Life cycle work: A process study of the emergence and performance of life cycle practice
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| Title: | Life cycle work: A process study of the emergence and performance of life cycle practice |
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| Authors: | Lindén, Hanna, 1983, Diedrich, Andreas, 1973, Baumann, Henrikke, 1964 |
| Source: | Organization and Environment. 34(1):99-122 |
| Subject Terms: | sociology of translation, sustainability, Life cycle management (LCM), action-nets, performativity |
| Description: | Life cycle management (LCM) is a concept that goes beyond traditional corporate environmental management, due to its’ focus on a product’s entire life cycle. The spread of such concepts is usually understood in terms of processes of ‘diffusion’, whereby ideas spread over time by some inexplicable force. However, diffusion has proven less adequate to describe how ideas spreads in practice. Here, we address this oversight by studying the emergence and performance of what we refer to as life cycle practices. Drawing on an analysis of the development of a sustainability portfolio within a globally-operating manufacturing company, we illustrate the kinds of life cycle work involved in dealing with local activities and interests, connecting activities and interests into action-nets, performing life cycle practices, and spreading the life cycle idea. Finally, we discuss implications of life cycle work for research in the field of organization and management studies and for LCM research. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://research.chalmers.se/publication/515161 https://research.chalmers.se/publication/515199 https://research.chalmers.se/publication/515043 https://research.chalmers.se/publication/515199/file/515199_Fulltext.pdf |
| Database: | SwePub |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Life cycle management (LCM) is a concept that goes beyond traditional corporate environmental management, due to its’ focus on a product’s entire life cycle. The spread of such concepts is usually understood in terms of processes of ‘diffusion’, whereby ideas spread over time by some inexplicable force. However, diffusion has proven less adequate to describe how ideas spreads in practice. Here, we address this oversight by studying the emergence and performance of what we refer to as life cycle practices. Drawing on an analysis of the development of a sustainability portfolio within a globally-operating manufacturing company, we illustrate the kinds of life cycle work involved in dealing with local activities and interests, connecting activities and interests into action-nets, performing life cycle practices, and spreading the life cycle idea. Finally, we discuss implications of life cycle work for research in the field of organization and management studies and for LCM research. |
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| ISSN: | 15527417 10860266 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1086026619893971 |