OMT Drinks/Cafe: An OT Perspective on Creative Industries and Cultural Markets

Organizers: 
Michael Mauskapf, Columbia Business School
Frédéric Godart, INSEAD
Patrick Reilly, UCLA

When:  Saturday, 4:30-6 pm
Where:  Georgia Beer Garden (420 Edgewood Ave SE)


The study of creative industries--including music, movies, fashion, and food--has historically been undertaken by cultural sociologists, and thus remained outside the scope of mainstream management research. Economist Richard Caves has argued that creative domains such as the arts are often considered less serious and consequential than, say, financial services. Moreover, we have lacked large-scale datasets to study these phenomena, making replicable empirical research difficult to publish. This, however, is beginning to change: a growing number of OT scholars in Europe and the US are now conducting research on creative industries and cultural markets (i.e., Jones, Lorenzen, and Sapsed 2015), a trend that has been buoyed by an abundance of new tools and specialized datasets, resulting in a creative industries “turn” in organizational theory. This OMT Cafe serves as a forum for people interested in studying this fascinating and diverse sector. We hope to motivate why OMT is ideally situated to shed new light on the creative industries, and grow a community of scholars committed to sharing ideas, methodologies, and tips about how to conduct and publish research in this area.


OMT Beers (and Bocce)

When: Saturday August 5 at 6:00 pm

Where: The Torched Hop Brewpub (249 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308). A group of us will meet in the lobby of the Hyatt at 5:40 to share rides to the pub.

Organizers: Seb Mena, Jukka Rintamaki and Amit Nigam. 
RSVP to sebastien.mena.1@city.ac.uk

Description: Come to our second annual OMT beers! Come hang out with OMT colleagues for an evening of locally brewed beers and potentially bocce. We have reserved a few tables near the bocce courts of this brew pub, and there is plenty of space for mingling. Look forward to seeing you all there!


OMT Drinks on Organizational Stigma

Organizers: 
Christian Hampel, Oxford University
Wesley Helms, Brock University
Bryant Hudson, IESEG School of Management
Evelyn Micelotta, University of New Mexico
Karen Patterson, University of New Mexico
Thomas Roulet, Kings College

When:  Sunday, 4-5:30

Where:  Pulse, Atlanta Marriott Marquis 265 Peachtree Center Ave Atlanta, GA 30303

Are you interested in organizational stigma?  Are you researching a stigmatized practice, organization, or broader context? The organizers of the Research on Stigmatization: Understanding Stigma across Audiences, Categories and Levels PDW and a few of their colleagues are hosting an OMT Café to continue the conversation, to socialize, and to talk about this under theorized but impactful topic. We hope that you’ll join us for a beverage! We look forward to seeing you there!  


OMT Social 

Organizers: OMT
Where:  Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Imperial Ballroom B
When:  Monday, Aug 7 2017 7:30PM - 9:30PM 

Come join OMT for our social hour. This social activity is a great opportunity to meet and network with other OMT division and Academy members in a casual setting.