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This edited book examines the relationship between the materiality
of artefacts and managerial techniques, combining the recent
scholarly interest on socio-materiality with a focus on management.
Exploring managerial techniques, the social and material tools used
by actors to guide or facilitate collective activities, topics
include their socio-materiality, performative dimension, role in
managerial control, relationship to organisational space and
relationship to organisational legitimacy. This volume particularly
explores the valuation and legitimation practices or processes
involving managerial techniques, their modalities, specificities
and involvement in collective activity within organisations. The
overall aim of the chapters is to explore in different ways and
instances the way in which material artefacts are able to inscribe
and enforce managerial action which affects daily work practices.
This edited book examines the relationship between the materiality
of artefacts and managerial techniques, combining the recent
scholarly interest on socio-materiality with a focus on management.
Exploring managerial techniques, the social and material tools used
by actors to guide or facilitate collective activities, topics
include their socio-materiality, performative dimension, role in
managerial control, relationship to organisational space and
relationship to organisational legitimacy. This volume particularly
explores the valuation and legitimation practices or processes
involving managerial techniques, their modalities, specificities
and involvement in collective activity within organisations. The
overall aim of the chapters is to explore in different ways and
instances the way in which material artefacts are able to inscribe
and enforce managerial action which affects daily work practices.
Many streams of research in organization and management have
criticized the mainstream view of organizations as decision-making
and information-processing structures, controlled through rational
representations (substantive or procedural rationality). In spite
of their differences, these streams of research share some key
theoretical principles: Their processual view of organizing as
'becoming', their emphasis on the key role of action and action
meaning; their interest in the agential power of artefacts and
objects; the exploratory and inquiring nature of organizing. This
book argues that Pragmatist thought can contribute to those
approaches offering some theoretical argument, both as a general
intellectual orientation and as a conceptual toolbox. As a general
attitude, Pragmatism develops a radical critique of all the
dualisms which often hinder organization studies: Thought and
action, design and utilization, decision and execution, reality and
representation, to name a few. As a conceptual toolbox, Pragmatism
can contribute and clarify key concepts for organization and
management studies, such as inquiry, semiotic mediation, habit,
abduction, trans-action, and valuation. However, Pragmatist thought
is still little known by organization and management scholars and
by reflexive managers. The proposed book aims at making pragmatist
key notions accessible to them and applicable to theorize
organizations and transform managerial practices.
Many streams of research in organization and management have
criticized the mainstream view of organizations as decision-making
and information-processing structures, controlled through rational
representations (substantive or procedural rationality). In spite
of their differences, these streams of research share some key
theoretical principles: Their processual view of organizing as
'becoming', their emphasis on the key role of action and action
meaning; their interest in the agential power of artefacts and
objects; the exploratory and inquiring nature of organizing. This
book argues that Pragmatist thought can contribute to those
approaches offering some theoretical argument, both as a general
intellectual orientation and as a conceptual toolbox. As a general
attitude, Pragmatism develops a radical critique of all the
dualisms which often hinder organization studies: Thought and
action, design and utilization, decision and execution, reality and
representation, to name a few. As a conceptual toolbox, Pragmatism
can contribute and clarify key concepts for organization and
management studies, such as inquiry, semiotic mediation, habit,
abduction, trans-action, and valuation. However, Pragmatist thought
is still little known by organization and management scholars and
by reflexive managers. The proposed book aims at making pragmatist
key notions accessible to them and applicable to theorize
organizations and transform managerial practices.
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