Gordon Müller-Seitz, Elke SchüßlerFCE-Workshop, Berlin, April 20, 2015

§ From Event Management to Managing Events

§ A Process Perspective on Organized and Unexpected Field-Level Events

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From event management to managing events

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3rd FCE Workshop Ebola outbreak

Same same… but different

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Guiding question: (how) can we manage events in general strategically?

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The 3rd FCE Workshop as anorganized event

The ebola outbreak as anunexpected event

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Putting this workshop into perspective

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Organized events Unexpected events

Schreyögg & Ostermann

Maguire & Hardy

Müller-Seitz & Sydow

Schüßler

Flight 4U9525

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Comparison of organized and unexpected events along phases

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Similarities across organized and unexpected events

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Strategies for managing events and further research

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Food for thought for discussion

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• Can there be a unifying theoretical framework that is sensitive enough to capturethe variety of both phenomena?

• Can both types of events be understood as “field-configuring”?

• Can there really be a strategic management of both types of events?

• Does studying organized events and their unexpected occurrences / surprises merit separate theoretical attention (e.g. Olympic Games in Munich)?