Time for innovation
Concurrent and conflicting metaphors of time in a knowledge MNC
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4356051 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theodora Asimakou (London Metropolitan University, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-134 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0961463x15609806 |
| OpenAlex | W2506077027 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
The paper studies two temporal metaphors, modern and poetic, encountered in a knowledge-based organization where they co-exist and conflict. It argues that the two metaphors are wedded to different discourses, i.e. to the macro-business and the micro-scientific discourse, respectively; hence, knowledge activities such as thinking and writing are increasingly rendered incomprehensible in commercialized research environments, and pushed at the margin of knowledge-work, since they prove difficult to measure and control. Practically, this implies a re-articulation of what innovation is and how to organize knowledge work. The paper explores the shortcomings linear metaphors of time bear when used to support radical innovation, and concludes by discussing the potentials of spiral time to structure work in knowledge organizations
Articulation (sociology · Control (management · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Design Education and Practice · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Philosophy
Making Time
Metaphors We Live By
It's About Time
Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity.
Time and Organizations
The Subject and Power
Organizational Time
Moving Away from Chronological Time
The Sociology of Time
The Time Famine
The recontextualization of commercialization
When Time is Money
Fuzzy Holes and Intangible Time
The Postmodern Condition
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |