Editors’ Introduction: Distinguished Scholar’s Corner, Paul Adler 2021

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Paul K. Adler
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For almost four decades, the OMT (Organization and Management Theory) division of the Academy of Management has been honoring scholars who have been “central to the intellectual development of the field of organization studies,” an area of obvious interest for readers of JMI. (See the list of distinguished scholars here: https://omt.aom.org/awards/distinguished-scholar-award). Upon accepting the honor, Distinguished Scholars are requested kindly to share their thoughts during a presentation that takes place at a breakfast during the Academy of Management annual meeting. Typically, these thoughts are a reflection on the work done, but also an invitation to use one’s curiosity to see things we know well for the first time again. In the past, JMI has asked the award winners to publish a version of their talk for the benefit of the larger academic community but also to give the honorees space to develop the powerful ideas they have shared with the AOM audience and also reflect on the questions and feedback received from the audience and other scholars. The manuscript that follows this introduction is part of that tradition, relaunched here in JMI after a few year’s hiatus with Langley (2021) paper and her thoughts on how to use our intellectual tools to understand reality and bridge theory and praxis, and the processes we use to do so. Paul Adler was the recipient of the 2021 award. During his talk, Paul challenged us to think of a world where democracy would be expanded from the political sphere to the economic one, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that the search for profit and material prosperity does not prevent the solution to the “grand challenges” (Howard-Grenville, 2021) that our world is facing. The urgent tone of Adler’s piece resonates with the comments made by Langley, even though the themes chosen are very dissimilar. Yet, both scholars show the shared desire to help ensure that the intellectual tools developed by OMT scholars are used to make our world a better place for all. In so doing, they provide a source of inspiration for the academic community at large and, let’s hope, for all those whose decisions have an impact on the way the world works. Indeed, organizations and organizing are a distinct feature of all modern societies and probably of any collective human activity, and it is not unreasonable to believe that different and better ways to organize can lead to different and better results, and especially a more humane and more sustainable world. From the Editorial Board of JMI, we thank Paul Adler and his predecessors for their curiosity, their hard work, and, ultimately, for their generosity, and the executive board of OMT for their work ensuring that these distinguished minds receive the recognition they deserve in our community and beyond.
编辑介绍:杰出学者之角,保罗·阿德勒2021
近四十年来,管理学院的OMT(组织与管理理论)部门一直在表彰那些“对组织研究领域的智力发展至关重要”的学者,这是JMI读者明显感兴趣的领域。(请参阅此处的杰出学者名单:https://omt.aom.org/awards/distinguished-scholar-award)。在接受这一荣誉后,请杰出学者在管理学院年会早餐会上发表演讲,分享他们的想法。通常,这些想法是对所做工作的反思,但也是一种邀请,让人们利用自己的好奇心,第一次看到我们熟悉的事情。过去,JMI曾要求获奖者发表他们的演讲版本,以造福更大的学术界,但也给获奖者空间,让他们发展与AOM观众分享的强大思想,并反思观众和其他学者提出的问题和反馈。这篇介绍之后的手稿是这一传统的一部分,在与Langley(2021)论文中断几年后,在JMI重新推出,以及她对如何使用我们的智力工具来理解现实、沟通理论和实践的想法,以及我们这样做的过程。Paul Adler是2021年奖项的获得者。在演讲中,保罗要求我们思考一个民主将从政治领域扩展到经济领域的世界,最终目标是确保对利润和物质繁荣的追求不会阻碍我们世界面临的“重大挑战”的解决(Howard Grenville,2021)。阿德勒作品的紧迫基调与兰利的评论产生了共鸣,尽管选择的主题非常不同。然而,两位学者都表现出了共同的愿望,即帮助确保OMT学者开发的智力工具被用来让我们的世界变得更美好。通过这样做,他们为整个学术界提供了灵感来源,让我们希望,也为所有那些决定对世界运作方式产生影响的人提供了灵感。事实上,组织和组织是所有现代社会的一个明显特征,可能也是任何人类集体活动的一个显著特征,相信不同和更好的组织方式可以带来不同和更好结果,尤其是一个更人道和更可持续的世界,这并非没有道理。JMI编辑委员会感谢Paul Adler和他的前任们的好奇心、辛勤工作,最终感谢他们的慷慨,感谢OMT执行委员会的工作,确保这些杰出的人才在我们的社区内外得到应有的认可。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Management Inquiry, sponsored by the Western Academy of Management, is a refereed journal for scholars and professionals in management, organizational behavior, strategy, and human resources. Its intent is to explore ideas and build knowledge in management theory and practice, with a focus on creative, nontraditional research as well as key controversies in the field. The journal seeks to maintain a constructive balance between innovation and quality, and at the same time widely define the forms that relevant contributions to the field can take. JMI features six sections: Meet the Person, Provocations, Reflections on Experience, Nontraditional Research, Essays, and Dialog.
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