Workshop: Future Directions for Science of Organizations

研讨会：组织科学的未来方向

• 批准号: 1540199
• 负责人: Sara McComb
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-05-15 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1540199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Future; Directions; Science; Organizations

Nontechnical Description of Significance and ImportanceThe hallmark of the Science of Organizations is its applicability to a variety of disciplines including business, communication, economics, engineering, information technology, psychology, public administration, and sociology. These disparate disciplines offer varying perspectives about a range of issues associated with organizations of all sizes (e.g., corporations, small non-profit organizations, government agencies, teams) and scopes (e.g., multi-national, local, subsets of larger organizations). At the same time, however, the breadth of disciplines present challenges in identifying areas to strategically grow the field?s research portfolio, encouraging interdisciplinary and international research activities, and promoting the applications of research results. Moreover, methodological advances have occurred that make new, more sophisticated approaches to organizational research possible. A workshop will be held that assembles participants from multiple disciplines to participate in focused discussions about this inherently interdisciplinary field. The successful completion of this workshop has the potential to fundamentally change organizational science research by highlighting new, innovative opportunities for research and promoting opportunities for longitudinal, complex, interdisciplinary research activities. The results of such efforts may provide new insights about how to foster more effective organizations. Significant effort will be made to ensure that underrepresented populations are invited to participate in the workshop. Students will be involved in the workshop, thereby exposing them to cutting-edge research ideas and providing the opportunity to meet leaders in the field of organization science. Technical DescriptionThe community of Science of Organizations has a strong history of welcoming a broad array of disciplinary perspectives researching organizations of all sizes and scopes, including business, sociology, information/information technology, engineering/operations research, communication, economics, political science, public administration, industrial labor relations, and psychology. The purpose of the proposed workshop is to assemble scholars from these various disciplines to (1) discuss the future of research in science of organizations, (2) identify strategies for encouraging, and rewarding, interdisciplinary and international collaborative research initiatives in the science of organizations community, and (3) brainstorm how to promote the results of research conducted in science of organizations. The one-and-half day workshop will be held on October 1 and 2, 2015 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Three half-day sessions will each focus on one of the three elements of the workshop purpose. The invited participants will bring a variety of perspectives about the research process including previously funded principal investigators for the Science of Organizations (SoO) program at NSF, journal editors, thought leaders, and active researchers. The complement of participants will engage in rich dialogs about the aforementioned issues that may be instrumental in prioritizing research activities in this field and highlight opportunities for the research community.

意义和重要性的非技术描述组织科学的特点是它适用于各种学科，包括商学、传播学、经济学、工程学、信息技术、心理学、公共管理和社会学。这些不同的学科提供了与各种规模的组织（例如，公司，小型非营利组织，政府机构，团队）和范围（例如，跨国，本地，大型组织的子集）相关的一系列问题的不同视角。然而，与此同时，学科的广度在确定战略发展领域方面提出了挑战。鼓励跨学科和国际研究活动，促进研究成果的应用。此外，方法学的进步使新的、更复杂的组织研究方法成为可能。将举办一个讲习班，汇集来自多个学科的参与者，就这个固有的跨学科领域进行重点讨论。本次研讨会的成功完成有可能通过强调新的、创新的研究机会和促进纵向的、复杂的、跨学科的研究活动的机会，从根本上改变组织科学研究。这些努力的结果可能为如何培养更有效的组织提供新的见解。将作出重大努力，确保邀请代表性不足的人口参加讲习班。学生将参与研讨会，从而使他们接触到最前沿的研究思想，并提供与组织科学领域的领导者会面的机会。技术描述组织科学社区有着悠久的历史，欢迎各种规模和范围的学科观点研究组织，包括商业，社会学，信息/信息技术，工程/运筹学，传播学，经济学，政治学，公共管理，劳资关系和心理学。本次研讨会的目的是将这些不同学科的学者聚集在一起(1)讨论组织科学研究的未来，(2)确定鼓励和奖励组织科学领域跨学科和国际合作研究的策略，以及(3)集思广益如何促进组织科学研究的成果。为期一天半的研讨会将于2015年10月1日至2日在印第安纳州西拉斐特的普渡大学举行。三个半天的会议将分别侧重于研讨会目的的三个要素之一。受邀参与者将带来关于研究过程的各种观点，包括NSF组织科学（so）计划的先前资助的主要研究人员，期刊编辑，思想领袖和活跃的研究人员。与会者将就上述问题进行丰富的对话，这可能有助于确定该领域研究活动的优先次序，并为研究界提供突出的机会。