The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the necessary mechanisms for coordination in complex industrial networks which are temporary in nature, known as temporary organisations (TOs). Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on two in-depth case studies conducted in the UK construction industry....
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| author | Peters, Linda D. Pressey, Andrew D. |
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| description | Purpose: This paper aims to explore the necessary mechanisms for coordination in complex industrial networks which are temporary in nature, known as temporary organisations (TOs).
Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on two in-depth case studies conducted in the UK construction industry.
Findings: The paper outlines the necessary mechanisms for coordination in TOs – referred to as “scaffolding practices” – which ensure consistency(stability in terms of thinking and action), consensus (agreement) and co-constitutiveness (personal pledges and commitments).
Research limitations/implications: The study provides practical implications for situations where actors create temporary organisational specific logics. This “logic” helps explain how actors are able to undertake tasks of finite duration where members lack familiarity and have competing loyalties.
Originality/value: The paper is novel in that it represents the first extant attempt to examine “temporary industrial organizations” where individuals from different (often competing) organisations collaborate on a task for a defined period and suggests how coordination may be achieved. |
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| spelling | nottingham-333242020-05-04T17:43:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33324/ The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations Peters, Linda D. Pressey, Andrew D. Purpose: This paper aims to explore the necessary mechanisms for coordination in complex industrial networks which are temporary in nature, known as temporary organisations (TOs). Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on two in-depth case studies conducted in the UK construction industry. Findings: The paper outlines the necessary mechanisms for coordination in TOs – referred to as “scaffolding practices” – which ensure consistency(stability in terms of thinking and action), consensus (agreement) and co-constitutiveness (personal pledges and commitments). Research limitations/implications: The study provides practical implications for situations where actors create temporary organisational specific logics. This “logic” helps explain how actors are able to undertake tasks of finite duration where members lack familiarity and have competing loyalties. Originality/value: The paper is novel in that it represents the first extant attempt to examine “temporary industrial organizations” where individuals from different (often competing) organisations collaborate on a task for a defined period and suggests how coordination may be achieved. Emerald 2016-03-03 Article PeerReviewed Peters, Linda D. and Pressey, Andrew D. (2016) The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 31 (2). pp. 301-311. ISSN 0885-8624 Construction industry Co-ordination Temporary organizations http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JBIM-12-2014-0259 doi:10.1108/JBIM-12-2014-0259 doi:10.1108/JBIM-12-2014-0259 |
| spellingShingle | Construction industry Co-ordination Temporary organizations Peters, Linda D. Pressey, Andrew D. The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| title | The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| title_full | The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| title_fullStr | The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| title_full_unstemmed | The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| title_short | The co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| title_sort | co-ordinative practices of temporary organisations |
| topic | Construction industry Co-ordination Temporary organizations |
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