Editing Organizations and their effectiveness-2016/Key concept definitions
From CommunityData
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 92: | Line 92: | ||
Culture: Collection of norms, see above. | Culture: Collection of norms, see above. | ||
Norm: We are in a relational contract that grants us both discretion. But we usually follow some rule (the norm) even though we technically have discretion to do whatever. Following the norm decreases our coordination costs. | Norm: We are in a relational contract that grants us both discretion. But we usually follow some rule (the norm) even though we technically have discretion to do whatever. Following the norm decreases our coordination costs. | ||
== Network == | == Network == | ||
Line 277: | Line 271: | ||
=== Bo === | === Bo === | ||
Trust: Reputation system works so well, I don't need monitoring or contracts | Trust: Reputation system works so well, I don't need monitoring or contracts. | ||
== Rationalization == | == Rationalization == | ||
Line 424: | Line 409: | ||
:: ''A formal or informal agreement that establishes or codifies shared expectations through the use of commitments and/or assurances.'' | :: ''A formal or informal agreement that establishes or codifies shared expectations through the use of commitments and/or assurances.'' | ||
== Status == | |||
=== Bo === | |||
Status: Positive-sum game of deference (sometimes costly deference). | |||
== Accounts == | == Accounts == | ||
Line 431: | Line 422: | ||
I like the term '''accounts''' a lot. It has a discursive aspect, indeed, it has been used in a little literature on the sociology of talk (see Scott & Lyman, ASR, Feb. 1968). In this context, it refers to socially approved vocabularies, or statements made to bridge the gap between actions and expectations. P&P makes a great deal out of Renaissance account books, which detail social expectations quite clearly, and of course, double-entry bookkeeping is a topic that Padgett and Wargalien are writing about. ''Accounts are a linguistic or symbolic device employed when actions are subject to evaluative inquiries''. There is an obvious link to be built to Gibbons' use of the term stories. | I like the term '''accounts''' a lot. It has a discursive aspect, indeed, it has been used in a little literature on the sociology of talk (see Scott & Lyman, ASR, Feb. 1968). In this context, it refers to socially approved vocabularies, or statements made to bridge the gap between actions and expectations. P&P makes a great deal out of Renaissance account books, which detail social expectations quite clearly, and of course, double-entry bookkeeping is a topic that Padgett and Wargalien are writing about. ''Accounts are a linguistic or symbolic device employed when actions are subject to evaluative inquiries''. There is an obvious link to be built to Gibbons' use of the term stories. | ||
For an article on the evolution of the term "appropriate" in the context of academic entrepreneurship, see Colyvas and Powell, | For an article on the evolution of the term "appropriate" in the context of academic entrepreneurship, see Colyvas and Powell, 20006. | ||
Roads to Institutionalization: The Remaking of Boundaries Between Public and Private Science (PDF), ''Research in Organizational Behavior'', 21:305-53 (2006) Jeannette Colyvas, W.W. Powell. | Roads to Institutionalization: The Remaking of Boundaries Between Public and Private Science (PDF), ''Research in Organizational Behavior'', 21:305-53 (2006) Jeannette Colyvas, W.W. Powell. | ||
Line 443: | Line 434: | ||
Status and power are sometimes rolled together into the idea of social hierarchy. Social hierarchy is defined as “an implicit or explicit rank order of individuals or groups with respect to a valued social dimension” (Magee, and Galinsky, 2008, pg. 354). It is seen as a “pervasive reality of organizational and group life given differences across individuals and units in resource endowments such as capital, knowledge, authority, information, network relations, experience, charisma, etc.” (Bunderson, and Reagans, 2011, pg. 1183 - attached). I think I like Bob's better - who can exercise discretion | Status and power are sometimes rolled together into the idea of social hierarchy. Social hierarchy is defined as “an implicit or explicit rank order of individuals or groups with respect to a valued social dimension” (Magee, and Galinsky, 2008, pg. 354). It is seen as a “pervasive reality of organizational and group life given differences across individuals and units in resource endowments such as capital, knowledge, authority, information, network relations, experience, charisma, etc.” (Bunderson, and Reagans, 2011, pg. 1183 - attached). I think I like Bob's better - who can exercise discretion | ||
== Change process == | == Change process == |