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2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Exploring the "Emperor's New Clothes" syndrome in workplaces : A study of workflow

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19530335
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

CHIKUDATE Nobuyuki  Hiroshima University, 大学院・社会科学研究科, 准教授 (50255238)

Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2010
Keywords組織化 / ワークフロー / コーディネーション
Research Abstract

The focus of this study is on the smooth flows operating in the kingdom of the Emperor's New Clothes. The Emperor's New Clothes provides an example of a smooth flow scenario where tasks and roles are interconnected and where the interconnection leads to a tragic outcome. The author investigated and conceptualized the nature of such smooth flows through an illustrative case study of a Japanese information technology (IT) company. He obtained qualitative data through in-depth interviews with the company's employees. In the workplaces of the Japanese IT company, pseudo aspects of structural coupling in autopoiesis theories shaped the condition of smooth flows. Because of these smooth flows, the company suffered from failing projects, which involved countless employees and hundreds of millions of yen in losses.

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2010 2009 2008 2007 Other

All Presentation (6 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Presentation] A phenomenological and hermeneutic view on universalism and particularism debates.2010

    • Author(s)
      Chikudate, Nobuyuki.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Academy of Management 2010 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Montreal, Canada.(CD-ROM)
    • Year and Date
      2010-08-09
  • [Presentation] Autopoiesis revisited in a Japanese IT company : Biological natures of learning.2009

    • Author(s)
      Chikudate, Nobuyuki.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Academy of Management 2009 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago, U.S.A.(CD-ROM)
    • Year and Date
      2009-08-10
  • [Presentation] Intangible form of control in a Japanese advertising and consulting firm : The Emperor's New Clothes revisited.2008

    • Author(s)
      Chikudate, Nobuyuki.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Euro Asia Management Studies Association 2008 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan.(CD-ROM)
    • Year and Date
      2008-12-04
  • [Presentation] If Maturana, Varela, and Deleuze visited Japanese IT workplaces.2008

    • Author(s)
      Chikudate, Nobuyuki.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Academy of Management 2008 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Anaheim, U.S.A.(CD-ROM)
    • Year and Date
      2008-08-13
  • [Presentation] Learning or correction in a safety culture of Japan Rail West : A Foucaultian analysis.2008

    • Author(s)
      Chikudate, Nobuyuki.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Academy of Management 2008 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Anaheim, U.S.A.(CD-ROM)
    • Year and Date
      2008-08-11
  • [Presentation] A scrutiny of bushido traditions in contemporary unethical business conventions in Japan.2007

    • Author(s)
      Chikudate, Nobuyuki.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Society for Business Ethics 2007 Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Philadelphia, U.S.A.(CD-ROM)
    • Year and Date
      2007-08-04
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Published: 2012-01-26   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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