Organizers: Eric Knight, University of Sydney, Rebecca Bednarek, Birkbeck University, Jane Lê, University of Sydney
Time: 10.15am-12.15pm
Date: Saturday, August 6, 2016 (Academy of Management Annual Meeting)
Location: Anaheim Hilton, Pacific B (2nd floor)
You are invited to join a SAP Professional Development Workshop (PDW) to be held at the AoM Annual Meeting in August 2016 to help advance scholarship at the intersection of strategy, practice, and paradox, a topic area of interest to both paradox and strategy-as-practice scholars. We bring together leading scholars in this area of research, as well as a number of emerging scholars. Thematically, this PDW responds to the recent emergence of paradox theory within organizational studies (including, recent special issues, standing working group at EGOS, and a forthcoming Oxford University Press Handbook). In particular, there have been a growing number of scholars adopting a social practice theory lens to explore strategic tensions and calls for more work in this space. Part 1 of this PDW will consist of a Panel Discussion offering different perspectives on paradox and practice from leading scholars in the field, followed by a brief Q&A. This will be done in an interactive fashion consisting of panel debate around two key questions. Part 2 will involve roundtables designed around key themes at the intersection of strategy-as-practice and paradox scholarship. This will offer participants the chance to select a theme that is salient to their own research and work with senior scholars with experience in that area.
| Topic | Speaker | Time |
| Welcome and brief overview | Rebecca Bednarek, Birkbeck, University of London | 10 min |
| PART I: Keynote Speakers: Observations and Panel Discussion | ||
| Current state of affairs in paradox theory | Wendy Smith, Associate Professor at Delaware University | 5 min |
| Current state of affairs in practice theory | Eero Vaara, Professor at Aalto University School of Business | 5 min |
| Relevance of paradox in org studies | Andrew Van de Ven, Professor at Carlson School of Management | 5 min |
| Cross-over between paradox and practice | Ann Langley, Professor at HEC Montréal | 5 min |
| Q&A and discussion | Eric Knight, University of Sydney | 30 min |
| PART II: Breakout Roundtables | ||
| Introduction | Eric Knight, University of Sydney | 10 min |
| Table 1: Paradox and discursive practices | Eero Vaara, Aalto University School of Business
Rebecca Bednarek, Birkbeck University |
45 min |
| Table 2: Paradox and identity | Mathew Sheep, Illinois State University
David Oliver, University of Sydney |
45 min |
| Table 3: Paradox and leadership practices | Wendy Smith, Delaware University
Alexander Zimmermann, University of St. |
45 min |
| Table 4: Paradox and process | Ann Langley, HEC Montréal
Callen Anthony, Boston College |
45 min |
| Table 5: Innovation/change and paradox | Andrew Van de Ven, Carlson School of Management
Eric Knight, University of Sydney |
45 min |
| Table 6: Temporality/sustainability and paradox | Natalie Slawinski, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Garima Sharma, Ivey Business School, Western University |
45 min |
| Wrapping up conclusion | Rebecca Bednarek, Birkbeck, University of London | 5 min |
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