Process-based temporal coordination in multiparty collaboration for societal challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 147612702199270
Author(s):  
Susan Hilbolling ◽  
Fleur Deken ◽  
Hans Berends ◽  
Philipp Tuertscher
Keyword(s):  
Joint Action ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Clock Time ◽  
Temporal Coordination ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Temporal Structures ◽  
Innovation Processes

Solving complex societal challenges requires innovation processes that involve heterogeneous organizations collaborating for sustained periods of time. These multiparty collaborations are confronted with incongruent temporal structures, creating temporal complexities that hamper joint action. We draw on an in-depth longitudinal field study of a multiparty collaboration in a “living lab” initiative that aimed to develop innovative solutions to enhance a city’s nightlife area’s safety and economic viability. We unpack the process of temporal coordination by identifying three temporal coordination mechanisms that enabled parties to address temporal complexities: leveraging serendipitous alignment, temporary exclusion, and aligning on the future. Whereas, prior research has stressed synchronization as a dominant approach to coordination, rooted in a clock-time orientation, these three mechanisms for temporal coordination are rooted in process-time. With a process-time orientation, temporal coordination becomes inherently partial and transient, meaning that temporal complexities may resurface over time and require re-initiation of joint action, building upon emerging outcomes of previous episodes. We discuss implications for the literature on interorganizational collaboration and temporal coordination.

Cefic Sustainability Report 2013-2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Chemical Industry ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
World Population ◽  
European Chemical ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Sustainability Report

On 27 October 2014, CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, released their second sustainability report entitled “Teaming up for a sustainable Europe.” With their partners in the supply chain CEFIC deliver innovative solutions to global challenges while preserving resources and the environment. Their products and services play a crucial role in addressing key societal challenges, such as providing water, food and energy to a growing world population.

University of Miami Laboratory for Integrative Knowledge (U-LINK) Program Evaluation Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Morgan ◽  
Alexandra Mosser ◽  
John Bixby
Keyword(s):  
Shared Vision ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
University Of Miami ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
The University

As one of the Roadmap Initiatives, U-LINK (University of Miami Laboratory for INtegrative Knowledge) is the University of Miami’s (UM’s) program to support innovative, problem-based interdisciplinary research. The U-LINK initiative is premised on the idea that the most significant challenges facing humanity, and therefore the most important research problems, require innovative and integrative approaches resulting from collaborations that bridge disciplines. The goal of U-LINK is to bring together faculty and trainees from multiple disciplines in collaboration with community stakeholders to develop and act on a shared vision of innovative solutions to grand societal challenges. To accomplish this goal, U-LINK provides training and funding opportunities for research teams, identifies common space(s) for teams to work together, creates interdisciplinary opportunities for UM undergraduate and graduate students, and helps UM faculty identify and pursue collaborative initiatives with faculty in other departments, schools, and colleges. This document details the features of the U-LINK program and provides data about outcomes of the program through 2019.

Culture or Context: a Qualitative Approach Investigating the Relationship of Scheduling Styles and Situational Context in Uganda and Germany

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Kosak ◽  
Lisa Kugler ◽  
Sven Hilbert ◽  
Steffi Rettinger ◽  
Nils Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Clock Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Situational Context ◽  
Event Time ◽  
Predominant Factor ◽  
Situational Demands

Abstract Previous literature suggested that different countries and regions are associated with different temporal cultures resulting in according scheduling styles: people in anglo-european countries supposedly plan and structure their life predominantly according to the clock (clock time orientation) while people in some other parts of the world are more prone to live their lives in disregard of clock time but follow inner needs and/or the structure given by the events that happen in their lives (event time orientation). However, recent research shows that scheduling styles are also adaptive responses to situational demands and event and clock timing are associated with different experiences of control. Transferring these findings to a cross-cultural setting, we investigated whether situational context is the predominant factor explaining the application of different scheduling styles. To this end, we used a mixed-methods approach with semi-structured interviews exploring whether participants from Uganda and Germany (employees with fixed working hours) differ in the level to which they structure their narratives of daily routines of time associated with work primarily in reference to the clock while recounting free time predominantly in reference to events and/or inner needs. Our data, processed using qualitative content analysis, show this pattern for the participants from both countries. Overall interviewees from Germany do not refer to the clock more often than their Ugandan counterparts. This suggests that individuals’ scheduling styles reflect intersituational adaptations to a given demand for synchronization rather than being kind of a strong cultural imprint on individuals.

scholarly journals Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 887-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakomijn van Wijk ◽  
Charlene Zietsma ◽  
Silvia Dorado ◽  
Frank G. A. de Bakker ◽  
Ignasi Martí
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Multiple Systems ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Innovation Processes

Social innovations are urgently needed as we confront complex social problems. As these social problems feature substantial interdependencies among multiple systems and actors, developing and implementing innovative solutions involve the re-negotiating of settled institutions or the building of new ones. In this introductory article, we introduce a stylized three-cycle model highlighting the institutional nature of social innovation efforts. The model conceptualizes social innovation processes as the product of agentic, relational, and situated dynamics in three interrelated cycles that operate at the micro, meso, and macro levels of analysis. The five papers included in this special issue address one or more of these cycles. We draw on these papers and the model to stimulate and offer guidance to future conversations on social innovations from an institutional theory perspective.

scholarly journals Innovative care: Using ‘A day in the life’ as a tool to explore opportunities for a tech-enabled home for older Canadians

2020 ◽  
pp. 419-426
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Canadian Market ◽  
Older Adult Population

Caregivers play a crucial role in providing physical and emotional support to family members or clients with various health conditions. As the number of older adult population and the potential need for caregiver support increases, innovative solutions are essential in supplementing care provided by caregivers. Many studies have been conducted to date to understand the extent to which technologies can be used to address health conditions and disabilities. Assured Living is a wellness monitoring solution by Best Buy Canada designed to provide caregivers insights on family member’s daily activities and provide alerts. To bring Assured Living into the Canadian market, an A Day in the Life was created as a tool to aid in identifying the needs of the caregivers to explore opportunities in the Canadian market. The knowledge for the A Day in the Life was gathered in multiple ways: 1) meetings with health organizations, 2) meetings with organizations serving caregivers and seniors, 3) conversations with family caregivers, 4) observations during walk-throughs with internal and external stakeholders of the Assured Living lab located in Best Buy Canada headquarters. Five themes gathered from the tool include: 1) Safety 2) Activities of daily living 3) Virtual care 4) Enjoyment of life and 5) Overarching concerns about support and communication. A Day in the Life supported in determining general concerns for caregivers, identifying areas of opportunity for the business, and making collaboration with stakeholders effective.

An organisational approach to meta-governance: structuring reforms through organisational (re-)engineering

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarle Trondal
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
The State ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Organisation Theory ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The Future ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Frequent Criticism

This article outlines an organisation theory approach to meta-governance by illustrating how public organisations may organise policy change and reform by (re-)designing organisational choice-architectures. First, it outlines an organisational approach to meta-governance and, second, it offers an illustrative case of meta-governance by examining how public innovation processes are shaped by organisational designs. Two arguments are proposed: (i) first, that public meta-governance is an accessible tool for facilitating policy change, and (ii) second, that meta-governance may be systematically biased by organisational structuring. Examining conditions for meta-governance is important since governments experience frequent criticism of existing inefficient organisational arrangements and calls for major reforms of the state. The contribution of this article is to suggest how an organisational approach to meta-governance might both explain meta-governance and make it practically relevant for solving societal challenges in the future.

Tackling Societal Challenges with Open Innovation

2020 ◽  
pp. 000812562097371
Author(s):  
Anita M. McGahan ◽  
Marcel L. A. M. Bogers ◽  
Henry Chesbrough ◽  
Marcus Holgersson
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Business Objectives ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Annual World ◽  
Innovation Processes

Open innovation includes external knowledge sources and paths to market as complements to internal innovation processes. Open innovation has to date been driven largely by business objectives, but the imperative of social challenges has turned attention to the broader set of goals to which open innovation is relevant. This introduction discusses how open innovation can be deployed to address societal challenges—as well as the trade-offs and tensions that arise as a result. Against this background we introduce the articles published in this Special Section, which were originally presented at the sixth Annual World Open Innovation Conference.

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