https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa <p><em><strong>Organizational Aesthetics</strong></em>&nbsp;is about how the five senses and artistry inform business, non-profit, and government organizations. We mean for both terms, aesthetics and organizational, to be understood broadly to include a range of topics. Examples are the use of arts-based methods in organizations, theoretical accounts of aesthetic phenomena in organizations such as beautiful (or grotesque) leadership, and the art about/in/behind organizations. In fact, we hope that authors and artists will take us to places we haven’t even begun to describe here. The content of the journal is organized into four sections: Theory, Practice, Art, and Reviews.</p> <p><em><strong>Organizational Aesthetics</strong></em>&nbsp;is a publication of&nbsp;<em><strong>The Art of Management and Organization</strong></em>.</p> The Art of Management and Organization en-US Organizational Aesthetics 2168-8575 https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa/article/view/310 <div style="font-family: 'Adobe Clean', adobe-clean-ux, adobe-clean, 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif, SimSun; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">This time, the editors engaged themselves in an experimental conversation about collaboration, risks, composting, the Monobloc chair, turbulences, and the future of the journal, which is presented in the form of a play in three acts. The text concludes with a 'summery late’ invitation to readers to become part of the new community and submit contributions to the journal.</div> Juliet Scott Ralph Bathurst Eenasul Fateh Annja Neumann Thomas W. Richter Antonio Sama Copyright (c) 2025 Juliet Scott, Ralph Bathurst, Eenasul Fateh, Annja Neumann, Thomas W. Richter, Antonio Sama https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-08-17 2025-08-17 14 1 1 7 https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa/article/view/317 Ralph Bathurst Copyright (c) 2025 Ralph Bathurst https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-11-11 2025-11-11 14 1 8 8 https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa/article/view/282 <p>Although the idea that beauty could or even should play a central role in thinking about organizations has flitted around the edges of organizational thinking for many years, it has gained little traction in mainstream organizational theory. This may be due in part to the analogical mismatch between intellectual theorizing and the aesthetic experience of beauty. "The analysis of beauty is often like the story of the six blind elephants and the man. The first blind elephant encounters a man and says, “Oh, it feels flat.” The second elephant says, “Oh yes, it feels flat to me, too.” And so on for all six elephants as they trample the man. After analytic inquiry into the nature of beauty, there is often little left but a trampled, lifeless corpse that doesn’t seem very beautiful after all." (Taylor, 2013 p. 71) So, instead I engage the topic of beauty in organizations aesthetically, with this play “Selling Beauty”.</p> Steven Taylor Copyright (c) 2025 Steven S. Taylor https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-11-10 2025-11-10 14 1 9 26 https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa/article/view/315 Katy Mason Copyright (c) 2025 Katy Mason https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-11-10 2025-11-10 14 1 27 28 https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa/article/view/309 <p>No abstract&nbsp;</p> Ralph Bathurst Copyright (c) 2025 Ralph Bathurst https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-11-11 2025-11-11 14 1 29 31 https://oa.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/oa/article/view/314 <p>In this reflective essay, composed in the likeness of a prelude and fugue, I explore how musical form can lend insight into navigating organizational complexity.</p> Douglas Stuart Copyright (c) 2025 Douglas Stuart https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-11-29 2025-11-29 14 1 32 34