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Becoming, assemblages and intensities: re-exploring rules and routines

Aroles, J.; McLean, C.

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Authors

J. Aroles

C. McLean



Contributors

F.X. de Vaujany
Editor

N. Mitev
Editor

G.F. Lanzara
Editor

A. Mukherjee
Editor

Abstract

As we log into our computers, type in our passwords and connect to our extended world of networks, contacts and associations through email, the Internet and a wealth of applications, there can be a feeling that this electronic world appears automatically at our fingertips with an endless series of connections, standards and routines being performed effortlessly. When things fail or go wrong (e.g., network errors, hardware problems, etc.), we may begin to question ideas of agency, process and accountability as we explore problems and possible solutions. Even in these occasions, we can easily slip into deterministic accounts that rely on certain a priori divides (e.g., subject/object, structure/ agency, technology/society and nature/culture), simplistic cause-effect relations and a realist version of the ‘truth’ as existing out-there. Thus, in order to ‘explain’ or ‘account’ for the situation, certain object/subject positions, sets of relations and divides may be taken for granted and performed as such through this process. While such an approach has been evident in studies seeking to research the role of routines, procedures and standards within organizations, there is also an increasing number of approaches and theorists who seek to open up new spaces of enquiry by unpacking these divides and going beyond a realist representation of objectivity and ‘truth’.

Citation

Aroles, J., & McLean, C. (2015). Becoming, assemblages and intensities: re-exploring rules and routines. In F. de Vaujany, N. Mitev, G. Lanzara, & A. Mukherjee (Eds.), Materiality, rules and regulation : new trends in management and organization studies (177-194). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552648_10

Online Publication Date Oct 22, 2015
Publication Date Oct 22, 2015
Deposit Date Aug 2, 2018
Publicly Available Date Sep 24, 2018
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 177-194
Series Title Technology, work and globalization
Book Title Materiality, rules and regulation : new trends in management and organization studies.
ISBN 9781137552624
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552648_10
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1664171

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Aroles J., McLean C. (2015) Becoming, Assemblages and Intensities: Re-Exploring Rules and Routines. In: de Vaujany FX., Mitev N., Lanzara G.F., Mukherjee A. (eds) Materiality, Rules and Regulation. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552648_10




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