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Organizing for digitization: A balancing act

Morgan, B; Papadonikolaki, E; (2018) Organizing for digitization: A balancing act. In: Academy of Management Global Proceedings-Proceedings of the AOM Specialized Conference Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy 2018. Academy of Management (AOM): Guildford, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

Digitization brings profound changes, which require new approaches to organizing. Construction, an institutionalised and heavily regulated industry that demands innovative solutions, is an ideal setting for studying the tensions implicit in digitization. A longitudinal embedded case of a design firm is used to demonstrate the changing approaches used to organizing for digitization as it shapes and is shaped by the wider institutional field. The case study reveals three stages of organizing for digitization: experimentation, leadership and active investment. A cycle of mutual constitution among users, organizational change and institutional events, such as benchmarking, standards and mandates, prepare construction firms, and the industry in general, for digitization. To align innovation with regulation, firms are called to respond to and balance exogenous change with endogenous user-led change.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Organizing for digitization: A balancing act
Event: AOM Specialized Conference Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy 2018
Location: Guilford, UK
Dates: 18 April 2018 - 20 April 2018
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amgblproc...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Big Data, Specialized Conference
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048107
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