Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Publication Date

7-2018

Abstract

To examine how spaces and the temporal context shape routine actions that balance conflicting pressures for efficiency and flexibility, we conducted an ethnography of the product development process, known as the scrum routine, in a video game development studio. We trace the temporal patterning of scrum meetings to reveal the mutual constitution of spaces and the temporal context. Examining how the co-constitution of space and time shapes actions and artifact use in the scrum routine reveals that balancing occurs through coalescing, reconstituting, standardizing, and reorganizing actions. From these findings, we develop a conceptual model of how pressures for efficiency and flexibility are balanced through the co-constitution of space and time. Our findings contribute to calls for more research on the temporality of routine dynamics and how balancing occurs in settings that value the consistent production of novelty, rather than the maintenance of consistency.

Keywords

routines, innovation, product development, temporality

Discipline

Strategic Management Policy

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Proceedings of Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 10-14

First Page

1

Last Page

7

Identifier

10.5465/AMBPP.2018.172

City or Country

Chicago

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.172

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