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The Role of Artefacts in the Process of Replication
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-10-08
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper investigates the role of artefacts for the replication or routines in organizations. Drawing on data of a large franchise organization in the UK, we show that actors' engagement with a portfolio of different primary (e.g. software, tools) and secondary (e.g. manuals) artefacts that are part of the business format, gives rise to five artefact enabled practices of replication (activity scoping, time patterning, practical enquiry, use in practice and contextual enquiry). Importantly, these practices of replication enable three different types of franchisee agency (iterational, practical evaluative and projective agency) that support but partly also challenge replication in terms of the similarity of organizational routines across units. Our findings have several theoretical contributions for the growing literature on replication as well as materiality and artefacts in organizations.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Strategy in Transition
Publisher
SMS Strategic Management Society
Publisher place
Chicago
Event Title
32nd Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International Conference
Event Location
Prague
Event Date
06.-09.10.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
219335