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The Organization Science Jazz Festival: Improvisation as a Metaphor for Organizing—Overture

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  • Alan Meyer

    (Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1208)

  • Peter J. Frost

    (Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T IZ2)

  • Karl E. Weick

    (School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109)

Abstract

Introduction to a special issue of Organization Science . It is based on a rather unique event, a symposium, “Jazz as a Metaphor for Organizing in the 21st Century,” held at the 1995 Academy of Management National Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Symposiums at academic conferences usually feature panelists presenting their views and discussants critiquing the presentations and providing some synthesis, followed by a brief dialogue with the audience. This session on jazz improvisation and organizing included conventional scholarly presentations, but added a demonstration and discussion of jazz improvisation by panelists who were professional musicians, followed by a concert and social event during which these musicians regaled the audience with superb jazz.

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  • Alan Meyer & Peter J. Frost & Karl E. Weick, 1998. "The Organization Science Jazz Festival: Improvisation as a Metaphor for Organizing—Overture," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(5), pages 540-542, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ororsc:v:9:y:1998:i:5:p:540-542
    DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.5.540
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    1. Philip Anderson, 1999. "Perspective: Complexity Theory and Organization Science," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 10(3), pages 216-232, June.
    2. Stéphane Robin, 2023. "Free musical improvisation as an alternative model for organization," Working Papers hal-04080990, HAL.
    3. Maksim Belitski & Monika Herzig, 2018. "The Jam Session Model for Group Creativity and Innovative Technology," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 506-521, April.
    4. Jennifer Robinson & Marta Sinclair & Jutta Tobias & Ellen Choi, 2017. "More Dynamic Than You Think: Hidden Aspects of Decision-Making," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-29, July.
    5. Fernando F. Suarez & Juan S. Montes, 2019. "An Integrative Perspective of Organizational Responses: Routines, Heuristics, and Improvisations in a Mount Everest Expedition," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 30(3), pages 573-599, May.

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