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As a resource to our clients, organizational practitioners and scholars we have compiled a bibliography of research, theory and practical books and articles that have informed our work:

Adam, B. (1990). Time and social theory. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Adam, B. (1998). Timescapes of modernity: The environment and invisible hazards. New York: Routledge.

Austin, J. R. (1997). A cognitive framework for understanding demographic influences in groups. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 5(4), 342-359.

Baker, T., Miner, A. S., & Eesley, D. T. (2003). Improvising firms: Bricolage, account giving and improvisational competencies in the founding process. Research Policy, 32(2003), 255-276.

Barker, C. (1977). Theatre games: A new approach to drama training. London: Methuen.

Barki, H., & Pinsonneault, A. (2001). Small group brainstorming and idea quality: Is electronic brainstorming the most effective approach? Small Group Research, 32(2), 158-205.

Barrett, F. J. (1998). Creativity and improvisation in jazz and organizations: Implications for organizational learning. Organization Science, 9(5), 605-622.

Barrett, F. J. (2000). Cultivating an aesthetic of unfolding: Jazz improvisation as a self-organizing system. In S. Linstead & H. J. Hopfl (Eds.), The aesthetics of organizations. London: Sage.

Barron, F. (1958). The psychology of imagination. Scientific American, 199, 255-261.

Belgrad, D. (1998). The culture of spontaneity: Improvisation and the arts in postwar america. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Berliner, P. F. (1994). Thinking in jazz: The infinite art of improvisation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Bertalanffy, L. v. (1968). General systems theory: Foundations, development, applications (revised edition). New York: George Braziller.

Bettenhausen, K., & JMurnighhan, J. K. (1985). The emergence of norms in competitive decision-maiking groups. Administrative Science Quarterly, 30, 350-372.

Bohm, D. (1980). Wholeness and implicate order. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Bolton, G. (1993). Drama in education and tie: A comparison. In T. Jackson (Ed.), Learning through theatre: New perspectives on theatre in education (2nd ed., pp. 39-50). New York: Routledge.

Brown, J. S., & Duguid, P. (2001). Creativity versus structure: A useful tension. MIT Sloan School of Management Review(Summer), 93-94.

Brown, S. L., & Eisenhardt, K. M. (1997). The art of continuous change: Linking complexity theory and time-paced evolution in relentlessly shiftig organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 42(March), 1-34.

Burrell, G. (1992). Back to the future: Time and organization. In M. Reed & M. Hughe (Eds.), Rethinking organization: New directions in organizational theory and analysis. London: Sage.

Cohen, M. D., and James G. March. (1974). Leadership and ambiguity. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Collins, D. M. (1991). Releasing potential: An investigation of the use of theater sports in human resource development professionals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Cordery, J. L., Mueller, W. S., & Smith, L. M. (1991).
Attitudinal and behavioral effects of autonomous group working: A longitudinal field study. Academy of Management Journal, 34(2), 464-476.

Crossan, M. (1997). Improvise to innovate. Ivey Business Quarterly, pp. 36-42.

Crossan, M. (1998). Improvisation in action. Organization Science, 9(5), 593-599.

Crossan, M., & Sorrenti, M. (1997). Making sense of improvisation. Advances in strategic management, 14(14), 155-180.

Crossan, M., Vieira da Cunha, J., Pina e Cunha, M., & Vera, D. M. (2002). Time and organizational improvisation. Paper presented at the Dynamic Time and
Creative Inquiry in Organizational Change: An improvisational conference, Essex, MA.

Crossan, M., & White, R. E. (1996). The improvising organization: Where planning meets opportunity. Organization Dynamics, 24(4), 20.

Crow, J. R. (2002). Crashing with the nose up: Building a cooperative work environment. Journal for Quality & Participation, 25(1), 45-50.

Day, W. (2000). Knowing as instancing: Jazz improvisation and moral perfectionism. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, 58(2), 99-112.

Eden, C., & Huxham, C. (2001). The negotiation of purpose in multi-organizational collaboration groups. Journal of Management Studies, 38(3), 373-391.

Estes, C. P. (1991). The creative fire 2: Myths and stories about the cycles of creativity. On The Jungian storyteller series [Audiotape]. Boulder, CO: Sounds True Recordings.

Everson, B. J. (1993). Considering the possibilities with improvisation. English Journal, 82(7), 64-66.

Felton, L. G. (2002). Structuring collaborative improvisation: Reflections from contact improvisational dance. Santa Cruz: University of California.

Fox, J. (1986). Acts of service: Spontaneity, commitment, tradition in the nonscripted theatre. New Paltz, NY: Tusitala Publishing.

Frost, A., & Yarrow, R. (1989). Improvisation in drama. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Gessel, I. (1997). Playing along: 37 group learning activities borrowed from improvisational theater. Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates.

Halpern, C., Close, D., & Johnson, K. H. (1994). Truth in comedy: The manual of improvisation. Colorado Springs, CO: Meriwether.

Haring-Smith, T. (1993). Learning together: An introduction to collaborative learning. New York: Harpercollins.

Hatch, M. J. (2002). Exploring the empty spaces of organizing. In K. Kamoche, M. Pina e Cunha & J. Vierira da Cunha (Eds.), Organizational improvisation. New York: Routledge.

Heathcote, D., & Bolton, G. (1995). Drama for learning: Dorothy heathcote's mantle of the expert approach to education. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Huffaker, J. S., & West, E. (2005). Enhancing learning in the business classroom: An adventure with improv theater techniques. Journal of Management Education, 29(6), 852-869.

Isaacs, W. (1999). Dialogue and the art of thinking together. New York: Doubleday.

Ishizaki, S. (2003). Improvisational design: Continuous, responsive digital communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Jackson, P. Z. (1995). Improvisation in training: Freedom within corporate structures. Journal of European Industrial Training, 19(4), 25-28.

Jeddeloh, S. (2003). Chasing transcendence: Experiencing magic moments in jazz improvisation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

Jenkins, G. L. (2002). Theatre and education: A case for using theatre to teach. Unpublished Masters, Louisiana Tech University.

Johnson, D. W. (1989b). Cooperation and competition: Theory and research. Edina, Minnesota: Interaction Book Company.

Johnson, L., & O'Neill, C. (Eds.). (1984). Dorothy heathcote: Collected writings on education and drama. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

Johnstone, K. (1979/1981). Impro: Improvisation and the theatre. New York: Routledge.

Jones, B. (1993). Improve with improv! A guide to improvisation and character development. Colorado Springs, CO: Meriwether.

Jones, M. (1997). Getting creativity back into corporate decision making. Journal for Quality & Participation, 20(1), 58-62.

Kamoche, K. N., Pina e Cunha, M., & Vierira da Cunha, J. (Eds.). (2002). Organizational improvisation. London: Routledge.

Kao, J. (1996). Jamming: The art and discipline of business creativity. New York: HarperCollins.

Kaspersen, L. B. (2000). Anthony giddens: An introduction to a social theorist (S. Sampson, Trans.). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Kastelic Long, B. (2003). From experience to expertise: Appreciative inquiry, improvisational efficacy and teacher learning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Kim, S. (2002). Participative management and job satisfaction: Lessons for management leadership. Public Administration Review, 62(2), 231.

Kirkman, B. L., & Rosen, B. (1999). Beyond self-management: Antecedents and consequences of team empowerment. Academy of Management Journal, 42(1), 58-74.

Knox, D. L. W. (1998). The role of improvisational theater training in building resilience from member participants' perspectives: A qualitative study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.

Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. (2005). Learning styles and learning spaces: Learning in higher education. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 4(2), 193-212.

Koppett, K. (2001). Training to imagine: Practical improvisational theatre techniques to enhance creativity, teamwork, leadership, and learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Lawrence, K. A. (2001). Playing by the rules: A role for improvisation in groups. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Organizational Improvisation, Lisbon, Portugal.

Lesser, E., & Everest, K. (2002). Using communities of practice to manage intellectual capital. Ivey Business Journal, 65(4), 37-41.

Lewicki, R. J., McAllister, D. J., & Bies, R. J. (1988). Trust and distrust: New relationships and realities. Academy of Management Review, 23(3), 438-458.

Lowe, R. (2000). Improvisation, inc.: Harnessing spontaneity to engage people and groups. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.

Mackenzie, I. (2000). Improvisation, creativity, and formulaic language. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticsm, 58(2), 173-180.

Madjar, N., Oldham, G. R., & Pratt, M. G. (2002). There's no place like home? The contributions of work and nonwork creativity support to employees' creative performance. Academy of Management Journal, 45(4), 757-767.

Mattessich, P., & Monsey, B. (1992). Collaboration: What makes it work, a review of the research literature describing factors which influence the success of collaboration. Minnesota: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.

May, R. (1975). The courage to create (1976 ed.). New York: Bantam Books.

McGinn, K. L., & Keros, A. T. (2002). Improvisation and the logic of exchange in socially embedded transactions. Administrative Science Quarterly, 47, 442-473.

Messick, D. M. (1999). Alternative logics for decision making in social settings. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 38, 11-28.

Meyer, P. (2000). Quantum creativity: Nine principles to transform the way you work. Chicago: Contemporary Books.

Miner, A. S., Bassoff, P., & Moorman, C. (2001). Organizational improvisation and learning: A field study. Administrative Science Quarterly, 46(2), 304-337.

Mintzberg, H. (1973). The nature of managerial work. New York: Harper & Row.

Mintzberg, H. (1994). The rise and fall of strategic planning. New York: The Free Press.

Mirvis, P. (1998). Practice improvisation. Organization Science., 9, 586-592.

Montuori, A. (2003). The complexity of improvisation and the improvisation of complexity: Social science, art and creativity. Human Relations, 56(2), 237-255.

Moorman, C., & Miner, A. S. (1997). The impact of organizational memory on new product performance and creativity. Journal of Marketing Research, 34(1), 91, 16p.

Moorman, C., & Miner, A. S. (1998a). The convergence of planning and execution: Improvisation in new product development. Journal of Marketing, 62(3), 1-20.

Moorman, C., & Miner, A. S. (1998b). Organizational improvisation and organizational memory. Academy of Management Review, 23(4), 698-723.

Mortensen, M., & Hinds, P. J. (2001). Conflict and shared identity in geographically distributed teams. International Journal of Conflict Management, 12(3), 212-238.

Moshavi, D. (2001). "Yes, and." Introducing improvsiational theatre techniques to the management classroom. Journal of Management Education, 25(2), 437-449.

Nachmanovitch, S. (1990). Freeplay: The power of improvisation in life and the arts. Los Angeles: Tarcher.

Noss, C. (2002). Taking time seriously: Organizational change, flexibility, and the present time in a new perspective. In R. Whipp, B. Adam & I. Sabelis (Eds.), Making time: Time and management in modern organizations. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
O'Neill, C. (1995). Drama worlds: A framework for process drama. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Pascale, R. T. (1984). Perspectives on strategy: The real story behind honda's success. California Management Review, 26(3), 47-72.

Perry, L. T. (1991). Strategic improvising: How to formulate and implement competitive strategies in concert. Organizational Dynamics, 19(4), 51-64.

Pina e Cunha, M., Vieira da Cunha, J., & Kamoche, K. N. (2002). Organizational improvisation: What, when, how and why. In K. N. Kamoche, M. Pina E Cunha & J. Vieira da Cunha (Eds.), Organizational improvisation. New York: Routledge.

Pinnington, A., Morris, T., & Pinnington, C. (2003). The relational structure of improvisation: A case illustration from corporate video production. International Studies of Management & Organization, 33(1), 10-33.

Porter, T. W., & Lilly, B. S. (1996). The effects of conflict, trust, and task commitment on project team performance. International Journal of Conflict Management, 7(4), 361-376.

Purser, R., & Petranker, J. (2002). Unfreezing the future: Using dynamic time for deep improvisation in organizational change. Paper presented at the Dynamic Time and Creative Inquiry in Organizational Change, Boston.

Quinn, R. E. (1988). Beyond rational management: Mastering the paradoxes and competing demands of high performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sawyer, R. K. (2000). Improvisation and the creative process: Dewey, collingwood, and the aesthetics of spontaneity. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticsm, 58(2), 149-161.

Sawyer, R. K. (2002). Improvisation and narrative. Narrative Inquiry, 12(2), 312-349.

Sawyer, R. K. (2003a). Evaluative processes during group improvisational performance. In M. A. Runco (Ed.), Critical creative processes (pp. 303-327). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Sawyer, R. K. (2003b). Group creativity: Music, theater, collaboration. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Schmuck, R. A., & Schmuck, P. A. (2001, 1997). Group processes in the classroom (8th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.

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Sears, L. R. (1998). Women in improvisation: Transgression, transformation and transcendence. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas, Denton.

Seham, A. E. (2001). Whose improv is it anyway? Beyond second city. Jackson, MI: University of Mississippi.

Sharkansky, I., & Zalmanovitch. (2000). Improvisation in public administration and policy making in israel. Public Administration Review, 60(4), 321-329.

Slattery, P. (1996). Hermeneutics: A phenomenological aesthetic reflection, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York City.

Spolin, V. (1963/1983). Improvisation for the theater. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

Spolin, V. (1986). Theatre games for the classroom. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

Stacey, R. D. (1996). Complexity and creativity in organizations. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Stevenson, D. J. (2002). Keep your wits about you: Humor, creativity and creative problem solving.

Sudnow, D. (2001). The ways of the hand: A rewritten account. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

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Thomson, L. M. (2003). Teaching and rehearsing collaboration, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (Vol. 2004, pp. 117-128): http://www.jolt.merlot.org.

Torbert, W. R., & Associates, a. (2004). Action inquiry: The secret of timely and transforming leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Vera, D. M. (2002). Improvisation and its impact on performance. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Vera, D. M., & Crossan, M. (2004). Theatrical improvisation: Lessons for organizations. Organizational Studies, 25(5), 727-749.

Von Emmel, T. (2005). Liberating aliveness: Improvisation as somatic knowledge-creation and transformation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California.

Wageman, R. (1998). Improvisation as a mindset for organizational analysis. Organization Science., 9, 543-551.

Walter, U. M. (2003). Toward a third space: Improvisation and professionalism in social work. Families in Society, 84(3), 318-322.

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Weick, K. (2002b). Improvisation as a mindset for organizational analysis. In M. Pina e Cunha, J. Vieira da Cunha & K. N. Kamoche (Eds.), Organizational improvisation (pp. 52-72). New York: Routledge.

Weick, K. E. (1993). The collapse of sensemaking: The mann gulch disaster. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38(4), 628-652.

Wilshire, B. (1982). Role playing and identity: The limits of theatre as metaphor. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Winer, M., & Ray, K. (1994). Collaboration handbook: Creating, sustaining and enjoying the journey. Minnesota: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.

Zaporah, R. (1995). Action theater: The improvisation of presence. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

 

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