The aim of this workshop is to bring together like-minded scholars from different disciplines (management control, IS, human resources etc.) in order to advance the study of control with a particular emphasis on the roles of time and temporality.
One particularity of new forms of control (e.g. algorithmic controls) is their fluid and dynamic nature, spanning work and private spheres. Building on a recent special issue of Organization Studies (de Vaujany et al. 2021) which proposes rethinking control and surveillance by developing a more materialized, spatialized, embodied and temporalized view in relation to new work practices, this workshop will seek to advance a noveltheorization of control as practice. In interrogating the practices and contextual meanings that emerge from engaging in various control activities, this project will provide insight into how organizational processes of control are constituted and constitutive through practice – in essence, how controlling operates (Feldman & Orlikowski 2011).
- How temporal views may better inform our understanding of control as practice;- How do managers and management controllers experience time in their activities?- What are the forms of time control in organizations?- How do the different elements of time, such as rhythm, speed, acceleration, instantaneity, manifest in control practices?- How do management control practices integrate the tensions between short-term and long-term perspectives?- How does the control of time is linked with power in organizations?- How do temporal dimensions in control practices connect with professional or organizational identity?- What are the relations between temporality and materiality in control practices?- How do technologies and digitization, in particular algorithms, big data and surveillance tools shape temporalities in organizations?- How to extend the theorization of temporality and time concepts in control as practice?
