Datafizierung und Organisation

Muster, Judith; Büchner, Stefanie

doi:10.1515/9783839439579-011

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“…Organisations couple their digital transformation with the adoption of agile management concepts or methods (and vice versa) almost as a matter of course (Muster & Büchner, 2018). These two phenomena -according to organisational narratives -seem to be mutually dependent: agility only works in a digitalised environment, and the benefits of digitalisation are only accessible within agile organisational structures (Baecker & Elsholz, 2021).…”

Section: Algorithmic Contingency and The Self-perpetuation Of Datafic...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following this train of thought, we draw on the concept of datafication (Muster & Büchner, 2018) to conceptualise self-perpetuation. Datafication refers to organisational initiatives to produce and use data.…”

Section: The Interplay Of Organisation and Datafication: A Social Sys...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As mentioned above, we view datafication (Muster & Büchner, 2018) as two-step processes of producing and using data. Building on Luhmann (2000) and Esposito (2011;, we treat the personnel management platform as an invisible machine that deals with the increased complexity of personnel decisions as a subsequent problem of the reorganisation and produces algorithmic contingency as it draws information from different organisational subsystems, as well as from individual members profiles.…”

Section: Digital Personnel Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Datafication and algorithmic contingency – how agile organisations deal with technical systems

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Eckstein³

2023

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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).

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Section: Algorithmic Contingency and The Self-perpetuation Of Datafic...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Interplay Of Organisation and Datafication: A Social Sys...mentioning

confidence: 99%