The Organization Science Jazz Festival: Improvisation as a Metaphor for Organizing—Overture
本文是《组织科学》特刊引言，基于1995年管理学会会议上关于“爵士作为21世纪组织隐喻”的研讨会，该会议融合了学术报告与专业音乐家的爵士即兴演示。
Introduction to a special issue of Organization Science. It is based on a rather unique event, a symposium, “Jazz as a Metaphor for Organizing in the 21st Century,” held at the 1995 Academy of Management National Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Symposiums at academic conferences usually feature panelists presenting their views and discussants critiquing the presentations and providing some synthesis, followed by a brief dialogue with the audience. This session on jazz improvisation and organizing included conventional scholarly presentations, but added a demonstration and discussion of jazz improvisation by panelists who were professional musicians, followed by a concert and social event during which these musicians regaled the audience with superb jazz.