Jordi Comas
jcomas@bucknell.edu
O (570) 577 3161/ H (570) 523 8678/M (570) 490 5517
• Doctoral Thesis: “Learning Links: Social Networks and Organizational
Learning.”
• Recipient of
IESE fellowship for graduate studies
• Specialization in General Management focusing on Organization Theory,
Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning, and Networks
• Advisors: Dr. Rafael Andreu and Dr. Sandra Sieber
M.A. Sociology,
• Master’s Thesis, “Potential Unfulfilled: Michigan School Finance
Reform,”
• 1999 Bierstadt Award for Best
Graduate Student Paper (“Safe Havens from Familial Disruption: Risk and
Resiliency in Families and Schools,” Co-Authored with Alison Burke)
• Recipient
Dupont Fellowship for Graduate Studies
• Coursework in Sociology of Education, Methodology, Race, and Social
Theory
• Magna Cum Laude
• Anthropology and Sociology
major
“The Evolution of a Community of Practice: Stakeholders and Service in
Management 101,” with Tammy Hiller and John Miller. Service-Learning in Higher Education. Edited by
Dan Butin. Palgrave Press. 2005. (Book Chapter)
“Organizational Structure of Terrorism.” With Paul Shrivastava.
Journal of Management Inquiry (revise
and resubmit)
“Relational Organizational Theory for a Networked Age.” Academy of Management Review
“Code Rules: Adaptation of and to Virtual Worlds in
Co-evolutionary Environments” with F. Ted Tschang [Organization Science, Fall 2009]
“InnovationSocial:
Dynamic Networks and the Social Life of Innovation.” [Organization Science, Fall 2009]
“Opening Two Black Boxes:
Linking Networks and Organizational Learning” [International Journal of Management Reviews, Fall
2009]
“The
Coming Age of Virtual Worlds: How Immersive, Interactive, Identity-based
Technologies Can Change Online Life” with F. Ted Tschang [California Management Review, Winter 2010]
“Once Upon a Social Web: Social Media and the Firm as a Problem of
Learning Behavior between ‘Two Worlds’ ” with F. Ted Tschang and Patrik Wikström
[First Monday, Winter
2010]
“Brokerage and/or Closure:
Testing the Positive Effects of Competing Views of Social Capital” [Group and Organization Management, Winter 2010]
“Juggling
Exploration and Exploitation with Networks.” [Organizational
Dynamics, Spring 2010]
Reviewed Conference Papers
“If We Are Having Fun, Can it
be All Bad? Play, Identity, and
Community in Virtual Worlds” Paper part of Symposium, “Life for Sale:
Commodification and its Consequences.” Symposium at Academy
of Management Annual Meeting. August, 2009
“Navigating
the Network Tension Between Cohesion and Brokering for
Social Entrepreneurs.” Paper Presented at European Group on Organization
Studies Annual Colloquium, July 2009
“A New Approach to Network Theory? Integrating Relationalism as Metatheory with a Sociology of Relational Structures” Paper Presented to the
Eastern Sociological Society Annual
Meeting, March 2009
“Code Rules: Virtual World Adaptation in
Co-evolutionary Environment” Poster presented at Organization Science Winter Conference XV, February 2009
“Brokerage and/or Closure.” Visual Paper for Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, August 2007.
“Coors and the Dualistic Strategy of Social and
Political Engagement.” Symposium, “Business as a System of Power.” Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, August 2007.
“InnovationSocial: Dynamic Networks and the Social Life of
Innovation.” Poster/Paper for Organization Science Winter Conference XIII,
February 2007.
“The
Middle of the Middle: Network Effects on Intraorganizational Learning.” Poster
for Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2006.
“Norms
Versus Innovation: Controversies Emerging from Social
Capital and Social Networks.” Paper and Poster for Organization Science Winter Conference XI, February 2005.
“Learning
Cliques: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration as a Network Problem.” Paper for
“Connecting
Knowledge Management and Experiential Learning to Gain New Insights and
Research Perspectives,” Paper Presented at European Conference on Information
Systems, 2001 (Co-authored with Professor Sandra Sieber)
“From Hierarchy to Pluralism
in American High Schools: Changing Patterns in Status Distinctions and Racial
Segregation,” Paper presented at American Sociological Association annual
conference, 1998 (Co-Authored with Professor Murray Milner)
Invited Presentations or Workshops
“How
Could Virtual Worlds Evolve? Implications from a Theory of Society at Play.” With F. Ted Tschang. Academy of Management OCIS
International Authors Workshop.
August 2008.
Workshops
“Blogging For Management Scholars: Why and how to read blogs, write for blogs, and create your own blog” Presenter in Professional Development Workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2009
Assistant Professor,
School of Management, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA: 2008-
• “Six Degrees of Separation,” (W1) 2008. Designed this first-year foundation
seminar, incorporating sociology, network analysis, economics, and social
psychology. Included
network data collection and analysis.
• “Managing Organizational Change,” 2008. History, theory, and practice of change
using case studies, field trip, guest speakers, and student-designed final
projects.
• “Organization Theory,” 2009. Designed this class to bridge
theory and lived reality of organizations using current events journal and
group projects theorizing ethnographies.
• “The Rise of
the Network Society,” 2009. Developed a new senior capstone to explore the network society in multiple domains including
economics, politics, digital media culture, forms of organizing, the daily experience
of connection and dislocation, political economy, innovation, and new forms of
social protest.
Visiting Assistant
Professor, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA: Spring 2003-
• “The Rise of the Network Society,” Spring 2007.
•
“Organization Theory,” Spring 2007.
•
“Managing Organizational Change,” Fall 2006,.
• “Six
Degrees of Separation,” (W1) AY 2006-2007.
• “Decision Sciences,” AY 2005-2006. Used
cases to teach decision trees, simulation, and regression. Course also
includes cognitive and social elements of decision making.
• “Introduction to
Management Statistics,” Spring 2005. Included paper analyzing misuse of statistics.
•
“Business, Government, and Society,” (W2) Spring 2003,
AY 2003-04. Developed
curriculum integrating ethics, stakeholder management, media literacy, and
policy analysis.
•
“Introduction to Sociology,” Spring 2003.
Developed active learning units appropriate for
introductory class including statistical analysis and qualitative data.
Adjunct Faculty,
•
“Business and Community Writing,” Developed multiple experiential projects for
course including newsletters and service-learning projects involving education,
sustainable development, broadcasting, and voter education.
Visiting Lecturer,
•
“Introduction to Business” Incorporated experiential elements such as
developing business plan, cross-cultural negotiations.
Teaching Assistant,
•
Instructed in Sociology of Business, Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of the Family.
• Served as paid consultant to
interdisciplinary, multi-institution research group organized by Dr. Dan Butin
and funded by Pennsylvania Campus Compact.
• Organized development, marketing, and planning for start-up 501(c)3 historic movie theater.
• Built ownership among various stakeholders including
Educational Consultant,
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative study of local school reforms,
especially shifting to smaller schools.
Group Facilitator, Poplar
Ridge Experiential
• Lead and Co-Facilitated youth and young adult programs on team-building
including high ropes course elements such as the “pamper pole,” “Jacob’s
ladder,” and zip line.
• Designed, facilitated, and
evaluated a variety of workshops, seminars, and retreats for young adults and
colleagues covering teaching, leadership, teamwork, service-learning and crisis
management.
• National Outdoor
•
Educational Leadership and
Administration
• Managed and mentored staff of student tutors.
•
Implemented education technology in center to improve collective writing and
tutoring practices.
Director,
•
Chief officer of non-profit educational organization
serving 80 at-risk middle school students.
•
Recruited, trained, and supervised summer faculties of 25 college and high
school students.
•
Managed governing board of 20 individuals from local schools, universities, and
businesses.
• Responsible for fund-raising and budget planning.
• Led program growth from 45 to 80 students.
• Initiated innovative service-learning projects.
·
OMT division, 2006-
·
MOC Division, 2008-
o Outstanding Reviewer 2008
·
OCIS 2008-
Member
Grant
Reviewer, Students
Beyond Boundaries, Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education,
May 2009
Member,
ENRICH Assessment Team, Forum for the Future,
• Helped build
multi-university collaborative to support community based research
Advisor,
InternsPLUS, SEDA-COG,
Board Member,
• Member of development and planning committees.
Founding Member and Steering
Committee, Central Susquehanna Citizens’ Coalition: 2004-2008
• Grassroots organization to engage citizens in politics.
Volunteer,
Volunteer, Community Learning
Space: 2004-
Board Volunteer, Godfrey
Daniel’s Music Club,
Volunteer, Public Radio:
1996-2001
Student Governance: 1991-1994; 1997-1999
•
Student Senator and Member of Educational Policy Committee,
•
Department representative to Graduate Student Council,
Volunteer, Community Advocacy
Groups: 1991-
• Volunteer for local and national advocacy groups.
Languages
Spanish and Catalan
• Fluent Spanish speaker
• Competent Catalan
References
Dr. Rafael Andreu, Professor
of Information Systems, IESE/Universidad de Navarra
Dr. John Miller, Professor
Emeritus of Management,
Dr. Carl Milofsky, Professor
of Sociology,
Dr. Sandra Sieber, Assistant
Professor of Information Systems, IESE/Universidad de Navarra
Dr. Fabrizio Ferraro,
Assistant professor of Management, IESE/Universidad de Navarra