This study explores the mechanisms of agile management that is supposed to coordinate work in an adaptable, collaborative and less hierarchical manner. I argue that agile management is executed by close socio-material relationships and the artefacts’ physical properties. In developing a theoretical framework on management scripts, I foreground three core mechanisms that I term scripted improvisation, scripted commitment and scripted order. These mechanisms direct actors to improvise, stay permanently committed to their work performance and establish power asymmetries.
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This study explores the mechanisms of agile management that is supposed to coordinate work in an adaptable, collaborative and less hierarchical manner. I argue that agile management is executed by close socio-material relationships and the artefacts’ physical properties. In developing a theoretical framework on management scripts, I foreground three core mechanisms that I term scripted improvisation, scripted commitment and scripted order. These mechanisms direct actors to improvise, stay perman...
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