Routine Dynamics: Organizing in a World in Flux

by Christian A. Mahringer (Editor), Brian T. Pentland (Editor), Birgit Renzl (Editor), Kathrin Sele (Editor), Paul Spee (Editor)

Overview

The world is always in flux. Stability is only a product of the moment and needs to be actively accomplished. Recognising that Routine Dynamics research has been at the forefront of this movement to understand the balance between stability and change in organizations, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations delves into the realm of organizational routines within a continuously evolving society.

Elaborating on themes such as temporality, improvisation, process and multiplicity, power and political dynamics, and scale, the contributors provide a comprehensive exploration of routines in a world marked by constant change. The papers provide readers with a deep understanding of how routines adapt, evolve, and persist in the face of flux.

Exploring the power of routines in navigating our increasingly complex world, this volume argues that routines are as much engines of change as they are of stability, and that organizations are in a position to benefit from both.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781835495537
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	07/22/2024
Series:	Research in the Sociology of Organizations , #88
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Christian A. Mahringer is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Stuttgart School of Management, Germany, and Project Leader at the WIN-Kolleg of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Brian T. Pentland is Main Street Capital Corporation Endowed Professor in the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, USA.

Birgit Renzl is Full Professor and the Chair of Management and Organization at the University of Stuttgart School of Management, Germany.

Kathrin Sele is Academy of Finland Research Fellow and Lecturer at Aalto University, Finland.

Paul Spee is Associate Professor in Strategy at the University of Queensland Business School, Australia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Routine Dynamics: Organizing in a World in Flux; Christian A. Mahringer, Brian T. Pentland, Birgit Renzl, Kathrin Sele, and Paul Spee
Chapter 2. A Dialectical Perspective of Truce-Making Processes: Integrating Women into Close Combat Roles in the Armed Forces; Alessandro Alvarenga, Mehdi Safavi, and Gary T. Burke
Chapter 3. Routine Dynamics: Creating and Filling Voids in a World in Flux; Lisa Balzarin and Francesco Zirpoli
Chapter 4. The Magic of the Unicorn: Understanding Long-Term Routine Dynamics through a Tradition in Flux; Jeremy Birnholtz
Chapter 5. The Micropolitics of Routines and Routine “Improvement”; Geneviève Desbiens and Ann Langley
Chapter 6. Riding on the Waves of Change: Towards Pulsating Normality as a Process of Routinizing Novelty; Kim Louisa Dillenberger
Chapter 7. Granularity Matters! Towards a Methodological Framework for Understanding Routine Dynamics; Waldemar Kremser and Daniel Geiger
Chapter 8. Agile Routines Enabling Efficiency and Flexibility: Demarcating and Integrating Temporal Orientations; Florian Ritter, Anja Danner-Schröder, and Gordon Müller-Seitz
Chapter 9. Strategic Improvising: A Routine Dynamics perspective; Andreas Schwendener and Simon Grand
Chapter 10. Routine Formation as a Layered Process; Paul Spee, Joanna Kho, Anna Jenkins, and Paula Jarzabkowski
Chapter 11. From Paths to Patterning: Improvisations and Routine Dynamics; Bonnie Rose Stanway and Stefan Meisiek
Chapter 12. Agency, Action, and Time: A Relational Approach to Routine Dynamics in a World in Flux; Sunny Mosangzi Xu and Paul R. Carlile