The interdiscursive appeal of risk matrices: Collective symbols, flexibility normalism and the interplay of ‘risk’ and ‘uncertainty’

Jordan, Silvia; Mitterhofer, Hermann; Jørgensen, Lene Bastrup

doi:10.1016/j.aos.2016.04.003

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“…Our article extends the insights of Jordan et al (2016) by showing that the power of risk matrices/maps extends beyond their interdiscursive appeal. Our argument is that the visual and physical presence of the matrices and maps played a critical role in the risk meetings and workshops.…”

Section: The Visual Power Of Risk Management Inscriptions and Their Dmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…The article also contributes to extant studies on risk experts (Arena et al, 2010;Mikes, 2011) and the visual nature of accounting inscriptions (Busco & Quattrone, 2015Jordan et al, 2016;Pollock & D'Adderio, 2012;Quattrone, 2009). We make this contribution by showing the long-term effects of the experts' attempt to define the boundaries of risk construction using a series of interrelated risk management technologies.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Scholars have recently begun to examine the visual nature of accounting technologies and inscriptions (e.g., Busco & Quattrone, 2015Jordan et al, 2016;Justesen & Mouritsen, 2009;Quattrone, 2009Quattrone, , 2015. Their central argument is that the power of technologies owes less to the conveyance of knowledge content and more to the visual nature of the inscriptions they produce.…”

Section: The Visual Power Of Risk Management Inscriptions and Their Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As one attempt to temper this tendency, governments have increasingly turned to insisting that risk management frameworks and associated technologies form part of the project management process. So far, however, we know little of the long-term dynamics of such frameworks and technologies (Jordan et al, 2016). How do they help represent and organise 'the work of risk' (Power, 2016a, p. 276)?…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This article thus represents one of the few performativity studies to describe the efforts over time associated with actual-ising and re-actualising an (economic) framework. It contributes to the current debate on risk management frameworks and technologies (Hall & Fernando, 2016;Jordan et al, 2013Jordan et al, , 2016Kalthoff, 2005Kalthoff, , 2011Miller et al, 2008;Power, 2009;Vinnari & Skaerbaek, 2014) by revealing the long-term complex dynamics of these for the work of translating uncertainties into risks.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The performativity of risk management frameworks and technologies: The translation of uncertainties into pure and impure risks

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2018

Accounting, Organizations and Society

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This article examines the long-term dynamics among a best-practice risk management framework, risk management technologies and the translation of uncertainties into risks by using a longitudinal case study of a large mega-project. We show that the framework and technologies through the visual power of inscriptions and the purifying work of risk consultants as experts establish the boundaries of the forms of uncertainties that are accepted and included as risks. We term the accepted and included risks 'pure risks' and the risks excluded after disagreement 'impure risks'. We also show that the construction of impure risks challenges the predictions of the framework causing a false sense of security for the project objectives, and that the continuous readjustment of technologies, in particular, is necessary to ensure the long-term realisation of these predictions. Finally, this article contributes to the literature on performativity by showing how technologies serve as buffers to shield failing economic frameworks against criticism.

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Section: The Visual Power Of Risk Management Inscriptions and Their Dmentioning

confidence: 60%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: The Visual Power Of Risk Management Inscriptions and Their Dmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Important Crop Pollinators Respond Less Negatively to Anthropogenic Land Use Than Other Animals

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Ecology and Evolution

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Animal‐mediated pollination is a key ecosystem service required to some extent by almost three‐quarters of the leading human food crops in global food production. Anthropogenic pressures such as habitat loss and land‐use intensification are causing shifts in ecological community composition, potentially resulting in declines in pollination services and impacting crop production. Previous research has often overlooked interspecific differences in pollination contribution, yet such differences mean that biodiversity declines will not necessarily negatively impact pollination. Here, we use a novel species‐level ecosystem service contribution matrix along with mixed‐effects models to explore how groups of terrestrial species who contribute differently to crop pollination respond globally to land‐use type, land‐use intensity, and availability of natural habitats in the surrounding landscape. We find that the species whose contribution to crop pollination is higher generally respond less negatively (and in some cases positively) to human disturbance of land, compared to species that contribute less or not at all to pollination. This result may be due to these high‐contribution species being less sensitive to anthropogenic land conversions, which has led humans to being more reliant on them for crop pollination. However, it also suggests that there is potential for crop pollination to be resilient in the face of anthropogenic land conversions. With such a high proportion of food crops requiring animal‐mediated pollination to some extent, understanding how anthropogenic landscapes impact ecological communities and the consequences for pollination is critical for ensuring food security.

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The interdiscursive appeal of risk matrices: Collective symbols, flexibility normalism and the interplay of ‘risk’ and ‘uncertainty’

Cited by 38 publications

References 72 publications

The performativity of risk management frameworks and technologies: The translation of uncertainties into pure and impure risks

The performativity of risk management frameworks and technologies: The translation of uncertainties into pure and impure risks

Important Crop Pollinators Respond Less Negatively to Anthropogenic Land Use Than Other Animals

Qualitative Forschung im Management Accounting

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