Materiality and Time

The book explores how time is materialized and performed in organizations; examines how organizations and organizational members are constituted by and constitutive of material artefacts; and reflects on what a historical perspective on these materializations can bring to the study of organizations.

The book explores how time is materialized and performed in organizations; examines how organizations and organizational members are constituted by and constitutive of material artefacts; and reflects on what a historical perspective on these materializations can bring to the study of organizations.

Introduction: Time And Materiality: What Is At Stake In The Materialization Of Time And Time As A Materialization?; Francois-Xavier De Vaujany, Nathalie Mitev, Emmanuelle Vaast And Pierre Laniray PART I: MATERIALIZING TIME AND HISTORY IN ORGANIZATIONS: WHAT IS AT STAKE? 1. Time, History And Materiality; Joanne Yates 2. Dual Iconographies And Legitimation Practices In Contemporary Organizations: A Tale Of The Former Nato Command Room; François-Xavier De Vaujany And Emmanuelle Vaast 3. Evolution Of Non-Technical Standards: The Case Of Fair Trade; Nadine Arnold PART II: TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF ARTIFACTS AND MATERIALITY IN ORGANIZATIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL TRACES 4. Making Organizational Facts, Standards And Routines: Tracing Materialities And Materialising Traces; Christine Mclean and Jeremy Aroles 5. Management Control Artefacts: An Enabling Or Constraining Tool For Action? Questioning The Definition And Uses Of The Concept Of Affordances From A Management Control Perspective; Emilie Berard 6. Clocks, Clerks, Customers: Queue Management Systems, Post-Socialist Sensibilities And Performance Measurement At A Retail Bank; Zsuzsanna Vargha 7. When The Omerta Is Broken: Sociomateriality And The History Of Hazing In French Universities; Hélène Lambrix PART III: STRETCHING OUT TIME AND MATERIALITY IN ORGANIZATIONS: FROM PRESENTISM TO LONGUE DURÉE 8. The Historian's Present; François Hartog 9. The Role Of History In Information Systems Research: Beyond Presentism; Nathalie Mitev 10. The Principles Of [Campus]Es Conception: A Spatial And Organisational Genealogy. What Knowledge Can We Use From A Historical Study In Order To Analyse The Design Processes Of A New Campus?; Caroline Scotto Conclusion: Understanding Materiality And The Material Underpinnings Of Organizations Through A Longue Duree Approach; Nathalie Mitev, François-Xavier De Vaujany, Emmanuelle Vaast And Pierre Laniray Epilogue: Strategic Coordination Information Technologies AndEurope-Usa's Organizations. Time-And-History Regimes And Information Technologies In Refolding Long-Term Elective Affinities; Peter Clark