eprintid: 10129378
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2021-06-10 12:30:45
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creators_name: Alimadadi, S
creators_name: Davies, A
creators_name: Tell, F
title: A palace fit for the future: Desirability in temporal work
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F37
keywords: qualitative methods, research methods, strategy as practice, strategy formulation, strategy process, time horizon/pacing/temporality, topics and perspectives
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abstract: Research on the strategic organization of time often assumes that collective efforts are motivated by and oriented toward achieving desirable, although not necessarily well-defined, future states. In situations surrounded by uncertainty where work has to proceed urgently to avoid an impending disaster, however, temporal work is guided by engaging with both desirable and undesirable future outcomes. Drawing on a real-time, in-depth study of the inception of the Restoration and Renewal program of the Palace of Westminster, we investigate how organizational actors develop a strategy for an uncertain and highly contested future while safeguarding ongoing operations in the present and preserving the heritage of the past. Anticipation of undesirable future events played a crucial role in mobilizing collective efforts to move forward. We develop a model of future desirability in temporal work to identify how actors construct, link, and navigate interpretations of desirable and undesirable futures in their attempts to create a viable path of action. By conceptualizing temporal work based on the phenomenological quality of the future, we advance understanding of the strategic organization of time in pluralistic contexts characterized by uncertainty and urgency.
date: 2021-01-01
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14761270211012021
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1866158
doi: 10.1177/14761270211012021
lyricists_name: Davies, Andrew
lyricists_id: ADAVI16
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Strategic Organization
citation:        Alimadadi, S;    Davies, A;    Tell, F;      (2021)    A palace fit for the future: Desirability in temporal work.                   Strategic Organization        10.1177/14761270211012021 <https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270211012021>.       Green open access   
 
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