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E139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents

October 20, 2026 · 35 min

We conclude our discussion of the War of the Currents using an article from Cole and Chandler on competitive impression management as it applied during the famous War of the Currents between Edison and Westinghouse. The article's aim was…
E139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents (Part 2)

October 6, 2026 · 47 min

We continue or discussion of the War of the Currents using an article from Tushman and Anderson on the impacts of technological breakthroughs and how they increase uncertainty and complexity in organizational environments. through the…
139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents (Part 1)

September 29, 2026 · 43 min

This is Part 1 of our latest "movie" episode. The film we watched is from 2017 The Current War, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and distribution by 101 Studios. It dramatized the so-named War of the Currents that was a real competition…
139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents

September 28, 2026 · 5 min

Coming soon! We will explore the famous War of the Currents as part of our occasional "movie" episode, this time the 2017 film "The Current War" that dramatized the dispute between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which form of…
138: Relational Work Perspective -- Zelizer & Bandelj (Part 2)

July 21, 2026 · 40 min

In Part 2, we further contrast the relational work perspective of Zelizer and Bandelj with the dominant embeddedness perspective promoted by Granovetter and other early economic sociologists a few decades ago. The embeddedness perspective…

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138: Relational Work Perspective -- Zelizer & Bandelj (Part 1)

July 14, 2026 · 46 min

This month we examine three pieces from the relational work perspective in economic sociology, one by Viviana Zelizer and two by her former student Nina Bandelj. The relational work perspective examines how ordinary economic transactions…
138: Relational Work Perspective -- Zelizer & Bandelj (Summary of Episode)

July 7, 2026 · 4 min

Coming soon! We will examine a contemporary stream in economic sociology, the relational work perspective, championed by Viviana Zelizer and furthered by some of her students such as Nina Bandelj and others. How does this perspective…
137: Science as a Vocation -- Max Weber (Part 2)

June 9, 2026 · 44 min

In Part 2, we bring Max Weber’s speech about Science as a Vocation to the present day and show that many of the same themes and concerns Weber express are still relevant. Modern technologies such as artificial intelligence may have changed…
E137: Science as a Vocation -- Max Weber (Part 1)

June 2, 2026 · 49 min

We return once more to Max Weber and look at one of his most important and noteworthy speeches, “Science as a Vocation.” The speech includes a number of major themes such as what is the worth of science, what are the roles of junior…
E137: Science as a Vocation -- Max Weber (Summary of Episode)

May 26, 2026 · 4 min

Coming soon! We return once more to Max Weber and look at one of his most important and noteworthy speeches, “Science as a Vocation,” delivered in 1918 at Munich University. This speech may be seen as a text assigned to rising graduate…
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 4)

May 5, 2026 · 26 min

This is an expanded version of the supplement from the original Episode 6 on Max Weber's Bureaucracy. This release includes both the original supplement from Dmitrijs along with an extended commentary from Tom to cover contemporary views…
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 3)

April 28, 2026 · 46 min

In this release, we take a retrospective look at Weber's famous work and our original episode. How has our views about bureaucracy changed over the past decade (2016-when the original Weber episode was released) or century (1918-when the…

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Talking About Organizations is a conversational podcast where we talk about one book, journal article or idea per episode and try to understand it, its purpose and its impact. By joining us as we collectively tackle classic readings on organization theory, management science, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, organizational learning, culture, climate, leadership, public administration, and so many more! Subscribe to our feed and begin Talking About Organizations as we take on great management thinkers of past and present!