Strategic Change in a Pluralistic Context: Change leader sensegiving

Day, Lisa; Balogun, Julia; Mayer, Michaël

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“…First, they function as a sieve for narratives external to the organisation, following the managers' own interpretation of the phenomenon (Waldorff & Madsen, 2022). As the second function, they are expected to weave a compelling narrative that integrates the local organisational traditions and bureaucratic routines with what is viewed as legitimate from the outside (Day et al, 2023;Logemann et al, 2019;Maitlis & Lawrence, 2007). Lastly, this narrative must be adapted over time to fit the internal discussions (Nielsen et al, 2023).…”

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‘Modern talking’: Narratives of agile by German public sector employees

Kühler,

Drathschmidt,

Großmann

2024

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Despite growing interest, we lack a clear understanding of how the arguably ambiguous phenomenon of agile is perceived in government practice. This study aims to alleviate this puzzle by investigating how managers and employees in German public sector organisations make sense of agile as a spreading management fashion in the form of narratives. This is important because narratives function as innovation carriers that ultimately influence the manifestations of the concept in organisations. Based on a multi-case study of 31 interviews and 24 responses to a qualitative online survey conducted in 2021 and 2022, we provide insights into what public sector managers, employees and consultants understand (and, more importantly, do not understand) as agile and how they weave it into their existing reality of bureaucratic organisations. We uncover three meta-narratives of agile government, which we label ‘renew’, ‘complement’ and ‘integrate’. In particular, the meta-narratives differ in their positioning of how agile interacts with the characteristics of bureaucratic organisations. Importantly, we also show that agile as a management fad serves as a projection surface for what actors want from a modern and digital organisation. Thus, the vocabulary of agile government within the narratives is inherently linked to other diffusing phenomena such as new work or digitalisation.

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‘Modern talking’: Narratives of agile by German public sector employees

Kühler,

Drathschmidt,

Großmann

2024

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Moderne Organisationskonzepte

Meissner,

Heike,

Sigrist

2023

Organisationsdesign in Einer Komplexen Und Instabilen Welt

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Organizing for Smart City Development: Research at the crossroads. Introduction to the Special Issue

Mora,

Appio,

Foss

et al. 2023

Organization Studies

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Worldwide, smart city projects have emerged as a response to urban crisis conditions with the aim of leveraging digital technologies for urban innovation and sustainable development. However, these projects involve complex organizational challenges that have received little attention in existing smart city research, particularly in the exploration of interorganizational collaboration. The disconnect between organization studies and smart city research means that these two knowledge fields have yet to maximize the valuable insights that each one can offer to the other. To address this gap, this Special Issue seeks to foster cross-fertilization. Elaborating on the contributions in our Special Issue, we present potential and actual research crossroads conceptual and theoretical arenas in which collaborative efforts between organization studies and smart city research can thrive. We aim to bridge knowledge gaps and generate mutual benefits by stimulating interdisciplinary encounters. This approach offers opportunities for empirical research that can expand organization studies and their theories while deepening our understanding of organizations, organizing, and the organized in smart city projects, thereby contributing to theoretical and practical advancements.

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Strategic Change in a Pluralistic Context: Change leader sensegiving

Cited by 4 publications

References 65 publications

‘Modern talking’: Narratives of agile by German public sector employees

‘Modern talking’: Narratives of agile by German public sector employees

Moderne Organisationskonzepte

Organizing for Smart City Development: Research at the crossroads. Introduction to the Special Issue

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