How the Malleability of Material Artefacts Contributes to Institutional Maintenance: The Guimard Metropolitan railway entrances, 1914–2000

Boutinot, Amélie; Delacour, Hélène

doi:10.1177/01708406221080126

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“…In sum, this investigation rejoins recent works (Boutinot and Delacour, 2022; Colombero and Boxenbaum, 2019) that enrich our understanding of how materiality plays a role in different forms of institutional work aiming to maintain institutions. It also enriches the state of knowledge concerning CPOE.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Maintaining a medical institution in a context of materiality change: Lessons from a Canadian university hospital

et al. 2022

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This research aimed to better understand how institutions are maintained, and the role of materiality in this institutional work. More specifically, the present qualitative case study analyzed how different actors in a large academic hospital in Canada worked together (i.e. accomplished institutional work) to maintain the institution of medical record keeping as a new clinical information system (computerized physician order entry-the material entity) was enacted. The study reveals that, to maintain the institution at stake, the intertwinement of processes of creating and maintaining institutions took place. In fact, different forms of institutional work interact Results also strongly suggest that the design of computerized physician order entry and its implementation (i.e. the materiality involved in this institutional change) played an important role in the maintenance of the institution of medical record keeping: on the one hand, it was particularly present in three types of institutional work, namely enabling, policing, and deterring; on the other hand, it appeared to be an essential component of the routinization of work by allowing a better fit between the new technology and the organization of work

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Maintaining a medical institution in a context of materiality change: Lessons from a Canadian university hospital

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“…Organizational theory defines artifacts as "discrete material objects, consciously produced or transformed by human activity, under the influence of the physical and/or cultural environment" (Boutinot & Delacour, 2022, p. 1969. Each artifact possesses properties related PALMI to its form, its function, and the integration of its form and function that provide utilitarian, hedonic, and/or semiotic value to the user (Bloch, 2011;Luchs & Swan, 2011;Rindova & Petkova, 2007).…”

Section: Materials Artifacts and Product Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hence, firms can employ product design as a tool for valuation and institutional entrepreneurship (Boxenbaum et al, 2018; Huff et al, 2021; Lawrence et al, 2013). Although institutional research has started to demonstrate the central role of material objects in instantiating, diffusing, and institutionalizing novel ideas (e.g., Boutinot & Delacour, 2022; Jones & Massa, 2013; Sgourev, 2021), very few studies have hitherto examined product design strategies for valuation and institutional entrepreneurship. Two notable exceptions have analyzed how Thomas Edison designed his system of electric lighting to boost its acceptance (Hargadon & Douglas, 2001) and how firms designed their products to gain legitimacy in the newly legalized U.S. cannabis market (Huff et al, 2021).…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Valuation entrepreneurship through product‐design and blame‐avoidance strategies: How Tesla managed to change the public perception of sustainable innovations

Palmié,

Miehé,

Mair

et al. 2024

J of Product Innov Manag

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Developing innovative, eco‐friendlier products that gain traction in the mass market remains a persistent challenge for many firms. To bring consumers to choose “greener” alternatives over conventional products, firms need to overcome prevailing product evaluations that favor traditional solutions. Research on valuation entrepreneurship examines the strategies that actors apply to induce changes in established evaluations. Adding to the emerging literature on valuation entrepreneurship, our study analyzes how the car maker Tesla, Inc. used product design—material artifacts' properties of form and function—to advance the public perception of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). When Tesla entered the market, several firms had tried to promote BEVs as a way of making private mobility more environmentally friendly, but with limited success. In contrast, Tesla produced well‐received BEVs that generated enormous consumer interest and led to a more favorable assessment of BEVs as a whole. Drawing on 54 interviews and nearly 2000 pages of archival data, our abductive study identifies three product design strategies that increased the appeal of Tesla's initial models: (1) incorporating discontinuous technological solutions; (2) optimizing the products on traditional evaluation criteria (e.g., driving performance, comfort, space, status); and (3) creating an ecosystem of complementary products. Since some design choices came at the expense of a minimal environmental footprint, they risked attracting blame for compromising on the environmental performance of potentially eco‐friendly cars and for committing “greenwashing.” To minimize this risk, Tesla complemented its design strategies by employing three strategies of reputational politics to avoid such blame. After Tesla's initial, lavish models had improved the public perception of electric cars, Tesla and other car makers were able to sell less excessive and more sustainable BEVs in much greater quantities than ever before. Our findings contribute to three literature streams and generate valuable insights for management practice.

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“…One explanation for why our repair-focused model can address dualing needs is because it enables both renewal and ongoing vitality as change blends with nurturing the core of the institution and responding to significant threats. Repair becomes a means for both change and maintenance (Boutinot & Delacour, 2022). In the face of threats or during times of crisis, repair represents one possible pathway to build more resilient institutions.…”

Section: Contributions To Literature On Institutional Changementioning

confidence: 99%

From Catch-and-Harvest to Catch-and-Release: Trout Unlimited and repair-focused deinstitutionalization

Crawford

Toubiana

Coslor

2023

Organization Studies

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Increasingly we are faced with broad societal challenges that encourage us to rethink existing institutions. Yet many people also want to preserve institutions they cherish. This tension points to the need for change that can erode or discontinue unsustainable or problematic aspects of institutions while also maintaining what is sacred and valued. In this paper we ask how can organizations deinstitutionalize taken-for-granted practices while also preserving the institution? We answer this question by exploring how Trout Unlimited deployed visual and discursive tactics to push out unsustainable catch-and-harvest fly fishing practices and insert new catch-and-release practices. Our primary theoretical contribution is a model of repair-focused deinstitutionalization, illustrating how custodians utilize three forms of work to respond to threats—mending, caring, and restoring—all with an eye on deinstitutionalization via repair rather than disruption. Importantly, we show how the construct of repair is multipurpose, not limited to maintenance strategies, but can also be a catalyst for change. In addition, we extend research on deinstitutionalization by presenting a multimodal approach that goes beyond discourse, with particular attention to visuality and show how different modalities present different affordances in longer-term repair efforts.

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How the Malleability of Material Artefacts Contributes to Institutional Maintenance: The Guimard Metropolitan railway entrances, 1914–2000

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

Maintaining a medical institution in a context of materiality change: Lessons from a Canadian university hospital

Maintaining a medical institution in a context of materiality change: Lessons from a Canadian university hospital

Valuation entrepreneurship through product‐design and blame‐avoidance strategies: How Tesla managed to change the public perception of sustainable innovations

From Catch-and-Harvest to Catch-and-Release: Trout Unlimited and repair-focused deinstitutionalization

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