In a nutshell, the essay points out that the idea of “bounded rationality,” so famous and groundbreaking for organization science (especially the “Carnegie School“) has run its course in part because it puts too restrictive of a model on our operating metaphor of cognition.
I find myself able to take either side in almost all of these forced choice pairs in these things.
I have been chipping away at an article for awhile now on terrorism as an organizational activity. Part of my argument is to understand terrorism as at times a social movement.
I am revising a draft of a paper about social entrepreneurs to give at EGOS.
The core idea is to connect what is known about the research into new forms of organizing with innovation and networks studies
It is always interesting to me how much people like the “strength of weak ties” argument. It is so familiar to me, I forget how powerful it can be.
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