• identify and give examples of basic concepts, theories and approaches that can lead to the effective and efficient management of organizations;
• synthesize, integrate and apply such concepts, theories, and models in situations that have important similarities to those you face as a manager;
• describe and critically examine the strengths and weaknesses of such concepts, theories, and models in the context of applying them to real organizational situations

The course concerns the organizational and managerial challenges concerning creative and innovative enterprises. It focuses on the balance between art and business and the innovation and creativity that characterise many creative enterprises. The course will examine a number of creative industries in depth to highlight how they are organized and managed. This will be done through a combination of theory and practice considered essential for providing a basic understanding and enabling reflective practices on the manner of organizing and managing creative enterprises, the way they balance art and business, their innovativeness and creativity, and their approach to communication.

Please note that the litterature list is guiding

Introduction

Catmul, E. (2008). How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity. Harvard Business Review. September 2008 Issue, (pp. 64-72).

Lampel, J., Lant, T. & Shamsie, J. (2000). Balancing Act: Learning from Organizing Practices in Cultural Industries. Organization Science, 11 (3) 263-269.

Hirsch, P.M. (2000). Cultural Industries Revisited. Organization Science, 11 (3) 356-361.

Organizing for Task

Mintzberg, H. (1995) The Structuring of Organizations. Chp 5. (pp.331-358) in Mintzberg, Quinn & Ghosal (1995) The Strategy Process. Prentice Hall (compendium).

Greiner, L. (1972). Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow. Harvard Business Review, 50(4): 37‐46.

Alvarez, JL, S. Svejenova & L. Vives. (2007). Leading in Pairs. MIT Sloan Management Review. Vol. 48 Issue 4, p10-14. 4p

Organizing for Identity

Reff Pedersen, A. and Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (2008) The Role of Media in the Co-Production of Identities in a Filmmaking Company. Tamara Journal. 7(1) 91-108.

Albert, S. and Whetten, D. (2004/1985) Organizational Identity. In Hatch, M.J. and M. Schultz (eds.) Organizational Identity. A Reader. Oxford University Press. Chp. 6 (pp.89-118) (compendium)

Hatch, M.J. and Schultz, M. (2009) Of Bricks and Brands: From Corporate to Enterprise Branding. Organizational Dynamics 38 (2) 117-130.

Organizing for Legitimacy

Byrkjeflot, H., J. Strandgaard Pedersen & S. Svejenova (2013). From Label to Practice: Creating the New Nordic Cuisine. Journal of Culinary Science and Technology, Special Issue on Innovation in Haute Cuisine. 11:36-55.

DiMaggio, P. and W.W. Powell (1991) The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields. (pp. 63-82) in Powell and DiMaggio (eds.) The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. University of Chicago Press. (compendium)

Suchman, M.C. (1995). Managing Legitimacy: Strategic and Institutional Approaches. The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), (pp. 571-610)

Organizing for Complexity and Creativity

Svejenova, S., M. Planellas and L. Vives, (2010). An individual Business Model in the Making: a Chef’s Quest for Creative Freedom. Long Range Planning, 43: 408-430).

Garud, R, Tuertscher, P and Van de Ven, A. (2013). Perspectives on Innovation Processes. The Academy of Management Annals, 7(1), pp 775-819.

Markides, C. (2013). Business Model Innovation: What Can the Ambidexterity Literature Teach Us?Academy of Management Perspectives, 27(4), pp.313-323.

Production of Value

Matthews, J. and J.S. Maguire (2014). Introduction: Thinking with Cultural Intermediaries. In Matthews and Maguire (eds.) The Cultural Intermediaries. Sage (compendium).

Khaire, M. (2014). Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry. Organizations Studies, 35 (1): 41-74.

Christensen, B. and Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (2013). Restaurant Rankings in the Culinary Field. In Christensen, B. and Moeran, B. (eds.), Exploring Creativity: Evaluative Practices in Innovation, Design and the Arts. (pp. 235-259). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge (compendium).

Careers in Creative Industries

Edwards, M.R. (2012) Employer Branding: Developments and Challenges, In S. Bach and M. R. Edwards (Eds) Managing Human Resources: Human Resource Management in Transition (5th Edition), John Wiley and Sons, (pp. 389-410) (compendium).

O’Mahoney, S. and Bechky, B. (2006) Stretchwork: Managing the career progression paradox in external labour marketsAcademy of Management Journal 49(5): 918-941.

Godart, F.C. and A. Mears. (2009). How Do Cultural Producers Make Creative Decisions? Lessons from the Catwalk, Social Forces, 88, 2: 671-692.

Organizing Projects

Svejenova, S., Strandgaard Pedersen, J., and Vives, L. (2011), Projects of Passion: Lessons for Strategy from Temporary Art, in G. Cattani, S. Ferriani, L. Frederiksen, and F. Täube (ed.) Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management (Advances in Strategic Management), Volume 28, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.501-527 (compendium).

Lundin, R.A. & Söderholm, A. (1995): A theory of the temporary organization. Scandinavian Journal of Management. Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 437-455.

Obstfeld, D. (2012). Creative Projects: A Less Routine Approach Toward Getting New Things Done, Organization Science, 23(6): 1571–1592.

Organizing for Change and Transformation

Mezias, S., Strandgaard Pedersen, J, Kim, J-H., Svejenova, S & Mazza, C. (2011). Transforming film product identities: the status effects of European premier film festivals, 1996-2005. In Moeran, B. and Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (eds.) (2011). Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries: Fairs, Festivals and Competitive Events. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge (compendium).

Lampel, J. & Meyer, A.D. (2005) Field-Configuring Events as Structuring Mechanisms: How Conferences, Ceremonies, and Trade Shows Constitute New Technologies, Industries and Markets. Journal of Management Studies 42(5) 1025-1035.

Moeran, B. and Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (2011) Introduction (pp.1-35). In Moeran, B. and Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (eds.) (2011). Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries: Fairs, Festivals and Competitive Events. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge (compendium).

Course Wrap up

Jones, C., Svejenova, S., Strandgaard Pedersen, J. and Townley, B. (2016): Introduction to the Special Issue: ‘Misfits, Mavericks and Mainstreams – Drivers of Innovation in Creative Industries’. Special issue of Organization Studies, 37(6): 751-768.

Alvarez, J.L., C. Mazza, J.S. Pedersen & S. Svejenova (2005) Shielding Idiosyncrasy from Isomorphic Pressures: Towards Optimal Distinctiveness in European Filmmaking.Organization (12)6: 863-888.

Strandgaard Pedersen, J. & F. Dobbin (2006) In Search of Identity and Legitimation – Bridging Organizational Culture and Neoinstitutionalism. American Behavioral Scientist (49)7:897-907.