Rethinking Political Process in Technological Change: Socio-technical Configurations and Frames

McLoughlin, Ian; Badham, Richard; Couchman, Paul

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“…Political process theory, which conceptualises organisational change as the outcome of conflict between competing groups, interests or value systems (Dawson, 2003), differs from more technical theories of change in that power relations are a central focus for analysis (Buchanan & Badham, 1999;Dawson, Clausen & Nielsen, 2000;McLoughlin, Badham & Couchman, 2000).…”

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The politics of discourse: Marketization of the New Zealand science and innovation system

Leitch

Davenport

2005

Human Relations

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The politics of change are both played out within the arena of discourse and dedicated to transforming that arena. In this article, we bring together critical discourse theory and political process theory in order to highlight the ways in which a process of discourse transformation can be deployed by organisations to effect political and economic change. In the process we examine the discursive interplay between the actors as well as the discursive constraints on action. The context for our analysis was the attempt by a national science funding body to transform the New Zealand discourse of science and innovation in order to significantly change the behaviour of multiple stakeholder organisations. This discourse transformation had internal and external dimensions and required a radical restructuring of the organization to create a structure capable of driving and supporting the desired changes. The Politics of discourse: Marketization of the New Zealand science and innovation system ABSTRACT The politics of change are both played out within the arena of discourse and dedicated to transforming that arena. In this article, we bring together critical discourse theory and political process theory in order to highlight the ways in which a process of discourse transformation can be deployed by organisations to effect political and economic change. In the process we examine the discursive interplay between the actors as well as the discursive constraints on action. The context for our analysis was the attempt by a national science funding body to transform the New Zealand discourse of science and innovation in order to significantly change the behaviour of multiple stakeholder organisations. This discourse transformation had internal and external dimensions and required a radical restructuring of the organization to create a structure capable of driving and supporting the desired changes.

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Section: Cda and Political Process Theorymentioning

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The politics of discourse: Marketization of the New Zealand science and innovation system

Leitch

Davenport

2005

Human Relations

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“…The interaction between existing systems (be it political, economic, social or technological) and new technologies must change in order to respond to local needs (Dolata, 2009) and align with vernacular common goals such as environmental sustainability. In fact, users of the new system inevitably try to "make sense" of it based on their experiences with and knowledge of the system being replaced, or those coexisting with the new one and serving a similar purpose (McLoughlin et al, 2000). Even with a technocentric approach to urban sustainability, the analysis of cities and their interaction with technology is fruitless if people, space and time are left out (Rutherford, 2011).…”

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Environmental Technology and its Role in the Search for Urban Environmental Sustainability : The Dynamics of Adaptation

Mejía-Dugand¹

2015

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Sweden Cover artArmando Paez says that scarcity is not inherent to nature, but it has emerged from the tendency of looking at everything in terms of domination and submission, from the misunderstanding of the relations between humanity and the rest of nature. This cover expresses how close humans are to nature, even when they insist on distancing themselves from it. The reticulate patterns in this leaf resemble the streets and waterways of a city. In nature, this structure works in a way that ensures that every single cell has access to water and nutrients. Cities are places for everyone and they should work in the same way, providing everything their inhabitants need: clean air, water and soil, food, spaces for social interaction, and security. The foundations for more sustainable cities are laid; perhaps we need to improve our cities' ability to adapt to the nature that supports them. AbstractThe aim of this thesis is to analyze the role that environmental technology plays in the solution of environmental problems in cities, and discuss models and conditions that can facilitate the processes of selection, implementation and use of environmental technologies in and by cities.The technological component is perhaps one of the most important characteristics of modern cities. The dependence of humans on technology is in most cases a given, something that is not ignored in the sustainability debate. The development and implementation of new, "better" technologies is however hindered by the inertia that modern societies have and the influence of the dominant systems (e.g. economic systems based on growth, extraction of natural resources and environmental disturbance). So-called environmental technologies are not always able to efficiently compete against other technologies that are embedded in societies by lock-in mechanisms, e.g. learning by doing and using, scale economies, subsidies, and network externalities.Even with the "right" technologies, an exclusively techno-centered approach to sustainability can result in other problems, and it might reduce the sustainability debate and the cities' role in it to discussions of an administrative nature. The actual role of local actors and their agency must be also considered in the models and frameworks directed at understanding sustainability transition processes. It is thus important to analyze the dynamics of technology selection, implementation, use and diffusion in cities from a stakeholders' perspective as well.Not only is the availability of technology of interest for understanding the impact it has on the environment, but also the intensity of its use. This has resulted in increased attention from politicians and scholars on the so-called global cities (e.g. London, New York, Tokyo), which are characterized by their intense use of e.g. transport, security and surveillance, and information and communication. Paradigmatic models of sustainability can however be contested when the role of local actors, power and agency are considered in detail and not isolated from ...

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“…The TFR framework outlined by Orlikowski and Gash (1994) addressed these questions at a high level, noting only that individuals' frames develop and change through experience, education, and sometimes through planned interventions. The small body of TFR research we reviewed provided some additional insights, for example, how individuals' frames arise from cultural assumptions (Barrett 1999), are communicated or diffused though stories and metaphors (Davidson 2002), and change through social translation (Lin and Cornford 2000) and political processes (McLoughlin et al 2000).…”

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“…Because we wanted to focus on Orlikowski and Gash's TFR framework, we did not include these studies. The McLoughlin et al (2000) study incorporated sufficient aspects of both SCOT/TFR that we included it here identified different numbers of domains, and described domain content in contextually bound terms. However, a close examination of the frame domains described in these research reports suggests some similarities across settings.…”

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“…However, two studies, employing longitudinal designs, did consider frame structuring processes. McLoughlin et al (2000) examined evidence of frame closure and stabilization in the process of adopting and adapting to a cell manufacturing technology and linked these frame development stages to political processes in the firms studied. Davidson's analysis demonstrated how lack of stability in frames and in the framing process destabilized the requirements determination process.…”

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Making Sense of Technological Frames: Promise, Progress, and Potential

Davidson

Pai

2004

Information Systems Research

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In a seminal paper, Orlikowski and Gash (1994) articulated a conceptual framework for technological frames of reference (TFR) to lay the groundwork for a systematic approach to socio-cognitive research on information technology. This work is widely cited as a justification for social and socio-cognitive analysis of IT, but a limited number of studies utilizing and further developing the frames concept have been published in the ensuing decade. In this paper, we review the promise of the technological frame concept, assess theoretical and methodological progress evident in TFR publications, and consider how potential contributions of TFR may be realized in future research. In doing so, we consider how limitations in TFR research to-date might be addressed, including the feasibility of a rapprochement with quantitative research methods, of TFR analysis at the industry level of analysis, and of action research approaches.

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Rethinking Political Process in Technological Change: Socio-technical Configurations and Frames

Cited by 58 publications

References 7 publications

The politics of discourse: Marketization of the New Zealand science and innovation system

The politics of discourse: Marketization of the New Zealand science and innovation system

Environmental Technology and its Role in the Search for Urban Environmental Sustainability : The Dynamics of Adaptation

Making Sense of Technological Frames: Promise, Progress, and Potential

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