Abstract
In this paper we seek to understand how individuals, as part of a group facilitated modelling setting, commit themselves to a set of actions, as a basis of sense-making, sense-giving and coordinated actions. For this we introduce Pickering’s Mangle of Practice to understand the practice of a group facilitated modelling setting. Using video data from a group modelling building exercise, we analyse how individual actors framed their circumstances in communication with one another and how through facilitated model building this affected their subsequent interpretation and decisions as the process unfolds. We show how, through the models as objects enhanced the interaction between verbal communication, expressed and felt emotion and material cues led to collective behaviour within the group. With our study we extend prior research and elaborate on the role of objects and materiality as part of group decision making.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Outlooks and Insights on Group Decision and Negotiation |
Subtitle of host publication | 15th International Conference, GDN 2015, Warsaw, Poland, June 22-26, 2015, Proceedings |
Editors | Bogumił Kamiński, Gregory Kersten, Tomasz Szapiro |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 13-27 |
Volume | LNBIP 218 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-19514-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | In preparation - 14 Jul 2015 |
Event | 15th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation (GDN 2015) - Warsaw, Poland Duration: 22 Jun 2015 → 26 Jun 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 15th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation (GDN 2015) |
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Country/Territory | Poland |
City | Warsaw |
Period | 22/06/15 → 26/06/15 |
Keywords
- group decision making
- problem structuring methods
- sense-making
- the mangle
- collective behaviour