Datafication and algorithmic contingency – how agile organisations deal with technical systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21189710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lene Baumgart (0000-0003-4146-3389, University of Potsdam), Pauline Boos (University of Potsdam), Bernd Eckstein (University of Potsdam) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428 |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.17.1.0061 |
| OpenAlex | W4365395868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
In the context of persistent images of self-perpetuated technologies, we discuss the interplay of digital technologies and organisational dynamics against the backdrop of systems theory. Building on the case of an international corporation that, during an agile reorganisation, introduced an AI-based personnel management platform, we show how technical systems produce a form of algorithmic contingency that subsequently leads to the emergence of formal and informal interaction systems. Using the concept of datafication, we explain how these interactions are barriers to the self-perpetuation of data-based decision-making, making it possible to take into consideration further decision factors and complementing the output of the platform. The research was carried out within the scope of the research project ‘Organisational Implications of Digitalisation: The Development of (Post-)Bureaucratic Organisational Structures in the Context of Digital Transformation’ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Agile software development · Bureaucracy · Business · Contingency · Contingency theory · Corporation · Digital transformation · Epistemology · German · Knowledge management · Management science · Political science · Politics · Process management · Software engineering · Computer Science · Digital Transformation in Industry · Engineering · Innovation, Technology, and Society · Technology, Environment, Urban Planning
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Muster
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Working and organizing in the age of the learning algorithm
Zum Verhältnis von Digitalisierung und Organisation
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Organisation und Algorithmus
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Funktionen und Folgen formaler Organisation
Computer und Macht in Organisationen
Thinking critically about and researching algorithms
The ethics of algorithms
How the machine 'thinks
Big Data Surveillance
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |