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Organizing for Jazz

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  • William A. Pasmore

    (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106)

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Parallels between jazz performance and organization are given. In organizations, people need to understand what's happening in order to help their organization perform flexibly. The more they know about what the organization does—what it's up to, what's going on in the world, what the customer wants, what other people do, what shape the organization is in financially, what the possibilities are—the more they can take action freely without fear of causing problems for someone else. Developing this knowledge takes time, like practicing a musical instrument.

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  • William A. Pasmore, 1998. "Organizing for Jazz," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(5), pages 562-568, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ororsc:v:9:y:1998:i:5:p:562-568
    DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.5.562
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    1. Kelman, Steven J. & Hong, Sounman, 2012. "Hard, Soft, or Tough Love: What Kinds of Organizational Culture Promote Successful Performance in Cross-Organizational Collaborations?," Scholarly Articles 8506868, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
    2. Diasio, Steve, 2016. "Not all that jazz! Jamband as a metaphor for organizing new models of innovation," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 125-134.
    3. Stéphane Robin, 2023. "Free musical improvisation as an alternative model for organization," Working Papers hal-04080990, HAL.
    4. Kelman, Steven & Hong, Sounman, 2012. ""Hard," "Soft," or "Tough Love": What Kinds of Organizational Culture Promote Successful Performance in Cross-Organizational Collaborations?," Working Paper Series rwp12-005, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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