Schedule - Organization Design: Current Debates and Future Opportunities

Organization Design: Current Debates and Future Opportunities December 5 – 6, 2008

Unit	Organizational Behavior > Conferences & Seminars

Friday, December 5, 2008
9:00 am-12:00 pm	Registration for Mellon Hall Guests (Mellon Hall)
11:00 am-12:45 pm	Registration for all other participants (McCollum Hall)
12:00-12:45 pm	LUNCH (McArthur Lounge, McArthur Hall)
12:45-1:00 pm	Welcome: On Organization Design circa 2008; what we know and do not know. Jay Light, Dean of Harvard Business School Mike Tushman (McCollum 101)
1:00-2:15 pm	Session 1: Leadership and Organizational Design: A Practitioner Perspective Jay Galbraith / Galbraith Management Consultants David Nadler / Marsh & McLennan Moderator: Mike Tushman (McCollum 101)
2:15-2:45 pm	BREAK (McArthur Lounge)
2:45-4:00 pm	Session 2: Organization Design as Interrelated Activity Systems Dan Levinthal / Wharton Andrew Pettigrew / Oxford Moderator: Jan Rivkin(McCollum 101) Levinthal Presentation
4:00-4:30 pm	BREAK (McArthur Lounge)
4:30-5:45 pm	Session 3: Organization Design as Interconnected Social Networks Woody Powell / Stanford David Krackhardt / Carnegie Mellon Moderator: Toby Stuart (McCollum 101) Krackhardt Presentation
5:45-6:30 pm	COCKTAILS (Spangler Williams Room)
6:30-7:30 pm	DINNER (Spangler Williams Room)
7:30-9:00 pm	A Celebration of P. Lawrence & J. Lorsch (1967) Organization and Environment Ranjay Gulati Presentation Interview with Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch Nitin Nohria and Bob Eccles (Spangler Williams Room)

Saturday, December 6, 2008
7:00-8:00 am	Continental breakfast for December 5th guests of Mellon Hall (Mellon Hall)
7:00-8:00 am	Continental breakfast for all other participants (Outside McCollum 101)
8:00-8:30 am	Registration for those who did not register on December 5th (Outside McCollum 101)
8:30-10:00 am	Session 4: Contingency Theory and Designing Organizations Costas Markides / London Business School Charles O'Reilly / Stanford Andy Van de Ven / Univ. of Minnesota Moderator: Royston Greenwood (McCollum 101) Markides Presentation Van de Ven Presentation
10:00-10:30 am	BREAK (McArthur Lounge)
10:30-12:00 pm	Session 5: The Economics of Organization Design John Roberts / Stanford Oliver Williamson / UC Berkeley Rebecca Henderson / MIT Moderator: Carliss Baldwin (McCollum 101) Roberts Presentation Williamson Presentation Henderson Presentation
12:00-1:00 pm	WORKING LUNCH (Kresge North Terrace)
1:00-2:30 pm	Session 6: Designing Inter-Organizational Communities Kathy Eisenhardt / Stanford Lori Rosenkopf / Wharton Eric Von Hippel / MIT Moderator: Ed Zajac (McCollum 101) Von Hippel Presentation Rosenkopf Presentation
2:30-3:00 pm	BREAK (McArthur Lounge)
3:00-4:30 pm	Session 7: Organization Design and Dynamic Capabilities: Integration and Next Steps Ranjay Gulati and Mike Tushman (McCollum 101) Synthesis of Input Presentation
4:30 pm	PROGRAM CLOSE (McCollum 101)
5:00-6:00 pm	COCKTAILS (OPTIONAL) (HBS Faculty Club, Kresge Hall)
6:00-7:30 pm	DINNER (OPTIONAL) (Kresge North Terrace)