Books PUBLICATION LIST DAVID SEIDL Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (eds.) (2010) Cambridge Handbook of Strategy-as-Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Reviewed in Organization Studies 32(11) 2011; in M@n@gement 14(2) 2011; in Organization 19(5) 2012]. Ricken, B. and Seidl, D. (2010) Unsichtbare Strukturen: Wie sich soziale Netzwerke im Unternehmen nutzen lassen. Gabler: Wiesbaden. Kirsch, W., Seidl, D. and van Aaken, D. (2010) Evolutionäre Organisationstheorie. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel. [Reviewed in Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis 65(1): 120-121] Kirsch, W., Seidl, D. und van Aaken, D. (2009) Unternehmensführung. Eine evolutionäre Perspektive. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Kirsch, W., Seidl, D. and van Aaken, D. (2007) Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung: Grundlagenfragen und Anwendungsorientierung. Stuttgart: Schäffer- Poeschel. [Nominated for the best-textbook award of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) 2008] Seidl, D. (2005) Organisational Identity and Self-transformation. An Autopoietic Perspective. Aldershot: Ashgate [Reviewed in Organization 14(1): 147-150 and in Organizations Studies 31(01): 109-122] Seidl, D. and Becker, K.H. (eds.) (2005) Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies. Copenhagen und Malmö: Copenhagen Business School Press and Liber. [Reviewed in Organization Studies 28(1): 117-120 and in Academy of Management Review32(3): 991-993; in Soziale Systeme 12 (1): 161-165; In Emergence: Complexity and Organization 10(1): 89-91] Seidl, D., Kirsch, W. und Linder, M. (eds.) (2005) Grenzen der Strategieberatung. Ein Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft, Beratung und Klienten. Bern: Haupt. [Reviewed in Harvard Business Manager November 2005: 127] Journal Articles Seidl, D. and Whittington, R. (forthcoming) Enlarging the Strategy-as-Practice Research Agenda: Towards Taller and Flatter Ontologies Organization Studies. Schoeneborn, D., Blaschke, S., Cooren, F., McPhee, R. D., Seidl, D., & Taylor, J. R. (2014). The three schools of CCO thinking: Interactive dialogue and systematic comparison. Management Communication Quarterly 28(2): 285-316. Guérard, S., Langley, A. and Seidl, D. (2014) Rethinking the concept of performance in Strategy Research: Towards a performativity perspective M@n@gement 16(5): 566-578. Suddaby, R., Seidl, D and Jane Lê (2013), Strategy as Practice Meets Neo-Institutional Theory. Strategic Organization 11(3): 329-344. Aaken, D. van, Koob, C., Rost, K. and Seidl, D. (2013), Ausgestaltung und Erfolg von Strategieworkshops: Eine empirische Analyse. Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung 65: 588-616.
Fincham, R., Mohe, M. and Seidl, D. (2013) Management Consulting and Uncertainty: Mapping the Territory International Studies of Management & Organizations 43(3): 3 10. Seidl, D., Sanderson, P. and Roberts, J. (2013) Applying the comply-or-explain principle: discursive legitimacy tactics with regard to codes of corporate governance Journal of Management and Governance 17:791 826 Scherer, A., Palazzo, G. and Seidl, D. (2013) Legitimacy Strategies in a Globalized World: Organizing for Complex and Heterogeneous Environments. Journal of Management Studies 50(2): 259-284. Aaken, D., Splitter, V. and Seidl, D. (2013) Why do corporate actors engage in pro-social behaviour? A Bourdieusian perspective on corporate social responsibility Organization 20(3): 349-371 Kieser, A. and Seidl, D. (2013) Communication Approaches in German Management Research: The Influence of Sociological and Philosophical Traditions Management Communication Quarterly 27(2): 291 302. Blaschke, S., Schoeneborn, D. and Seidl, D. (2012) Organizations as Networks of Communication Episodes: Turning the Network Perspective Inside Out Organization Studies 33: 879-906. Brunsson, N., Rasche, A. and Seidl, D. (2012) The dynamics of standardization: Three perspectives on standards in organization studies. Organization Studies 33: 613-632. Ricken, B. and Seidl, D. (2012) Unsichtbare Netzwerke. Nutzen und Grenzen des Einsatzes der sozialen Netzwerkanalyse in der Unternehmenspraxis Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung 64: 562-582. Seidl, D. (2011) Wozu brauchen wir noch die Organisationsforschung? Zwei Reaktionsstrategien der Organisationsforschung auf den drohenden Verlust ihres Erkenntnisobjekts. Ein Kommentar zu Peter Walgenbachs Plädoyer für eine Radikalisierung des Organisationskonzeptes. Die Betriebswirtschaft 71(5): 493-496. Splitter, V. and Seidl, D. (2011) Does practice-based research on strategy lead to practically relevant knowledge? Implications of a Bourdieusian perspective Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 47(1): 98-120 Mohe, M and Seidl, D. (2011) Theorizing the client-consultant relationship from the perspective of social-systems theory. Organization 18:3-22. Dittrich K., Guérard S., Seidl, D. 2011. Meetings in the Strategy Process: Toward an Integrative Framework, Best Paper Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. Nicolai, A. and Seidl, D. (2010) That s Relevant! Towards a Taxonomy of Practical Relevance. Organization Studies 31: 1257-1285. Ortmann, G. and Seidl, D. (2010) Strategy Research in the German Context: The Influence of Economic, Sociological, and Philosophical Traditions Advances in Strategic Management 27: 353-387. Seidl, D. (2009) Kollektive Entscheidungen und soziale Komplexität. Ein Kommentar vor dem Hintergrund der Entscheidungsforschung in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Soziale Systeme 15: 46-53.
Jarzabkowski, P. and Seidl, D. (2008) The Role of Meetings in the Social Practice of Strategy. Organization Studies 29: 1391-1426. Mohe, M. and Seidl, D. (2008) Wieso scheitern Beratungsprojekte? Eine kritische Analyse. Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium 37: 419-424. Jarzabkowski, P. Balogun, J. and Seidl, D. (2007) Strategizing: The challenges of a practice perspective Human Relations 60: 5-27. Seidl, D. (2007) Standard Setting and Following in Corporate Governance: An Observation- Theoretical Study of the Effectiveness of Governance Codes Organization 14: 705-727. Becker, K.H. and Seidl, D. (2007) Different Kinds of Openings of Luhmann's Systems Theory A Reply to la Cour et al. Organization 14: 939-944. Seidl, D. and van Aaken, D. (2007) Praxistheorie vs. Systemtheorie: Alternative Perspektiven der Beratungsforschung. Arbeit 16: 177-190. Seidl, D. (2007) The Dark Side of Knowledge. Emergence: Complexity & Organization 9: 13-26. Seidl, D. (2007) General strategy concepts and the ecology of strategy discourses: A systemic-discursive perspective. Organization Studies 28: 197-218. Seidl, D. and Becker, K.H. (2006) Organisations as distinction generating and processing systems. Niklas Luhmann's contribution to Organisation Studies. Organization 13 (1): 9-35. Hendry, J. and Seidl, D. (2003) The structure and significance of strategic episodes: social systems theory and the routine practices of strategic change. Journal of Management Studies 40 (1): 175-196. Special Issues Fincham, R., Mohe, M. and Seidl, D. (eds.) (2013) Special Issue on Uncertainty and Management Consulting. International Studies of Management & Organizations 43(3). Brunsson, N., Rasche, A. and Seidl, D. (eds.) (2012) Special Issue on Dynamics of Standardization. Organization Studies 33 (5 & 6 double issue). Balogun, J., Jarzabkowski, P. and Seidl, D. (eds.) (2007) Special Issue on Strategizing: A Practice Perspective. Human Relations 60 (1). Seidl, D. and Becker, K.H. (eds.) (2007) Special Issue on Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies. Organization 13 (1). Reviews Seidl, D. (2008) Review: Understanding Organizing as Process: Theory for a Tangled World. Organization Studies 30: 124-128. Book Contributions Seidl, D. and Schoeneborn, D. (forthcoming) Systems theory. In: Craig, R. (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Splitter, V. and Seidl, D. (forthcoming) Practical relevance of practice-based research on strategy. In: Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice. 2 nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Seidl, D. and Guérard, S. (forthcoming) Meetings and workshops in the practice of strategy. In: Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice. 2 nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Seidl, D. and Mormann, H. (forthcoming) Niklas Luhmann as organization theorist. In: Adler, P., du Gay, P., Morgan, G., Reed, M. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory and Organization Studies: Contemporary Currents. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Seidl, D., Schoeneborn, D. (in print) "Niklas Luhmann. Une perspective systémique des organisations" In : Germain, O. (ed.) Les grands inspirateurs de la théorie des organisations, Volume 2, Editions Management et Société, Colombelles, France. Nicolai, A. and Seidl, D. (2013) Nichts ist praktischer als eine gute Theorie - wirklich? Die vielfältigen Formen von der Praxisrelevanz in den Managementwissenschaften. In: Schumacher, T. Professionalisierung als Passion. Aktualität und Zukunftsperspektiven der systemischen Organisationsberatung. Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-Verlag, 210-223. Seidl, D. and Werle, F. (2011) Strategisches Management und die Offenheit der Zukunft. In: Tiberius, V. (ed.) Zukunftsorientierung der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Wiesbaden: Gabler, 287-299. Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (2010) What is strategy-as-practice. In: Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1-20 MacIntosh, R. MacLean, D. and Seidl, D. (2010) Unpacking the Effectivity Paradox of Strategy Workshops: Do Strategy Workshops Produce Strategic Change? In: Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 291-307. Seidl, D. and Becker, K.-H. (2010) Organizations as Distinction Generating and Processing Systems: Niklas Luhmann's Contribution to Organization Studies. In Clegg, S. (ed.) SAGE Directions in Organization Studies. London: Sage, 205-228. Mohe, M. and Seidl, D. (2009) Systemic Concepts of Intervention. In Buono, A. und Poulfelt,, F. (Hrsg.) Client-Consultant Collaboration. Greenwich: Information Age Publishing. Seidl, D., Kirsch, W. and van Aaken, D. (2009) Zur Methodologie der technologischen Forschung in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. In Scherer, A., Kaufmann, I. and Patzer, M. (eds.) Methoden in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts Verlag, 47-69. Seidl, D. (2009) Productive misunderstandings between organisation science and organisation practice: the science-practice relation from the perspective of Niklas Luhmann s theory of autopoietic systems. In: Magalhaes, R. and
Sanchez, R. (eds.) Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice, Advanced Series in Management. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 133-148. Mohe, M. and Seidl, D. (2008) Möglichkeiten der Steuerung des Beraters durch den Klienten. In Bamberger, I. (ed.) Strategische Unternehmensberatung. Konzeptionen, Prozesse, Methoden. 5th edition. Wiesbaden: Gabler, pp. 251-274. [reprint: in Bamberger, I. and Wrona, Th. (2012) Strategische Unternehmensberatung. Konzeptionen, Prozesse, Methoden. 6th edition. Wiesbaden: Gabler, pp. 183-208] Seidl, D. and van Aaken, D. (2008) Anticipating critique and occasional reason: Modes of reasoning in the face of a radically open future. In Laura Costanzo / Bradley MacKay (eds.) The Handbook of Research on Strategy and Foresight. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 48-65. Balogun, J., Jarzabkowski, P. and Seidl, D. (2007) Strategy as Practice. In: Jenkins, M. and Ambrosini, V. (eds.) Strategic Management : A Multi-Perspective Approach. Basingstoke: Palgave, pp. 196-214. Kirsch, W., van Aaken, D., Seidl, D. (2007) Werte und Innovation. Überlegungen vor dem Hintergrund einer trilateralen Wissenschaftskonzeption. In Sackmann, S. (eds.) Mensch und Ökonomie Innovationspotenziale eines Wertespagats. Wiesbaden: Gabler (in press). Seidl, D. (2007) Social Systems. In: Clegg, S. und Bailey, J.R. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, pp. 1436-1438. Seidl, D. (2007) Value Chains. In: Clegg, S. und Bailey, J.R. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, pp. 1599-1601. Seidl, D. (2007) Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Unternehmensführung. In Freidank, C.-Ch. and Lachnit, L. (eds.) Vahlens Großes Auditing Lexikon. München: Vahlen, 603-606. Seidl, D., Balogun, J. and Jarzabkowski, J. (2006) Stratégie comme pratique : recentrage de la recherche en management stratégique. In Golsorkhi, D. (eds.), La fabrique de la stratégie. Une perspective multidimensionnelle. Paris: Vuibert, pp. 1-7. Seidl, D. (2005) "Organization and interaction. In David Seidl / Kai Becker (eds.) Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 145-170. Seidl, D. (2005) "The Basic Concepts of Luhmann's theory of social systems". In David Seidl / Kai Becker (eds.) Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 21-53. Seidl, D. (2005) Glossary to Niklas Luhmann s terminology. In David Seidl / Kai Becker (eds.) Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 405-410. Seidl, D. and Becker, K.H. (2005c): Introduction: Luhmann s Organization Theory. In: Seidl, David/Becker, Kai Helge (Eds.). Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies. Liber & Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 8-18.
Seidl, D. (2004) "The concept of "weak signals" revisited: A re-description from a constructivist perspective". In: Haridimos Tsoukas / Jill Shepherd (eds.) Managing the Future: Developing Strategic Foresight in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 153-170. Kirsch, W. and Seidl, D. (2004) Zu den handlungstheoretischen Grundlagen der Personalwirtschaftslehre. In: Marion Festing / Albert Martin / Wolfgang Mayrhofer / Werner Nienhüser (eds.) Personaltheorie als Beitrag zur Theorie der Unternehmung. Mering: Hampp, pp. 139-156. Kirsch, W. and Seidl, D. (2004) "Steuerungstheorie", in: Georg Schreyögg / Axel v. Werder (eds.) Handwörterbuch Unternehmensführung und Organisation. 4. ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel, pp. 139-156. Kirsch, W. and Seidl, D. (2004) "Zur Rolle der Entscheidungsforschung in einer anwendungsorientierten Betriebswirtschaftslehre" In: Albrecht, Peter / Lorenz, Egon / Rudolph, Bernd (eds.) Risikoforschung und Versicherung. Karlsruhe: Verlag Versicherungswirtschaft, pp. 277-314. Kirsch, W. and Seidl, D. (2004) "Zu den Grundlagen des Marketing. Reflexionen vor dem Hintergrund der Grundlagenforschung". In K.-P. Wiedmann, W. Fritz, Bodo Abel (eds.) Management mit Vision und Verantwortung eine Herausforderung an Wissenschaft und Praxis. Gabler, pp. 343-362. Dietel, B. and Seidl, D. (2003) "Überlegungen zu einem allgemeinen Strategiebegriff", in: Max Ringlstetter / Herbert Henzler / Michael Mirow (eds.), Perspektiven des Strategischen Managements - Theorien, Konzepte, Anwendungen. Wiesbaden: Gabler, pp. 25-42. Seidl, D. (2003) "Metaphorical Self-Descriptions of Organizations", in: Andreas Müller / Alfred Kieser (eds.) Communication in Organisations. Structures and Practices. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 165-182. Seidl, D. (2003) "Organizational identity in Luhmann's theory of social systems", in: Tor Hernes / Tore Bakken (eds.) Autopoietic Organization Theory. Drawing on Niklas Luhmann's Social Systems Perspective. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 123-150. Online Seminars Seidl, D. and Jarzabkowski, P. (eds), Strategy as Practice: Theories, methodologies and phenomena, The Marketing & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London (online at http://hstalks.com/main/browse_talks.php?father_id=693&c=250) Jarzabkowski, P. and Seidl, D. (2012), "Introduction to Strategy-as-Practice", in Seidl, D. and Jarzabkowski, P. (eds), Strategy as Practice: Theories, methodologies and phenomena, The Marketing & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London (online at http://hstalks.com/?t=mm1583357-seidl) Working Papers MacLean, Donald, MacIntosh, Robert and Seidl, David (2012), Thinking Inside the Box: Linking Dynamic Capabilities to Theories of Action (August 13, 2012). University of Zurich, Institute of Business Administration, UZH Business Working Paper No. 310.
Scherer, Andreas Georg, Palazzo, Guido and Seidl, David (2012), Managing Legitimacy in Complex and Heterogeneous Environments: Sustainable Development in a Globalized World. University of Zurich, Institute of Business Administration, UZH Business Working Paper No. 306. Aaken, Dominik Van, Koob, Clemens, Rost, Katja and Seidl, David (2012), Ausgestaltung und Erfolg von Strategieworkshops: Eine empirische Analyse (Forms and Success of Strategy Workshops: An Empirical Study) (August 17, 2012). University of Zurich, Institute of Business Administration, UZH Business Working Paper No. 305. Aaken D. van, Splitter V., Seidl D (2011). Do Corporate Actors Engage in Pro-Social Behavior? A Bourdieusian Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Zurich IOU Working Paper, December 2011. Dittrich K., Guérard S., Seidl D. (2011), The role of meetings in the strategy process: Towards an integrative framework, University of Zurich IOU Working Paper No. 102, August 2011. Blaschke, S., Schoeneborn, D. and Seidl, D. (2010) Organizations as networks of communications: A methodological proposal. University of Zurich, IOU Working Paper No. 102. Seidl, D. and Schoeneborn, D. (2010) Niklas Luhmann s Autopoietic Theory of Organisations: Contributions, Limitations, and Future Prospects University of Zurich, IOU Working Paper No. 105. Splitter, V. and Seidl, D. (2010) Are practice-based approaches to strategy relevant to practitioners?: Implications of a Bourdieusian perspective on the relation between management research and management practice. University of Zurich, IOU Working Paper No. 107. Seidl, D., Sanderson, P., Roberts, J. and Krieger, B. (2010) Flexible or not? The comply-orexplain principle in UK and German corporate governance Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge Working Paper No. 408. Seidl, D., Sanderson, P. and Roberts, J. (2009) Applying comply-or-explain : Conformance with codes of corporate governance in the UK and Germany Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge Working Paper No. 391. Mohe, M. and Seidl, D. (2007) The Consultant-Client Relationship: A Systems-Theoretical Perspective. Munich Business Research No. 2007-2. Jarzabkowski, P. and Seidl, D. (2006) Meetings as Strategizing Episodes in the Social Practice of Strategy AIM Research Working Paper Series No. 037. Seidl, D., MacIntosh, R. and MacLean, D. (2006) Strategy workshops and strategic change: Toward a theory of endogenous strategic change. Munich Business Research No. 2006-8 Kirsch, W., v. Aaken, D. and Seidl, D. (2006) Die Kausalanalyse und die strategische Relevanz von Drittvariablen. Munich Business Research No. 2006-11. Seidl, D. (2006) Regulating Organizations Through Codes of Corporate Governance. Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge Working Paper No. 338 Seidl, D. (2004) Luhmann s theory of autopoietic social systems. Munich Business Research No. 2004-2, 2004
Seidl, D. and van Aaken, D. (2004) Anticipating critique and occasional reason: modes of reasoning in face of a radically open future. Munich Business Research No. 2004-6 Seidl, D. (2003) "The dark side of knowledge" Munich Business Research No. 2003-7, 2003 Seidl, D. (2003) "Organisation im Medium der Kommunikation. Zum Verhältnis von Organisation, Gesellschaft und Interaktion in Luhmanns Theorie sozialer Systeme" Munich Business Research No. 2003-8, 2003 Seidl, D. (2003) "Organisational interactions in Luhmann's theory of social systems". Munich Business Research No. 2003-9, 2003 Seidl, D. (2003) "The role of general strategy concepts in the practice of strategy" Munich Business Research No. 2003-10, 2003