Posted by administrator on behalf of Claus Rerup (
crerup@ivey.uwo.ca)
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Taking the Next Step: Learning from Failure and Near-failure
Learning from Failure
Submission: 10239 | Sponsor(s): (OMT/BPS/ENT/MOC) Tentatively Scheduled:
Saturday, Aug 4 2007 9:00AM - 11:50AM at Philadelphia Marriott in Room
307
Purpose
The overall objective of this PDW is to gather scholars together to
provide multiple, yet complementary understandings of how organizations
and populations of organizations learn (or don't) from failure and
near-failure. The topic - failure - fits well with the conference theme,
Doing Well by Doing Good, because by learning well from failure and
near-failure organizations can do good for their stakeholders (e.g.,
improve safety, minimize risk), and in the case where failures are
catastrophic, do good for society by potentially preventing future
negative events.
Planned Activities: 9:00 - 11:50am
1) Introduction and welcome by Claus Rerup (5 minutes)
2) Learning from failure and near-failure: Empirical patterns (45
minutes)
a. Presentations by Joel Baum, Jay Kim, and Claus Rerup.
3) Round table discussion (30 minutes)
a. What inhibits learning from failure and near-failure?
b. What can we do to overcome these barriers?
4) Learning from failure: Alternative readings (30 minutes)
a. Presentations by Mark Zbaracki and Rodney Lacey
5) Round table discussion (30 minutes)
a. How do these alternative images push thinking forward?
b. How can established and alternative images of 'failure learning'
be combined?
6) Wrap-up by Claus Rerup - What is next? (5-10 minutes)
We want to facilitate discussion and interaction between the presenters
and the workshop participants. As a result, a maximum of 50 people will
be able to attend (10 people and one speaker at each table).
If you have questions about this workshop, please contact the organizer
directly:
Claus Rerup
Richard Ivey School of Business
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Office phone: 519-850-2579
Email:
crerup@ivey.uwo.ca
http://www.ivey.ca/faculty/Claus_Rerup.htm
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Fabio Fonti
Assistant Professor - Boston College
The W.E. Carroll School of Management - Organization Studies Dept.
432 Fulton Hall - 140 Commonwealth Ave. - Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-552-6822 (voice) - 617-552-4230 (fax) -
fabio.fonti@bc.edu
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complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely
simple, that's creativity.'
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