8th Colloquium on Organizational Change & Development
INSPIRATION DESPERATELY NEEDED! TACKLING THE HIDDEN ASSUMPTIONS OF CHANGE
September 12th/13th 2013, Vlerick Business School Belgium
Ghent Campus, BE-9000 Ghent, Reep 1
September 12th 2013
Welcome Coffee & Registration (Lounge, Basement)
0915
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The Chairs’ Welcome: Ruth Alas, Christopher Rees & Ralf Wetzel
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The Dean’s Welcome: Philippe Haspeslagh, Dean of the Vlerick Business School
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Introduction to the conference: Ralf Wetzel, Vlerick Business School
(Chapel Hall, 1st Floor)
1000
Keynote Speech: The Hidden Drivers of Change
Nils Brunsson, Uppsala University (SE)
(Chapel Hall, 1st Floor)
1130
Coffee break (Restaurant, Floor Zero)
1200
Checking Foundations of
Change
Chair: Chris Rees, M 00.02
Leaving Newton’s Highway: New
Directions For Organisational
Change.
Tim Harle
Session 1
0830
1300
Perspectives On Organizational
Change: How Our Basic
Theoretical Assumptions About
Organisations Define Our Change
Interventions.
Omar Alshehhi & Chris Rees
Lunch (Restaurant, Floor Zero)
Inverting Perspectives
Chair: Ruth Alas, M 00.03
Transmission Problems
Chair: Frank Dievernich, N 00.05
Freeze Or You Can't Change:
Challenging Assumptions About
Dynamic Capabilities In
Corporate Renewal.
Jan Lowstedt & Svante Schriber
A Seductive Theory Of Change.
Finn Janning
Dealbreakers.
Practitioners Views On
Implementing Innovation.
Stephanie Best
Plenary Workshop: Design Thinking – a New Way Out?
Dominic Hurni, Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
(M 00.02/ M 00.03)
1530
Coffee break (Floor Zero)
1600
The Curse of Knowledge
Chair: Yuliya Shymko, M 00.02
Session 2
1400
The Role Of Knowledge And
Capabilities In The Context Of
Change Towards Sustainable
Product Chains - A Literature
Study.
Hanna Nilsson, Henrikke
Baumann & Andreas Diedrich
Cobbler, Stick To Thy Last –
Exploring The Difficulties To
Change Knowledge-Intensive
Firms.
Börjeson, Love & Jan Löwstedt
Conflict & Resistance
Reviewed
Chair: Torben Andersen, M 00.03
Resistance to Change: Proposing
a Change of Perspective.
Erik Nagel & Claudia Astrachan
‘Mind The Gaps’: Exploring
Conflicting Expectations And
Values Created By Organisational
Change.
Mazzetti, Angela
The Grounded Theory Of
Trenchant Remedying.
Jan Green
Constructivist Reminders
Chair: Ralf Wetzel, N 00.05
Looking Through Someone Else’s
Eyes: Exploring Perceptions Of
Organizational Change.
Laura Gover & Linda Duxbury
Functional Multimediality.
Two Cases for a Critical Update
For Research Programs in
Organization.
Steffen Roth
Internet access login: “codconference”, password: “codconference”
Knowledge Creating
Conversations: Endlessly
Unfolding Inquiries Of Discovery
And Invention.
Arthur Male
Organizing Mindfully For Relevant
Process Theorizing On Strategic
Change: A Complexity-Based
Perspective.
Alain Guiette & Koen
Vandenbempt
Organizational Change And
Development From A Language
And Action Perspective.
Hans Skytte
1730
Break
1745
Plenary Reflection: Leaning to listen – a Mystic Way Out?
Antoine Beuger, Carmelitan Monastery Birkenwerder (D)
(M 00.01)
1900
End of conference day
2000
Conference Dinner
Restaurant “Belga Queen” Old Town Gent, Graslei 10, 9000 Ghent
September 13th 2013
Session 3
0830
1000
1030
Large Scale Change
Chair: Frank Dievernich, M 00.02
Formality in Change
Chair: Yuliya Shymko, M 00.03
Innovation And Change
Management In The Austrian
Federal Public Administration.
Ursula Rosenbichler
Formalization Or Autonomy In
The Face Of Organizational
Change - An Empirical Study Of
The Impact On Organizational
Commitment And Change
Commitment.
Sofie Rogiest, Jesse Segers &
Arjen Van Witteloostuijn
Can HR Become A Change
Agent? Confronting The Tensions
Of Diverging HR-Roles And
Potential Solutions Through
Structural Separation, Periodic
Reorganization Or SemiStructures.
Torben Andersen
Managing Downsizing Strategy
And Organisational Change: An
Analysis On Diversified Firms In
Japan.
Masatoshi Fujiwara & Yu
Ishimitsu
Trade-Offs Between Efficiency
And Legitimacy When
Implementing A Large Change
Program At The Middle
Management Level.
Jan Wickenberg
Reversal Of The Musketeers’
Principles: Change (Mis)Management And The
Persistence Of Self Interest In An
Higher Education Institution.
Sudi Sharifi & Helen Richardson
Coffee Break
Revising Classic Perspectives
Chair: Chris Rees, M 00.02
Session 4
Understanding Service
Interaction Through The
Symbolic Interactionism
Perspective.
Tiina Merkuljeva
The Implications Of Managing
Change And Workplace Stress: A
Reprise.
Kate Rowlands & Chris Rees
Corporate Visions: Do They
Really Include Mainly Emotional
Persuasion?
Mehmet Eryilmaz
Dynamics of Leadership &
Followership
Chair: Torben Andersen, M 00.03
Burning Platform Or Vision?
Examining The Role Of
Regulatory Fit In Follower
Responses To Change.
Jill Waymire Paine & E. Tory
Higgins
Challenges In Managing
Organizational Change Prior To
And After Employee Buy Out: A
Case Study.
Siby Jose, Joseph Binoy & Biju
Varkkey
Coaching Culture Aspects In
Estonian Companies.
Signe Vesso
Requirements of Societal
Change
Chair: Chris Rees, N 00.05
Achieving Change When
Implementing Nationalisation
Strategies In The Gulf CoOperation Countries: The Case
Of A Private Sector Company In
Bahrain.
La'aleh Al-Aali & Chris Rees
The Applicability And
Implications Of Using Western
‘Voice Of The Customer’ Tools In
A Developing Nation Scenario The Bougainville Village Court,
Papua New Guinea.
Nicola Campbell-Allen & Janice
Lewis
Dynamic Capabilities And
Organizational Cognition –
Elements For Exploring Change
In Non-Profit Organizations.
Paivi Maijanen-Kylaheiko
Challenging Research Of
Change
Chair: Ralf Wetzel, N 00.05
A Short Treatise On Research
Without Qualities.
Yuliya Shymko
Research Practices - A
Developing Nation Perspective.
Nicola Campbell-Allen & Janice
Lewis
Eighteen Shades Of Grey? An
explorative literature review into
the organization theoretical
foundations of organizational
change research.
Ralf Wetzel
Assessing Conflict Management
Styles Of Managers’ In Relation
To Profession Development:
Subordinates’ Perspective.
Meera Shanker
1230
Lunch (Restaurant)
1330
Tomorrow’s Change – a ‘Future Re-Search Café’
Smaranda Boros & Ralf Wetzel, Vlerick Business School
(M 00.02 / M 00.03)
1700
Chairs Closing Comments (M 00.02 / M 00.03)
1730
End of Conference
1800
Guided City Walk Through Gent
Perceptions of Entrepreneurial
Success Factors: a cross-cultural
comparison of Estonia, The U.K.
and China
Ruth Alas, Tiit Elenurm, Elizabeth
J. Rozell, Wesley A. Scroggins,
Aimin Guo, Simon Denny &
Veronica Velo