Sub-theme 51: Practice-Based Approaches to the Study of Management and Managerial Work

Convenors:
Davide Nicolini, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
Maja Korica, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
Stefan Tengblad, University of Skövde, Sweden
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
Learning and Knowing in Managerial Work
Chair: Davide Nicolini
Violetta Splitter
Simulating practice and disguising science – On the interplay of scientific and practical knowledge in executive strategy teaching
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Amanda Hay
Emmanuel Poirel and Frédéric Yvon
From school management to managing difficulties: The cognitive process of school principals
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Violetta Splitter
Dalvir Samra-Fredericks and Amanda Hay
Imagine knowing – A practice based study of senior managers' everyday interactional learning
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Emmanuel Poirel
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
Managing in the Public Sector
Chair: Stefan Tengblad
Annemiek Stoopendaal
Managing different forms of distances in Dutch healthcare organizations. A practice-based research on the work of healthcare executives
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Svetlana Serdukov
Maja Korica and Davide Nicolini
Managing in a fish bowl: Practical accomplishments of chief executive work under the public gaze
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Annemiek Stoopendaal
Svetlana Serdyukov and Linda Rouleau
Managerial work in academia: From professional to managerial practices
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Maja Korica
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 16:00 to 17:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
Leadership as Practice
Chair: Maja Korica
Tuukka Kostamo and Jouni Virtaharju
Leadership, managerial work, and organizational practices – An ethnographic study of supervisory work in a Finnish logistics centre
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Shenghui Ma
Haldor Byrkjeflot, Ola Edvin Vie and Stefan Tengblad
Leadership theory informed by managerial work and behavior?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Tuukka Kostamo
Shenghui Ma and David Seidl
Managerial practices of new CEOs navigating the post-succession period
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ola Edvin Vie
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
Studying Managerial Work Relationally and Materially
Chair: Davide Nicolini
Marie-Léandre Gomez, Adrián Pablo Zicari, Mathias Waelli, Jean-Yves Bonnefond, Philippe Lorino, Claude Sicotte, Etienne Minvielle and Dan Benhamou
The use of anesthetic file record indicator for doctors practice: An activity and instrumental perspective
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Eeva Aromaa
Christelle Théron
Attention in routine supervision - A practice-based approach of mundane managerial work
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Marie-Léandre Gomez
Eeva Aromaa, Päivi Eriksson and Heidi Rajamäki
Innovation practice and managerial work – A study on a Finnish small service company
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christelle Théron
Session V: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
Managerial Work as Coordination/Negotiation
Chair: Maja Korica
Sylvaine Tuncer and Christian Licoppe
Managers in informal interactions: The negotiation of roles through membership and organizational texts
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Helena Heizmann
Carole Drucker-Godard and Isabelle Bouty
Managing as coordinating work: The case of a racing sailboat
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sylvaine Tuncer
Helena Heizmann and Stephen Fox
O partner, where art thou? A practice-based study of HR managers' struggle for legitimacy
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Carole Drucker-Godard
Session VI: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
The Practices of Managers and of Managerial Work
Chair: Stefan Tengblad
Diana Zdravkovic
Sink or swim: An empirical study on the onboarding of newly hired executives and relationships to initial work attitudes and behaviors
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Tarja Mäki
Gazi Islam and Ricardo Azambuja
Middle managers as boundary subjects: Managerial subjectivity and multiple identifications
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Diana Zdravkovic
Rene Wiedner, Michael Barrett and Eivor Oborn
Managing change at the margin: The case of monitoring mental healthcare services provision
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gazi Islam
Tarja Mäki
Site managers' daily work and uses of BIM in construction site management
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Rene Wiedner
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Sud, Matane
Where Next for the Study of Managerial Work?
Chair: Davide Nicolini, Stefan Tengblad and Maja Korica
Charlotte Øland Madsen, Marita Svane, Mette Vinther Larsen and Jørgen Gulddahl Rasmussen
A relational method for studying management and managerial work in small firms
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Laure Cabantous
Kirsi Lainema
Talking numbers. Financial reporting discussions in managerial meetings
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mette Vinther Larsen
Laure Cabantous and Theodora Dupont-Courtade
A practice perspective on transnational regulations: The new solvency regime and its impacts on insurers' risk management practice
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kirsi Lainema