Materiality and Managerial Techniques

1. Managerial Techniques in Management and Organization Studies: Theoretical Perspectives on Managerial Artefacts
Nathalie Mitev, Anna Morgan-Thomas, Philippe Lorino, Francois-Xavier de Vaujany, Yesh Nama

Part I. Managerial Techniques as Institutions

2. The Organizational Side of Outsourcing
Luca Giustiniano, Federica Brunetta

3. Budgeting the Future: Negotiating the Values of a Contemporary Liberal Democracy
Başak Saraç-Lesavre

4. Standardizing Control and Controlling Government: The Introduction of Internal Auditing in the French Government’s Central Administration
Laure Célérier

Part II. Managerial Techniques as Ideology

5. The Impact of Contemporary Management Ideas: Their Influence on the Constitution of Public Sector Management Work
Christine Shearer, Stewart Clegg, Judy Johnston

6. Reconfiguration of Information Flows by Public Sector IT Systems: The Question of Fairness and Ethics
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Olivera Marjanovic

Part III. Managerial Techniques as Symbolic Artefacts

7. Shall We Just Call Them Sociomaterial Black Boxes or Take a Peek Inside? An Anthropologist’s Impressionist Remarks
Pierre Lemonnier

8. Physical and Epistemic Objects in Museum Conservation Risk Management
Erica Coslor

9. Organizing, Management Tools and Practices
Philippe Lorino

Part IV. Managerial Techniques as Collective Activities

10. Imbrication in Operational Control Practices: Evidence from a Complex Process Industry Setting
Fazlin Ali, Alan Lowe

11. How the Materialization of a Managerial Model Contributes to its Take Up: The Case of ‘Liberating Management’ in France
Patrick Gilbert, Nathalie Raulet-Croset, Ann-Charlotte Teglborg

12. Schatzki and Techno-Organizational Practice
Anna Morgan-Thomas

13. Social Impact Measurement as a Dynamic Process: A Study in a French Non-profit Organization
Julien Kleszczowski, Nathalie Raulet-Croset

14. Managing Knowledge Management: Managing the Manifold of Epistemic Objectives in Professional Health Care Organizations
Christian T. Lystbaek

15. Conclusion: What Next, What For?
Philippe Lorino

16. Postface: The Jester Returns—Selected Readings and Eclectic Opinions on Sociomateriality Going Mainstream in Management and Organization Studies
Karlheinz Kautz

Nyckelord: Business and Management, Innovation/Technology Management, Organization