Mind the Flower: Rebalancing Form and Function in Organization Studies
本文批评组织研究日益公式化，以组织美学为例，指出其受实用主义主导而重功能轻形式，借鉴Jim March的思想和艺术史，倡导非功利的美学视角，关注美、感官体验和更优雅的写作。
Moving away from a tradition of craft production to an increasingly bureaucratic, mass-produced mode, the field of organization studies is becoming more formulaic. The subfield of “organizational aesthetics” is an example of a potential antidote, a nomadic foray into more exotic research contexts. However, the exploration of aesthetic phenomena for organizational purposes has largely conformed to an entrenched utilitarian paradigm that pursues managerial relevance and prioritizes “function” over “form.” This essay highlights the blocking capacity of the utilitarian paradigm, questioning its assumptions and promoting a non-utilitarian perspective on aesthetics, inspired by the writings and poetry of Jim March. Drawing on art history, I direct attention to the aspects of aesthetic phenomena that militate against organization and commercial exploitation, and stimulate appreciation of beauty, sensory experiences and more elegant, less formulaic writing.