Fwd: The Collective for Alternative Organisation Studies (CAOS)

[Artur Silva]

Hello:

I wonder if someone has any information about this
CAOS Colective, from Leicestre, UK, and if they have
any influences from OST. They use phrases (see below)
like:

> (Re)conceptualising 'organisation' in order to
> open up the space within which we can represent
organisational difference
> and make out alternative modes of organising (...)

Could not this be written by one of us?

Artur

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> > Collective for Alternative Organisation Studies
> (CAOS)
> > www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/caos
> >
> > Launch Event:
> >
> > Opening Up The Future
> >
> > Wednesday 23 June, 2004
> >
> > What is CAOS?
> >
> > The Collective for Alternative Organisation
> Studies is based in
> the University
> > of Leicester's Management Centre (ULMC) and draws
> upon
> ULMC's commitment
> > to develop critical approaches to management
> research and
> teaching. Its
> > aim is to move beyond critiques of modern
> organisations,
> towards envisaging
> > and enacting alternatives guided by values such as
> social
> justice and
> > environmental
> > sustainability. We are moved by a 'politics of
> recognition' and
> aim to
> > recover a sense of organisational diversity and
> possibility by:†
> >
> > - (Re)contextualising organisational practices. In
> our view,
> attending
> > to the historical, geographical, social and
> political conditions
> within
> > which organising takes place is essential to free
> organisation
> from some
> > universalising or inevitable trajectory, and open
> up a sense of
> possibilities.†
> > - (Re)conceptualising 'organisation' in order to
> open up the
> space within
> > which we can represent organisational difference
> and make
> out alternative
> > modes of organising.
> > - Conducting empirical research documenting the
> wide range
> of organisational
> > forms that have existed throughout history, and
> highlighting the
> significance
> > of their contribution.
> > - Adopting multi-disciplinary approaches and
> re-emphasising
> the perspectives
> > of history, geography, politics, political
> economy, anthropology
> and sociology
> > in the study of organisation.
> > - Foregrounding ethical issues such as social
> justice,
> environmental
> > sustainability
> > and responsibility in the study and practice of
> organising.†
> >
> > Through this, we hope to generate public debates
> about the
> possibility
> > of alternatives, as well as support organisational
> practices that
> seek
> > to challenge dominant models. This involves
> engaging in
> various activities,
> > including research, teaching, the development of
> collaborative
> relationships,
> > seminars and workshops, with other academics,
> students,
> and those actively
> > participating in creating alternatives. For our
> official launch on
> June
> > 23, we are hosting a one-day programme of speakers
>
> (detailed below) who
> > are actively involved in the pursuit of
> alternative organising and
> organisations
> > in different capacities.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Programme and Speakers
> >
> > 10          Arrival and coffee: Belvoir Suite, City Side,
> 2nd floor Charles
> Wilson
> > Bldg
> >
> > 10.15       Opening remarks
> >
> > 10.30       'The development of alternative
> organisations and
> practices: some
> > experiences from NEF', Andrea Westall, Deputy
> Director of
> New Economics
> > Foundation.
> >
> > 11.30       'The Tower Colliery Cooperative: an
> alternative
> organisation?' Tom
> > Keenoy, Len Arthur, Russell Smith, Molly
> Scott-Cato, Welsh
> Institute for
> > Research into Cooperatives, UWIC, Cardiff.
> >
> > 12.30       Lunch until 2pm, Belvoir Suite, City Side,
> 2nd floor
> Charles Wilson
> > Bldg
> >
> > 14.00       'The Politics of Thinking in Hierarchic
> Organisation',
> Ricardo Blaug,
> > University of Leeds.
> >
> > 15.00       'The Organization of Resistance', Steffen
> Bˆhm,
> University of Essex
> > and AndrÈ Spicer, University of Warwick.
> >
> > 16.00       Concluding remarks
> >
> > Registration
> > The event will take place in the Belvoir Suite
> (park side) on the
> 2nd floor
> > of the Charles Wilson Building, University of
> Leicester. There is
> no registration
> > fee but the number of places is limited. To
> register, please
> return the
> > following information by June 18 to Professor
> Colin C.
> Williams, CAOS,
> > University of Leicester Management Centre,
> University Road,
> Leicester,
> > LE1 7RH. Tel: 0116 252 5387. Fax: 0116 252 5515.
> E-mail:
> c.williams at le.ac.uk
> >
> > Name:
> >
> >
> > Title/Position:
> >
> >
> > Employing Institution:
> >
> >
> > Contact Address:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Phone Number:
> >
> >
> > Email Address:
> >
> >
> > Do you have any specific dietary requirements?
> (e.g. vegan)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Distributed to all SCOS members by David Crowther,
>
> Membership Secretary
> >
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