Thank you for visiting the Warwick Organisation Theory Network (WOTNet) website. Here you will find information about our activities as well as links to a number of sites and other groups similarly interested in furthering the field of organisation theory.

 

About Us

Warwick Business School has a long and celebrated history in the development of organisation theory, and WOTNet has been established to continue and further this tradition. Comprising of a loose affiliation of organisational theorists, WOTNet aims to become a globally recognised centre of excellence for the development and promotion of organisation theory through a range of events, publications, and associated activities.

Central to WOTNet’s mission is a belief that the study of organisational life should provide insights not only into how organisations might be run more efficiently, but more importantly open up fundamental questions about how they might operate differently; in ways perhaps unrecognisable to the traditional conception of what an organisation is and what it does. As such, WOTNet is pushing the ideas of organisation and organising beyond traditional boundaries towards ideas of organising as a fundamental activity of social life.

Such a rethinking of organisation also extends to the ways in which we attempt to study the organisational domain and the disciplines and theoretical resources we utilise. Sociology, philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, economics, history and geography all contribute to our work, while a pluralistic attitude to social scientific theory encourages approaches that draw upon, amongst others:

• Institutional Theory
• Post-structuralism
• Critical Theory
• Conversational Analysis
• Feminist Theory
• Critical Realism

Similarly, the range of substantive topics of interest we engage with are equally diverse and include:

• Governance
• Space
• Aesthetics
• Emotion
• Language
• Power and Resistance

If you would like to know more about our work or any of the events advertised on this site, please do not hesitate to contact us at the above address.