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DESCRIPTION:Laurent Picard Distinguished Lecturer Series\nDesperately Seeki
 ng Structures: Grammars of Action in Work\, Technology and Organization \n
 Dr. Briant T. Pentland\nProfessor\, Accounting and Information Systems Bro
 ad College of Business\, Michigan State University\nAll are cordially invi
 ted to attend.\nAbstract: \nIn the decade since Orlikowski and Iacono (200
 1) published their landmark commentary on the information systems discipli
 ne\, we have been desperately seeking the “IT artifact” in information sys
 tems research. Their critique had impact because published research had we
 ak conceptualizations of the phenomena being studied. Current discourse ab
 out sociomateriality continues our effort to identify and theorize about t
 he role of artifacts and materiality in the social world. Lately\, I have 
 been thinking about an alternative way to approach this topic. Rather than
  focus on artifacts and materiality per se\, I propose to focus on the act
 ions and grammars of action that are enabled and constrained by those arti
 facts. This simple reversal of figure and ground has had a transformative 
 impact on the study of organizational routines. In this talk\, I will invi
 te you to consider whether it could be applied more broadly.  \nDate: Apri
 l 12\, 2013Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pmLocation: Room 210\, Bronfman Building
 \nFor more information\, please contact Professor Animesh Animesh at: anim
 esh.animesh [at] mcgill.ca.
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DTEND:20130412T160000Z
SUMMARY:Laurent Picard Distinguished Lecturer Series 
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