organizations: the Case of Italian Air Force
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christian Moldjord
Tessa Melkonian
Collective performance of teams operating at the extreme: The case of Special Forces
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christian Moldjord
This session is about the factors that contribute to organizational resilience, and especially on the role of trust, culture
and other collective mechanisms on the creation of high reliability organizations.
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, E3-B-B019
Complexity and Risk
Chair: Arzu Iseri-Say
Bill McKelvey
Using Scale-free Theory from Complexity Science to Better Manage Risk
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Paul McGrath
Informational Complexity, Control, and the Optimal Size of the MNE
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Paul McGrath
Catherine Thomas and Bill McKelvey
Building Dynamic Capabilities in Times of Drastic Change: Lessons from Complexity Science
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Paul McGrath
This session is focussed upon complexity science and discusses the application of complexity theories to the management of
risk and extreme events.
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, E3-B-B019
Crisis Management
Chair: Philippe Very
Magda Donia
Crisis Management in the School Shootings Situations: an Ethnographic Content Analysis
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gerardo Patriotta
Reasons not to despair. A framework for learning from organizational crises
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gerardo Patriotta
Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello and Cristiano José Castro de Almeida Cunha
The Leadership Process during an Organizational Crisis.
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gerardo Patriotta
This session looks at the application and development of existing knowledge about crisis management, either from a theory
building perspective or using a case study approach.
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, E3-B-B019
Organizational Design
Chair: Peter McKiernan
Creative industries in extremus
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Renata Kaminska-Labbé
Extreme behaviors stem from extreme organization - Studying novelty and risk-taking behaviors in French nuclear power plants
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Renata Kaminska-Labbé
Michelle O'Toole
Cellular design: A mode of organising under hostile conditions
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Renata Kaminska-Labbé
Military organization and training; suited to post modern operations?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Renata Kaminska-Labbé
This session examines how to manage the tension between organizational efficiency in large organizations and the need for
flexibility, innovation or reaction.
Session V: Friday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, E3-B-B019
Panel Session - Retrospective and Renewal: Different Perspectives on Organizational Extremes and Extreme Organizations
Arzu Iseri-Say, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Peter McKiernan, School of Management, University of St Andrews
Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Warwick Business School, UK
Philippe Very, EDHEC Business School, France
David Wilson, Warwick Business School, UK
Peter McKiernan, School of Management, University of St Andrews
Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Warwick Business School, UK
Philippe Very, EDHEC Business School, France
David Wilson, Warwick Business School, UK
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, E3-B-B019
Preparedness and Safety
Chair: Layla Branicki
Véronique Steyer
A predictable surprise in the making? The influenza pandemic threat and the business sector in France
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Paddy O'Toole
Decisions and emotions at the sharp end of operations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Paddy O'Toole
Kristin Vikland
Close to catastrophe. The Snorre A gas blow-out.
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Paddy O'Toole
This session investigates how organizations can prepare themselves to face uncertainty and explores the link between safety
research and organizational theory.
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, E3-B-B019
Communication and Post-Event Analysis
Chair: Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor
Organization in Disaster. International cooperation and relief activities coordination during the Indian Ocean Tsunami emergency
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christophe Roux-Dufort
Hans Krause Hansen and Mikkel Flyverbom
Banalities and extremities: (anti-)corruption at the intersection of everyday practices, mediation and governance
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christophe Roux-Dufort
Patrick Haack and Andreas Georg Scherer
How terrorist organizations transcend their inherent improbability: A communication perspective on the organizational dimension
of terrorism.
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christophe Roux-Dufort
This session gathers research based on post-event analysis that emphasises communication and/or coordination issues in relation
to scandals, terrorism and relief activities.
Convenors: Wrap up
Convenors: Wrap up