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In a world facing acute economic, social, and environmental problems the ability to devise ingenious solutions with the limited resources is often shaped by the culture in which actors engage with these problems. We would like to extend an invitation to all scholars interested in the interaction of national culture and ingenuity to an interactive international PDW on this topic (see description below). We will be sharing short presentations on ingenuity in a range of countries (representing Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe). Our objective is to encourage dialog develop collaborations, and and precipitate scholarship, discussion, and debate. With that in mind, the session has been designed to maximize audience participation.
Program Session #: 217 | Submission: 13324 | Sponsor(s): (ITC, ENT, IM)
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 4 2012 8:00AM - 10:00AM at Boston Hynes Convention Center in Room 305
Each in its Own Way:National Culture and Organizational Ingenuity
National Culture and Ingenuity
Identifying and leveraging ingenuity is an essential ingredient in solving shared global problems, such as environmental management, whose character and implementation vary considerably according to local, regional and national social and physical attributes. The organizers of this PDW will moderate a dialog between a panel of invited speakers and the audience on the subject of the cultural dimensions of ingenuity. The speakers will bring their perspective and experience on how entrepreneurs in their respective countries serve as change agents, and how organizations in their national context exercise ingenuity within institutional constraints. Panelists, along with the audience, will discuss ingenuity not only as an effort to negotiate the tension between change and inertia, but also as a creative reformulation of institutional constraints. This PDW follows a conference at McMaster University in Ontario Canada, a track session at EGOS in Helsinki this past summer, a special issue in Organization Studies, and a planned edited volume. Scholars interested in this topic are encouraged to join this PDW to exchange ideas, research projects, and develop publishing outlets.
Search Terms:
Ingenuity , Cross-Cultural management , Diversity
Benson Honig Ph.D.
Teresa Cascioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership; Editor, ET&P.
DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario Canada L8S4M4
Tel: 905-525-9140 ext. 23943
fax: 905-521-8995
Cell: 905-518-1716
email:
bhonig@McMaster.ca
bhonig@me.com