New ways of working: From smart to shared power
(2017) Redefining Management, Smart power perspectives — ISBN: [9783319692081], p. 65-79, published
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- This chapter questions the relevance of the concept of smart power in organization studies and, specifically, in the study of new ways of working (NWOW) implementation. NWOW embrace a broad set of organizational practices, ranging from spatial and temporal flexibility to self-management. Beyond such set of (somehow traditional) work practices, the singularity of NWOW seems to lie in its governance epitome, valuing a peculiar philosophy of management, i.e. a more democratic way of managing organizations. Smart power approach could play a key role in the effective implementation of NWOW. However, drawing on existing studies, we report some paradoxes making NWOW a piece of what may be seen as old-fashioned management practices and organizational pattern that, far from constituting a promise for alternative modes of governance, also constitute new attempts to disciplinarize employees. Claiming organizational rules need to be appropriated by actors in order to become effective, this chapter argues a smart power perspective is not relevant at the micro-level, where traditional approaches of power and agency are more complete. While considering innovative NWOW, smart power approach seems well relevant to analyse meso regulations and, especially, governance issues.
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Taskin, L., Ajzen, M., & Donis, C. (2017). New ways of working: From smart to shared power. In Varda Muhlbauer, Wes Harry (ed.), Redefining Management, Smart power perspectives (p. p. 65-79). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/9783319692098