Big Data viewed through the lens of management fashion theory

Madsen, Dag Øivind; Stenheim, Tonny

doi:10.1080/23311975.2016.1165072

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“…Technology vendors (e.g., software firms) play an important supporting role in the management fashion arena (Madsen and Slåtten 2013;Klincewicz 2006), particularly in relation to technologically-infused management concepts such as Enterprise Resource Planning or Big Data Analytics (Madsen and Stenheim 2016;Wang 2010;Westrup 2005). As noted in Section 3, the I4.0 concept is a prime example of a technology-infused management concept.…”

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The Emergence and Rise of Industry 4.0 Viewed through the Lens of Management Fashion Theory

Madsen

2019

Administrative Sciences

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The Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept is concerned with the fourth industrial revolution in manufacturing, in which technological trends such as digitalization, automation and artificial intelligence are transforming production processes. Since the concept’s introduction at the Hannover Fair in Germany in 2011, I4.0 has enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity and is currently high on the agenda of governments, politicians and business elites. In light of these observations, some commentators have asked the question of whether I4.0 is a concept that is hyped up and possibly just the latest in a long line of fashionable management concepts introduced over the course of the last few decades. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to provide a critical outside-in look at the emergence and rise of I4.0. Theoretically, these processes are viewed through the lens of management fashion, a theoretical perspective well suited to examinations of evolutionary trajectories of management concepts and ideas. The findings indicate that the I4.0 concept has quickly become highly popular and is dominating much of the popular management discourse. The concept has migrated out of the specialized manufacturing discourse to become a more general concept with mainstream appeal and applicability, evidenced by a multitude of neologisms such as Work 4.0 and Innovation 4.0. The numbers 4.0 have spread in a meme-like fashion, evidenced by the fact that the combination of a noun and the numbers 4.0 are used to signal and usher in discussions about the future of business and society. While there is much evidence that clearly shows that the concept has had a wide-ranging impact at the discursive level, the currently available research is less clear about what impact the concept has had so far on industries and organizations worldwide.

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Section: Technology Vendorsmentioning

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The Emergence and Rise of Industry 4.0 Viewed through the Lens of Management Fashion Theory

Madsen

2019

Administrative Sciences

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“…Authority and legitimacy [34], [40], [41], [69] • BDA applications need authority to access databases and data records and legitimacy to use them.…”

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Roles and Capabilities of Enterprise Architecture in Big Data Analytics Technology Adoption and Implementation

Gong

Janssen

2021

J. theor. appl. electron. commer. res.

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Organizations are attempting to harness the power of big data analytics. Enterprise architecture can be used as an instrument to integrate big data analytics into the existing IT landscape and enabling the development of capabilities to create value from these technologies. Yet, there is limited research about the role of enterprise architecture in adopting big data analytics. This paper explores enterprise architecture roles and capabilities for the adoption of big data analytics by conducting a qualitative case study at the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration. The first attempt to adopt big data analytics was focused on integrating analytics into the current complex IT landscape, but this encountered many challenges and resulted in slow progress. To overcome these challenges, a separate department was created to quickly harness the potential of big data analytics. Enterprise architecture was used for impact analysis and to create a transition process. The findings suggest that enterprise architecture was used in different ways at the various stages of adoption and implementation, requiring different roles and a different set of capabilities. Enterprise architecture was found to be contingent on the type of technology and the situation at hand. We recommend more research into the role of the context in enterprise architecture research.

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“…I samme periode har studier vist at beslektede teknologisk orienterte konsepter som Big Data også har hatt en sterk (til dels «eksplosiv») økning målt gjennom Google-søk (Madsen & Stenheim, 2016). (Beatty, Huselid, & Schneier, 2003;Feather, 2007;Lawler III et al, 2004), men figuren viser en noe nedadgående trend for «HR metrics» (rødt).…”

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HR-analyse som ledelseskonsept og ledelsesmote

Madsen¹,

Slåtten²

2018

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Artikkelen drøfter HR-analyse som ledelseskonsept og ledelsesmote. HR analyse handler om å samle inn og analysere HR-data for å kunne fatte bedre beslutninger og har gjennom de siste årene vokst fram til å bli et svært populært konsept blant praktikere og konsulenter innen HR-feltet. Til tross for konseptets popularitet og oppmerksomhet er det blitt viet lite oppmerksomhet fra forskere. Ved å bruke teorier om ledelseskonsepter og ledelsesmoter er formålet med denne artikkelen å bedre kunne forstå utbredelsen av HR-analyse og de sterke kreftene som står bak spredningen av konseptet. Vi presenterer også noen funn fra virksomheters anvendelse av konseptet.

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Big Data viewed through the lens of management fashion theory

Cited by 23 publications

References 47 publications

The Emergence and Rise of Industry 4.0 Viewed through the Lens of Management Fashion Theory

The Emergence and Rise of Industry 4.0 Viewed through the Lens of Management Fashion Theory

Roles and Capabilities of Enterprise Architecture in Big Data Analytics Technology Adoption and Implementation

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