Hello: I wonder if someone has any information about this CAOS Colective, from Leicestre, UK, and if they have any influences from OST. They use phrases (see below) like:
> (Re)conceptualising 'organisation' in order to > open up the space within which we can represent organisational difference > and make out alternative modes of organising (...) Could not this be written by one of us? Artur --------- > > Collective for Alternative Organisation Studies > (CAOS) > > www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/caos > > > > Launch Event: > > > > Opening Up The Future > > > > Wednesday 23 June, 2004 > > > > What is CAOS? > > > > The Collective for Alternative Organisation > Studies is based in > the University > > of Leicester's Management Centre (ULMC) and draws > upon > ULMC's commitment > > to develop critical approaches to management > research and > teaching. Its > > aim is to move beyond critiques of modern > organisations, > towards envisaging > > and enacting alternatives guided by values such as > social > justice and > > environmental > > sustainability. We are moved by a 'politics of > recognition' and > aim to > > recover a sense of organisational diversity and > possibility by: > > > > - (Re)contextualising organisational practices. In > our view, > attending > > to the historical, geographical, social and > political conditions > within > > which organising takes place is essential to free > organisation > from some > > universalising or inevitable trajectory, and open > up a sense of > possibilities. > > - (Re)conceptualising 'organisation' in order to > open up the > space within > > which we can represent organisational difference > and make > out alternative > > modes of organising. > > - Conducting empirical research documenting the > wide range > of organisational > > forms that have existed throughout history, and > highlighting the > significance > > of their contribution. > > - Adopting multi-disciplinary approaches and > re-emphasising > the perspectives > > of history, geography, politics, political > economy, anthropology > and sociology > > in the study of organisation. > > - Foregrounding ethical issues such as social > justice, > environmental > > sustainability > > and responsibility in the study and practice of > organising. > > > > Through this, we hope to generate public debates > about the > possibility > > of alternatives, as well as support organisational > practices that > seek > > to challenge dominant models. This involves > engaging in > various activities, > > including research, teaching, the development of > collaborative > relationships, > > seminars and workshops, with other academics, > students, > and those actively > > participating in creating alternatives. For our > official launch on > June > > 23, we are hosting a one-day programme of speakers > > (detailed below) who > > are actively involved in the pursuit of > alternative organising and > organisations > > in different capacities. > > > > > > > > > > Programme and Speakers > > > > 10 Arrival and coffee: Belvoir Suite, City Side, > 2nd floor Charles > Wilson > > Bldg > > > > 10.15 Opening remarks > > > > 10.30 'The development of alternative > organisations and > practices: some > > experiences from NEF', Andrea Westall, Deputy > Director of > New Economics > > Foundation. > > > > 11.30 'The Tower Colliery Cooperative: an > alternative > organisation?' Tom > > Keenoy, Len Arthur, Russell Smith, Molly > Scott-Cato, Welsh > Institute for > > Research into Cooperatives, UWIC, Cardiff. > > > > 12.30 Lunch until 2pm, Belvoir Suite, City Side, > 2nd floor > Charles Wilson > > Bldg > > > > 14.00 'The Politics of Thinking in Hierarchic > Organisation', > Ricardo Blaug, > > University of Leeds. > > > > 15.00 'The Organization of Resistance', Steffen > Bhm, > University of Essex > > and AndrÈ Spicer, University of Warwick. > > > > 16.00 Concluding remarks > > > > Registration > > The event will take place in the Belvoir Suite > (park side) on the > 2nd floor > > of the Charles Wilson Building, University of > Leicester. There is > no registration > > fee but the number of places is limited. To > register, please > return the > > following information by June 18 to Professor > Colin C. > Williams, CAOS, > > University of Leicester Management Centre, > University Road, > Leicester, > > LE1 7RH. Tel: 0116 252 5387. Fax: 0116 252 5515. > E-mail: > [email protected] > > > > Name: > > > > > > Title/Position: > > > > > > Employing Institution: > > > > > > Contact Address: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Phone Number: > > > > > > Email Address: > > > > > > Do you have any specific dietary requirements? > (e.g. vegan) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Distributed to all SCOS members by David Crowther, > > Membership Secretary > > > > -------------------- > > > > E-Mail sent using the Free Trial Version of > WorldMerge, the > fastest > > and easiest way to send personalized e-mail > messages. More > > information at > http://www.coloradosoft.com/worldmrg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! 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