Working the jazz metaphor: Musings driving down I-5 past midnight

Journal/Book: Organ Sci. 1998; 9: 901 Elkridge Landing Rd, Ste 400, Linthicum HTS, MD 21090-2909. Inst Operations Research Management Sciences. 583-585.

Abstract: Applying unfettered but disciplined imagination to last night's Academy of Management 1995 session on the jazz metaphor, I asked: How would I design an organization as if it were a medium for improvisational jazz? I know that the design metaphor grates on some sensibilities. Bear with me. I am a tinkerer and bricoleur at heart. I write as thought emerged subject to minor editing.

Note: Article VS-Card Berniker E, Pacific Lutheran Univ, Tacoma,WA 98447 USA

Keyword(s): metaphor; organizing; improvisation; jazz

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