About the Group

The Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change (ODSC) Group at the University of Sydney comprises a cluster of researchers located in the Faculty of Economics and Business. The Group is associated with the International Centre for Research in Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change (ICRODSC). In addition to the University of Sydney, ICRODSC is supported by other leading international management schools at the University of Melbourne; McGill University; Queen Mary College, University of London; the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge; the University of Leicester; Lund University; the University of Colorado; Texas A&M University; Cardiff University Business School and the University of California. The group of researchers at the University of Sydney share an interest with colleagues located at these other institutions in developing and applying discourse methods in the study of organizations.

Objectives

Since its inception in 2001, the Group at the University of Sydney has made a significant contribution towards ICRODSC achieving its key objectives. These objectives include:

• Facilitating research on organisational discourse, strategy and change though the creation of a network of world class scholars.
• Encouraging collaborative research within and amongst associated institutions.
• Securing national and international competitive grants.
• Disseminating the results of research through academic publications, seminars and conferences.
• Attracting and supervising postgraduate students working in the areas of organizational discourse, strategy and change.
• Facilitating visits and exchanges involving international and Australian scholars.

Organizational Structure

Current members of the ODSC Group at the University of Sydney are:

• Prof. David Grant (Co-Director)
• Dr Leanne Cutcher (Co-Director)
• Dr Susan Ainsworth
• Dr Teresa Davis
• Dr Kristine Dery
• Prof. Richard Dunford
• A.Prof. Richard Hall
• Dr Catherine Hardy
• Prof. John Roberts
• Dr Richard Seymour
• A.Prof. Nick Wailes
• Dr Catherine Welch
• A.Prof. Sue Williams
• A.Prof Christopher Wright
• Ms Jeanie Yip

The ODSC Group is one of the ten partner institutions affiliated with the International Centre for Research on Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change (ICRODSC). A complete list of all researchers associated with ICRODSC who are located at other partner institutions as well as members of the University of Sydney group can be found at the ICRODSC webpage.

International Advisory Board

The activities of ICRODSC are overseen by an International Advisory Board made up of Co-Directors from each of the associated institutions and senior academics from a range of institutions.

Current membership of the International Advisory Board is as follows:

• Prof. Mats Alvesson, Lund University
• Prof. Stanley Deetz, University of Colorado
• Prof. David Grant, University of Sydney
• Prof. Cynthia Hardy, University of Melbourne
• Prof. Tom Keenoy, University of Leicester
• Prof. Russell Lansbury, University of Sydney
• Prof. Tom Lawrence, Simon Fraser University
• Prof. Karen Legge, University of Warwick
• Prof. Steve Maguire, McGill University
• Prof. Joanne Martin, Stanford University
• Prof. Tim Morris, University of Oxford
• Prof. Clifford Oswick, Queen Mary, University of London
• Prof. Gill Palmer, RMIT, Melbourne
• Prof. Nelson Phillips, Imperial College, University of London
• Prof. Linda Putnam, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Prof. Robyn Thomas, Cardiff Business School
• Prof. Hari Tsoukas, Athens Laboratory for Business Administration (ALBA), Greece