Gambiarra as an Emergent Approach in the Entanglement of the Organizational Aesthetic and Technical Controversies: The Samba School Parade Case
Journal Title: BAR: Brazilian Administration Review - Year 2020, Vol 17, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the aesthetic and material/technical controversies surrounding the production of parade floats from a samba school. Starting from actor-network theory and controversy analysis, we show how actors negotiate interests that exist in carnival production project. Our findings demonstrate that the disagreements over material and aesthetic dimensions are temporarily solved by gambiarra, which is the unconventional use of technical knowledge for generating a creative solution in resource and time constraints contexts. We also argue that controversy analysis is an interesting tool to study organizational aesthetics in project management: it allows for understanding the potential conflictual relationship between material/technical and aesthetic dimensions. We conclude by stating that gambiarra can have both positive and negative consequences of generating creative solutions for controversies.
Authors and Affiliations
César Tureta, Bruno Luiz Américo
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP691820
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-7692bar2020190123
- Views 179
- Downloads 0
Interactions between Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy Law and Firms' Debt Financing: the Brazilian Case
This paper examines the relationship between corporate governance level and the bankruptcy law for such debt variables as firms’ cost of debt and amount (and variation) of debt. Our empirical results are consistent with...
A Five-Year Hedonic Price Breakdown for Desktop Personal Computer Attributes in Brazil
The purpose of this article is to identify the attributes that discriminate the prices of personal desktop computers. We employ the hedonic price method in evaluating such characteristics. This approach allows market pr...
Factors Affecting Mobile Users’ Switching Intentions: A Comparative Study between the Brazilian and German Markets
In the competitive wireless market, there are many drivers behind customer defection. Switching barriers, service performance, perceived value in carriers’ offers, satisfaction and other constructs can play a pivotal ro...
Network Effects on Radical Innovation and Financial Performance: An Open-mindedness Approach
This study examines how companies can achieve high performance through certain organizational behaviors (open-mindedness and social networks) and innovation. The impact of open-mindedness in defiance of basic assumptio...
Organizational Memory and Forgetfulness Generating Vulnerabilities in Complex Environments
This article analyzes the relationship between organizational memory and forgetfulness in the generation of operational vulnerabilities, based on a case study carried out with a highly specialized technical team from a...