About ICOS
So what is ICOS?
ICOS, or the Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, has the single goal of enhancing the University of Michigan's strength as a world center for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on organizations. We seek to enrich the intellectual environment of Ph.D. students and faculty interested in organization studies, by increasing the quality, breadth, depth, and usefulness of organizational research.
What does ICOS offer?
1. The Seminar: ICOS offers a weekly Friday seminar (1:30-3:00 in K1310 Ross School of Business) which brings together top organizational researchers to present their work. Any and all members of the University community are welcome to attend, whether or not they are registered for the 1 or 3 credit course in Business Administration (840), or the School of Information (702). An ICOS video library of past seminars (1994-1998) is available through the Film and Video Library and is listed on Mirlyn. RealAudio recordings of our lectures began in the late Fall of 1997. There is a list of these RealAudio sessions from which you can play them back over the WWW with accompanying slides and photos. They are also accessible by clicking on presentation titles in the syllabi of current and previous semesters.
2. Developmental Activities: We offer a series of opportunities for graduate students to deepen their understanding of scholarly work and careers. We hold periodic workshops (and an occasional retreat) on issues such as thesis topic selection, scholarly writing, journal reviewing, and careers outside the professorate. We hold a biannual Poster Session on Dissertations in progress and in alternating years, award the Likert Prize for organizational research stemming from UM dissertations.
3. Conference Support: We provide up to $5,000 of support for faculty interested in organizing conferences of benefit to the organizational community. We typically fund two conferences, events, or workshops a year. A call for conference proposals is made in late February (for conferences held the next academic year).
4. Research Grants: We fund research grants for projects involving faculty and doctoral students at levels up to $3,000. While the grants do not directly support dissertation work, they are intended to support joint faculty-student work that may be related to the dissertation. The call for research grant proposals is once a year in November. The grant duration is for two years.
5. ICOS Executive Committee:
Gautam Ahuja, Ross School of Business
Jane Banaszak-Holl, School of Public Health
Michael Cohen, School of Information
Jerry Davis, Ross School of Business & Sociology
Jane Dutton, Ross School of Business & Psychology
Mark Mizruchi, Department of Sociology
Jason Owen-Smith, Organizational Studies, Sociology
Lloyd Sandelands, Psychology, Management & Organizations
Diane Kaplan Vinokur, School of Social Work
James Westphal, Strategy, Ross School of Business
ICOS Executive Committee Emeritus Members:
Robert Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Health Services Management & Policy, and Research Scientist Emeritus, Survey Research Center
Karl Weick, Ross School of Business
Mayer Zald, Department of Sociology
How do I get more information? Contact Paula Kopka, ICOS Coordinator, (734) 936-1525 or e-mail at pkopka@umich.edu. Call Michael Cohen (734-647-8027) mdc@umich.edu, or Jerry Davis (734-647-4737) gfdavis@umich.edu ICOS Co-Directors. To add yourself to the ICOS mailing lists, click here.