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Shuang Ren, Riikka M. Sarala, Paul Hibbert The advent of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has sparked both enthusiasm and anxiety as different stakeholders grapple with the potential to reshape business management landscape. This dynamic discourse extends beyond GAI itself encompass closely related innovations that have existed for some time, example, machine learning, thereby creating a collective anticipation opportunities dilemmas surrounding transformative or disruptive...
Abstract Research on the Balanced Scorecard ( BSC ) has questioned whether its adoption generates greater integration between financial and nonfinancial performance measures, supports strategy implementation, increases improves strategic decision making. This research also highlighted how often effects other than these. Building studies that portray Performance Measurement Systems as intrinsically incomplete practices of representation, purpose this article is to investigate engages users...
This paper questions a key assumption in the organizations literature that dynamism of institutional logics and practice variations is result rivalry among actors, tensions shifts, agency entrepreneurs. study examines rich historical detail development accounting Jesuit Order, illustrating how started from rationality did not presuppose an external ordering principle; instead, was unfolding—founded continuous interrogations informed by common, purposeful procedural stemming rhetorical...
Purpose Financial and nonfinancial disclosures are still anchored to conventional notions of transparency, whereby corporations “push” information out various stakeholders. Such is now “pulled” from sources addresses aspects corporate behavior that go well beyond those envisioned by the disclosure framework. This shift makes values, measurement accountability more fragmented, complex difficult. The paper aims bring accounting scholarly debate back what how transparency can be achieved...
If you have come here to help me, are wasting your time. But if because liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. An Aboriginal activist’...
Visual organizational research has burgeoned over the past decade. Despite an initially hesitant engagement with visuality in organization and management studies, it is now only proper to speak of a ‘visual turn’ this domain scholarly inquiry. We wish take opportunity provided by Perspectives format engage prominent work published Organization Studies, appreciation diversity approaches visual research, highlight some generative tensions across body work. In particular, we have scrutinized...
Making decisions when managing organisations always involves the constant management of ambiguity and a great deal complexity due to uncertainties intrinsic political nature every decision-making processes. This paper argues that in order for accounting effectively with this uncertainty, both must be embraced, not suppressed, by design data visualisations produced controls as aids Drawing on studies rhetoric, alongside others rhetorical communicative power images visualisations, identifies...
Purpose This paper presents a reflection in memory and tribute to the work life of Professor Barbara Czarniawska (1948–2024). Design/methodology/approach We invited those colleagues whom we knew be close submit reflections about her contributions academia alongside their memories as person. present these order received them, they have only been edited for minor grammatical punctuation issues preserve voice contributing authors. Findings The this represent different translations Barbara’s...
This paper speculates about the potential of constructivism Piaget and Morin to offer a framework which might go beyond dualisms fragmentation in accounting research. These, it is argued, are because inter‐disciplinary research still embedded hierarchical organization human knowledge (“Encyclopaedia”). In pursuing this aim, seeks reformulate subject‐matter trans‐disciplinary terms “knowledge knowledge”. Such theoretical will introduce issues trans‐disciplinarity, evolution reflexivity into...
The aim of this special issue is to explore organizing processes in ways which do not assume an a priori existence space and time. Rather than providing summary the papers collected here, introduction illustrates how Spacing Timing relate issues knowing, organizing, mediation, engagement, alterity absence/presence. We examine various actions practices may be seen as seeking achieve order but also concomitantly create further openings orderings. Finally, while attempts highlight range...
Philosophy and sociology of science have devoted significant attention to processes which define what counts as valid scientific knowledge thus making the producers such legitimate academics at expense those who do not conform cliché. In accounting, too, a vibrant debate has augmented our understanding conditions make certain kinds accounting more acceptable than others. The included, but was limited to, issues as, institutional arrangements academic associations doctoral training regimes...
This study explores the role of absences in making organizing possible. By engaging with Lefebvre’s spatial triad as interconnections between conceived (planned), perceived (experienced through practice) and lived (felt imagined) spaces, we challenge so-called metaphysics presence organization studies. We draw on insights offered by project construction Siena Cathedral during period 1259–1357 examine how it provided a space for actors involved to explore their different (civic, architectural...
Benefits are the principal reason why an organization may seek to enact change through programmes and projects. The discipline of identification, definition, planning, tracking realization benefits is recognized be instrumental in achieving organizational strategy. In this study, we describe results a cross-national comparison public sector management (BM) practices Australia, Canada, UK USA. It explores 'BM action', considering what extent 'espoused' or 'mandated' frameworks actually...