Member - Steven Taylor

47 Laconia Rd., Worcester, MA 01609, USA +1 508-831-5557 sst@wpi.edu

Assistant Professor, Department of Management,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA

Prior Position :
Lecturer in Change Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK,
August 2000 - August 2002.

Education:
Boston College: Ph.D. in Management, Organizational Studies. Dissertation: The Aesthetics of Leadership Storytelling, 2000.
Emerson College: M.A. in Performing Arts, 1993.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: B.S. in Humanities, 1982.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Taylor, S. S. & Hanson, H. 2005. Finding Form: Looking at the field of Organizational Aesthetics. Journal of Management Studies. Vol. 42(6).

Taylor, S. S. 2004. Presentational form in first person research: Off-line collaborative reflection using art. Action Research. Vol. 2(1) pp. 67-84.

Nissley, N., Taylor, S. S., & Houden, L. 2004. The Politics of Performance in Organizational Theatre-Based Training and Interventions. Organization Studies, Vol. 25(5).

Taylor, S. S. Dissolving Anchors: Acid Management on Mars. 2003 Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science, Vol. 2(4) pp 1-6.

Nissley, N., Taylor, S. S. & Butler, O. 2002. The Power of Organizational Song: An organizational discourse an aesthetic expression of organizational culture. Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science, Vol. 2(1), pp 47-62.

Taylor, S. S. 2002. Overcoming Aesthetic muteness : Researching Organizational Members' Aesthetic Experience. Human Relations, Vol. 55(7) pp. 821-840.

Taylor, S. S., Fisher, D. & Dufresne, R. L. 2000. The Aesthetics of Management Storytelling: A Key to Organizational Learning. Management Learning, Vol. 33(3) pp. 313-330.

Taylor, S. S. 2000. Aesthetic Knowledge in Academia: Capitalist Pigs at the Academy of Management. Journal of Management Inquiry. Vol. 9(3), pp. 304-328.

Taylor, S. S. 1999. Making Sense of Revolutionary Change: Differences in Members' Stories. Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 12(6), pp. 524-539.

Editor Reviewed Publications:

Taylor, S. S. 2003. Knowing in your gut: A reflection on doing theater and my underlying epistemology of communication. Management Communication Quarterly. Vol. 17(2) pp. 272-279.

Taylor, S. S. 2003. Ties that bind. Management Communication Quarterly. Vol. 17(2) pp. 280-300.

Nissley, N., Taylor, S. S. & Butler, O. 2003. The Power of Organizational Song: An organizational discourse an aesthetic expression of organizational culture. In A. Carr & P. Hancock (Eds.) Art and Aesthetics at Work. Basingstoke: Palgrave macmillan, pp. 93-114.

Taylor, S. S. 2001. A Clockwork Postmodern. Journal of Management Inquiry., Vol. 10 (2), p. 133.

Rudolph, J. W., Taylor, S. S., & Foldy, E. G. 2001. Collaborative Off-line Reflection: A Way to Develop Skill in Action Science and Action Inquiry. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), Handbook of Action Research, Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 405-412.

Harris, G. & Taylor, S. 1997. Escaping the Box: Using a New Process Model to Support Participation and Improve Coordination. Center for Quality of Management Journal, Vol. 6(3), pp. 25-42.

Reviews:
Taylor, S. S. 2002. "The Aesthetics of Organizations". Organization Studies. Vol. 23(6) pp 981-983.

Taylor, S. S. 2002. 'Are we there, yet?'. Concepts and Transformation, Vol. 6(2), pp 212-217.

Honors:
Leadership Arts Playwright in Residence at the Banff Centre; Banff, Alberta, Canada; June 2004

Presentations:
Taylor, S. S. 2004. Ties That Bind. A staged reading presented at the Art of Management and Organization Conference, Paris, France.

Elmes, M. B. & Taylor, S. S. 2004. Call me, we'll do lunch: Form and content in everyday resistance and provocation in organizations. A paper presented at the Art of Management and Organization Conference, Paris, France.

Taylor, S. S. (chair) 2004. Aesthetics, Art and Management: "Not for philosophy does this rose give a damn.". A symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Taylor, S. S. (chair) 2004. Integrating Quantitative, Qualitative and Action Research for Actionable Knowledge. A symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Hanson, H. Ferris, W. P. & Taylor, S. S. 2004. Playmakers: Creating and Performing Actionable Knowledge. A professional development workshop given at the annual Academy of Management meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Taylor, S. S. 2004. Theory in Use. Artwork presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Taylor, S. S. 2004. Language Circles. Artwork presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Taylor, S. S. (chair) 2003. Art, aesthetics and the critical management imagination. A symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Seattle, WA.

Taylor, S. S. 2003. Action aesthetics. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Seattle, WA.

Taylor, S. S. 2003. Aesthetic Inquiry in Organization Studies: Doing Research from Aesthetically-Informed Frameworks. Presenter at a professional development workshop given at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Seattle, WA.

Taylor, S. S. 2003. Ties that bind at the academy of management: Some thoughts on theater as intervention. Paper presented at the 2nd European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on Aesthetics, Art and Management - Towards New Fields of Flow, Gattieres, France

Taylor, S. S. & Nissley, N. 2003. Me and my dad: Moving pictures on the nature and meaning of work (in progress). Video presented at the 2nd European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on Aesthetics, Art and Management - Towards New Fields of Flow, Gattieres, France

Taylor, S. S. 2002, Art & Logic in First Person Inquiry, given at Agora, Learning Lab Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Taylor, S. S. 2002. Soft Targets. A staged reading presented at the Art of Management and Organization Conference, London, England.

Taylor, S. S. 2002. Aesthetic form in first person inquiry. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Denver, CO.

Taylor, S. S. 2002. Ties that Bind. All Academy symposium at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Denver, CO.

Taylor, S. S. (chair) 2001. Organizational aesthetics: Emerging field or passing fad?. A symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Washington, DC.

Taylor, S. S. 2001. Still, sad. Artwork presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Washington, DC.

Foldy, E. G., Taylor, S. S. & Rudolph, J. W. 2001. Action science/action inquiry fundamentals: A workshop to improve our own daily interaction and/or research practices through off-line reflection. A professional development workshop given at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Washington DC.

Nissley, N. & Taylor, S. S. 2001. Tuning-In to the power of songs in organizations: Organizational song as aesthetic discourse and the discursive constitution of ideology. Paper presented at the Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester.

Taylor, S. S. 2001. "That was ugly": Assessing organizational aesthetic performance. Paper presented at the New Directions in Organizational Performance Conference, Newcastle.

Taylor, S. S. 2000. A Clockwork Postmodern. Artwork presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Toronto.

Taylor, S. S. 2000. Overcoming Aesthetic Muteness: Researching organizational members' aesthetic experience. Paper presented at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on Organizing Aesthetics, Siena, Italy

Waddock, S. & Taylor, S. S. 2000. "Capitalist Pigs" at IABS: Aesthetic knowing and the Business in Society Agenda. Showcase session presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Business and Society, Essex Junction, VT.

Taylor, S. S. & Boje, D. M. (chairs) 1999. Lessons from Theater: Beyond metaphor. Symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Chicago.

Taylor, S. S. & Fisher, D. 1999. The Aesthetics of Management Storytelling: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Chicago.

Taylor, S. S. 1999. Capitalist Pigs. Play presented at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Las Cruces, NM.

Taylor, S. S. 1999. Producing Organization Drama in the Classroom. Pre-conference workshop presented at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Las Cruces, NM.

Taylor, S. S. 1998. Capitalist Pigs: A staged reading as an attempt at aesthetic theorizing. Symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, San Diego.

Taylor, S. S. 1998. Making Sense of Revolutionary Change: Differences in members stories. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, San Diego.

Jones, C. & Taylor, S. S. 1998. Narrative and Network Methods for Research in Careers. Pre-conference workshop presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, San Diego.

Harris, G. B. & Taylor, S. S. 1998. Organizational Structuration: Interaction and interrelation. Paper presented at the annual European Group on Organizational Studies meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Editorial Boards:
Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science

Reviewer for:
Tamara, Culture and Organization, Human Relations, Organization, Organization Studies, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Studies, Action Research, Art & Poetry and Organizational Development and Change Divisions of the Academy of Management

Professional Service:

Member, 2004-07, WPI, Department of Management, Graduate Curriculum Committee.

Member, 2004, WPI, Department of Management, Undergraduate Management Major Task Force

Alternate Justice, 2004-05, WPI Campus Hearing Board

Stream Convener, 2004 Art of Management and Organization Conference, Paris, France.

Organizing Committee, Fringe Cafe, 2004 Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, LA.

Member, 2003-04, WPI, Department of Management, India MBA program Task Force

Member, 2004, WPI, Department of Management, Masters in Change Management Task Force

Organizing Committee, Fringe Cafe, 2003 Academy of Management Meetings, Seattle, WA.

Stream Convener, 2002, Art of Management and Organization Conference, London, England.

Organizer, 2002, University of Bath, School of Management, Festival of Our Arts

Organizer, 2001, University of Bath, School of Management, Festival of Our Arts

Teaching:
WPI
Graduate: Managing Creativity in Knowledge Intensive Organizations
Graduate: Interpersonal and Leadership Skills for Technological Managers (on site and distance learning)
Undergraduate: Organizational Science

University of Bath
Graduate: Diploma in Action Research
Graduate: Change Management
Undergraduate: Behaviour in Organisations

Boston College:
Undergraduate: Organizational Behavior

Other Professional Experience:

93 - 95 Workframe, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Vice President: Worked with the founder to transform a messaging technologies firm into a business process analysis and design firm. Also functioned as Chief Financial Officer.

93 Independent Consultant, Cambridge, MA.
Developed and delivered the training for 500 people for the roll-out of the Project Accounting and Management System at Levi Strauss & Co.

89 - 91 Multitrak Software Development Corporation, Boston, MA.
Senior Manager, Consulting Services: Overall responsibility for all consulting on the implementation of mainframe (CICS based) MIS work management systems in Fortune 500 companies, and for direct management of a staff of five senior consultants.

87 - 88 Project Software & Development, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Manager, Aerospace/Defense Industry Marketing: Responsible for all aspects of dealing with the A/D industry including sales support, strategic marketing, user group meetings, and overseeing project management system implementations.

83 - 87 United States Air Force, Eglin AFB, FL, AFPRO Det 40, MA.
Captain: Worked in Cost/Schedule Control Systems, Program Analysis, & Contract Negotiation and Administration.