eprintid: 10129378 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/93/78 datestamp: 2021-06-10 12:30:45 lastmod: 2021-06-10 12:30:45 status_changed: 2021-06-10 12:30:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show 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 note: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). 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 document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129378/1/14761270211012021.pdf