The practice turn in management research and social sciences more broadly has underlined practices as the
\ncentral point of departure for examining how social order and everyday life are constituted (Whittington 2007,
\nFeldman and Orlikowski 2011, Kaplan and Orlikowski 2013; Nicolini 2011). Practice approaches have in
\ncommon their attention to the situated social practices that are enacted and re-enacted in ongoing routinized
\ndoings and sayings guided by tacit and embodied practical understandings, rather than deliberate, purposeful
\ngoal-setting initiatives and individual decision-making (Chia and Mackay 2007; Reckwitz 2002).
\nManagement control as practice is understood as a bundle of practices and material arrangements (Ahrens
\nand Chapman 2007) in which time structures the activity, such as in performance assessment, just-in-time
\npractices, and budgeting. Yet, time plays a specific role in management control practices as time is not only
\nthe target of control practices, but also a product of these practices (Lupu & Rokka, 2021). When managers
\nhave to fill in timesheets, to manage project deadlines and budgets, they account for their time and submit to
\nan organisational control of time use and tempo, but they also enable entrained organizational behaviours
\n(Gersick, 1994) which produce a certain temporal order in organizations. In an attempt \u201cto order the intrinsic
\nflux of human action\u201d (Tsoukas & Chia, 2002: 567), management control practices divide tasks and activities
\ninto temporal sequences, from scheduling the working day, to milestones and project timelines to annual or
\nquarterly reporting and time-bound performance management practices. The experience of time plays an
\nimportant role in the managerial inquiries (Lorino & Mourey 2013) and processes (Hernes, Simpson &
\nS\u00f6derlund 2013). Control practices shape actors\u2019 understanding of time by defining time horizons and periods
\n(Becker & Messner, 2013; Ezzamel & Robson, 1995). They allow actors to relate to different times such as
\nmaking sense of the past in a performance evaluation is also expected to influence actors\u2019 behaviours in the
\nfuture (Becker & Messner, 2013).
\nThe aim of this workshop is to bring together like-minded scholars from different disciplines (management
\ncontrol, IS, human resources etc.) in order to advance the study of control with a particular emphasis on the
\nroles of time and temporality.
\nOne particularity of new forms of control (e.g. algorithmic controls) is their fluid and dynamic nature, spanning
\nwork and private spheres. Building on a recent special issue of Organization Studies (de Vaujany et al. 2021)
\nwhich proposes rethinking control and surveillance by developing a more materialized, spatialized, embodied
\nand temporalized view in relation to new work practices, this workshop will seek to advance a novel
\ntheorization of control as practice. In interrogating the practices and contextual meanings that emerge from
\nengaging in various control activities, this project will provide insight into how organizational processes of
\ncontrol are constituted and constitutive through practice \u2013 in essence, how controlling operates (Feldman &
\nOrlikowski 2011).
\nWe invite researchers interested in control as practice to present their work and discuss their ideas. We
\nparticularly welcome research that pays attention to temporal perspectives.
\nThis workshop seeks to enhance our understanding on topics such as (the list is not exhaustive): – New forms of controlling and control practices;
\n– How temporal views may better inform our understanding of control as practice;
\n– How do managers and management controllers experience time in their activities?
\n– What are the forms of time control in organizations?
\n– How do the different elements of time, such as rhythm, speed, acceleration, instantaneity, manifest
\nin control practices?
\n– How do management control practices integrate the tensions between short-term and long-term
\nperspectives?
\n– How does the control of time is linked with power in organizations?
\n– How do temporal dimensions in control practices connect with professional or organizational identity?
\n– What are the relations between temporality and materiality in control practices?
\n– How do technologies and digitization, in particular algorithms, big data and surveillance tools shape
\ntemporalities in organizations?
\n– How to extend the theorization of temporality and time concepts in control as practice?<\/p>\n
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\nThe workshop will be held at ESSEC Business School on October 12th and 13th. It is organized by Marie-
\nL\u00e9andre Gomez and Ioana Lupu, associate professors in management control at ESSEC Business School.
\nThe workshop will include sessions for paper presentations and discussions, and two plenary sessions with
\nkey-note speakers. We are pleased to announce the participation of:
\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier De Vaujany, Professor, PSL-University of Paris Dauphine
\nBarbara Simpson, Professor, Strathclyde Business School, Senior Editor for Organization Studies
\nPhilippe Lorino, Emeritus professor, ESSEC Business School.
\nA 30\u20ac registration fee will be requested to all the participants. Registration includes lunches on October 12th
\nand 13th, dinner on October 12th and coffee breaks.
\nSubmission
\nPlease submit by July 15, 2022 a short paper, no more than 1,000 words excluding references (.docx or
\n.pdf file) to: cap2022@essec.edu. The document should include at a minimum the following information:
\npurpose of the paper\/research question, research methods, findings, link with the theme of the workshop.
\nNotification of acceptance or otherwise will be sent by August 1st. Full papers will be due by September 15,
\n2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"