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Developing a relational view of the organizing role of objects : a study of the innovation process in computer games
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Scarbrough, Harry, Panourgias, Nikiforos and Nandhakumar, Joe (2015) Developing a relational view of the organizing role of objects : a study of the innovation process in computer games. Organization studies, 36 (2). pp. 197-220. doi:10.1177/0170840614557213
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840614557213
Abstract
Innovation processes create distinctive challenges for coordination. Objects are seen as supporting coordination in such settings by enabling the emergent action needed to deal with a dynamic and uncertain process. Thus, previous work has highlighted the role of different types of objects in coordinating the collaborative tasks undertaken by expert groups, either by motivating the creation of new knowledge or through the translation of understanding. Through an empirical study of innovation processes in the computer games sector, our paper adds to this previous work by finding that the relations between objects, and not the objects alone, help to orchestrate multiple collaborative tasks towards a final outcome within temporal and resource constraints. The relational view which emerges from this study shows how such a ‘system of objects’ is able to stabilize coordination of the process while preserving the emergence and autonomy of games developer practices needed to achieve innovation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Video games industry -- Technological innovations, Video games -- Design, Organizational change | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Organization studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0170-8406 | ||||||
| Official Date: | February 2015 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 36 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 24 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 197-220 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0170840614557213 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||
| Grant number: | RES-000-22-2809 (ESRC) |
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