Open Organizations and Organizing Openness: Introduction to the Course (2017)
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The document outlines a course on 'open organizations and organizing openness' taught by Leonhard Dobusch at Universität Innsbruck, introducing key concepts like freedom in software and open access. It details course structure, including lectures on organizational openness, seminar discussions, and an essay requirement, with specific deadlines for participation. Various open phenomena, such as open source software and open innovation, will be explored through readings and group presentations.
Open Organizations and Organizing Openness: Introduction to the Course (2017)
- 1. Open Organizations and Organizing Openness Leonhard Dobusch April 4, 2017 Universität Innsbruck Introduction to the Course 1
- 3. Who are you? ‣ Name ‣ Academic background and interests How open are you? ‣ Personal experiences with openness? ‣ Favorite examples of openness? 3
- 4. <2> Motivation for the Course 4
- 5. 49 Freedom 0: to run the program as you wish, for any purpose. Freedom 1: to study how the program works, and change it. Freedom 2: to redistribute copies. Freedom 3: to distribute copies of your modified versions to others Access to the source code is a precondition for freedoms 1 & 3.
- 6. think of 'free speech', not 'free beer'.“ Free as in Freedom? 6 Richard Stallman Photo: Bill Ebbesen, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_-_Denmark_DTU_2007-3-31.jpg
- 8. “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.”
- 13. Photo: Screenshot Wikpedia license information
- 14. Photo: Screenshot Flickr Creative Commons portal
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- 20. Course Wiki at wiki.uibk.ac.at/4open >> course wiki will be open for edits by April 7, 2017 20
- 21. Two-part Structure: Lecture and Seminar >> Final exam covering lecture & seminar: June 19, 2017 21 (1) Lecture - Six conceptual aspects of organizational openness - Two readings for each session (2) Seminar - Talks on different open phenomena - Essay connecting concepts with phenomena, to be handed in by June 7, 11:59 p.m
- 22. Lecture Topics: Concepts of Openness Concepts Readings Openness as a Paradigm Armbrüster & Gebert (2002) Tkacz (2012) Openness and Boundaries Hernes (2004) Santos & Eisenhardt (2005) Openness and Transparency Fenster (2015) Rosenfeld & Denice (2015) Openness and Participation Dachler & Wilpert (1978) Mantere & Vaara (2008) Openness and Inclusion Dobusch (2014) Shore et al. (2011) Openness and Emergence Dew, Sarasvathy, & Venkataraman (2004) Mintzberg & Waters (1985) 22
- 23. Lecture Format (1) Wiki-based collection of questions on readings - enter one question on each reading in course wiki - deadline for submitting questions: 3 p.m. on day before lecture - submitting questions is an exam requirement ! (2) Group discussion of selected questions - lecture starts with discussion in groups of 4-5 - selected questions for each group ! (3) Plenary discussion and lecture on key points - share and discuss answers to questions in plenary - key points of texts emphasized in lecture format 23
- 24. Seminar Topics: Open Phenomena Phenomena Illustrative examples and articles Open Source Software Examples: Linux, Firefox Text: Benkler (2002) Open Science Examples: PLoS, offene-doktorarbeit.de Text: Bartling & Friesike (eds., 2014) Open Innovation Examples: Innocentive, GE Open Innovation Portal Text: Sieg et al. (2010) Open Collaboration Examples: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap Text: Jemielniak (2016) Open Strategy Examples: Wikimedia Strategy Process, Buffer Text: Hautz et al. (2017) Open Government Examples: data.gov, FixMyStreet Text: Janssen et al. (2012) 24
- 25. Seminar Format (1) Groups of 5 working on each open phenomenon - share & discuss cases, sources, insights, problems - self-assign members to focus on one concept ! (2) Lightning talks on phenomena & concepts - each group member focuses on different concept - use at least one empirical case - length: max. 10 minutes ! (3) Essay on topic of lightning talk - focus one thesis/insight/point - incorporate feedback - length: 3-5 pages (Times, 12pt, 1.5 line spacing) 25
- 26. Next Steps: ‣ Read texts for next meetings ‣ Enter questions in course wiki Please remember: ‣ Deadline for questions is 3 p.m. on day before session ‣ Don't repeat questions already asked 26
- 27. ! ! E-Mail: Leonhard.Dobusch@uibk.ac.at Twitter: @leonidobusch Web: bit.ly/LD_UIBK // dobusch.net ! Research blogs: osconjunction.net governancexborders.com Contacts