Workshop: Future Directions for Science of Organizations

组织科学的标志是它适用于各种学科，包括商业，通信，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关于与各种规模的组织相关的一系列问题的不同观点（例如，公司、小型非营利组织、政府机构、团队）和范围（例如，跨国、地方、大型组织的分支机构）。 然而，与此同时，学科的广度在确定战略性增长领域方面提出了挑战？我们的研究项目，鼓励跨学科和国际研究活动，并促进研究成果的应用。 此外，方法上的进步使组织研究的新的、更复杂的方法成为可能。 将举办一个研讨会，汇集来自多个学科的参与者，参加关于这一固有的跨学科领域的重点讨论。 本次研讨会的成功完成有可能从根本上改变组织科学研究，突出新的，创新的研究机会，促进纵向，复杂的，跨学科的研究活动的机会。 这些努力的结果可能会为如何促进更有效的组织提供新的见解。 将作出重大努力，确保代表性不足的群体被邀请参加讲习班。 学生将参与研讨会，从而使他们接触到前沿的研究思想，并提供机会，以满足组织科学领域的领导者。 组织科学的社会有着悠久的历史，欢迎各种规模和范围的组织研究的学科观点，包括商业，社会学，信息/信息技术，工程/运筹学，通信，经济学，政治学，公共管理，工业劳动关系和心理学。拟议的研讨会的目的是汇集来自这些不同学科的学者（1）讨论组织科学研究的未来，（2）确定鼓励和奖励组织科学社区跨学科和国际合作研究倡议的战略，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日和2日在印第安纳州西拉斐特的普渡大学举行。 三场为期半天的会议将分别侧重于研讨会目的的三个要素之一。 受邀的参与者将带来关于研究过程的各种观点，包括先前资助的NSF组织科学（SoO）计划的主要研究人员，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，这些问题可能有助于确定该领域研究活动的优先次序，并突出研究界的机会。

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.