RRBM Webinar: The Stupidity Paradox
Speaker: Professor Mats Alvesson (Lund University)
Time: Tuesday, 18th of May at 9am (U.S. Eastern) / 3pm (Central European Time) / 6.30pm (Delhi). This webinar is scheduled for 90 minutes (including Q&A)Registration: Please register here to receive a personalized Zoom link and a reminder for this event.Functional stupidity can be catastrophic. It can cause organizational collapse, financial meltdown, and technical disaster. And there are countless, more everyday examples of organizations accepting the dubious, the absurd, and the downright idiotic, from unsustainable management fads to the cult of leadership or an over-reliance on brand and image. And yet a dose of stupidity can be useful and produce good, short-term results: it can nurture harmony, encourage people to get on with the job, and drive success. Recommended reading: Alvesson, M. and Spicer, A. (2016) The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work. Profile Books: LondonAbout the speaker
Mats Alvesson is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Lund, Sweden, at the University of Queensland Business School, Australia, and at Cass Business School, London. Research interests include critical theory, gender, power, management of professional service (knowledge intensive) organizations, leadership, identity, organizational image, organizational culture and symbolism, qualitative methods, and philosophy of science. He has recently published Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say (Oxford University Press 2017, w Y Gabriel & R Paulsen).This webinar is supported by Responsible Research in Business and Management (www.rrbm.network).If you have any questions, please contact Ibrat Djabbarov i.djabbarov@cranfield.ac.uk.------------------------------
Ibrat Djabbarov
Cranfield School of Management
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