Making sense of ‘new age data sets’

researching from afar

Book chapter (2023)

Authors

Johan Ninan Integral Design & Management - CEG
Mathangi Krishnamurthy Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Ashwin Mahalingam Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Research Group
Integral Design & Management (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2023 Dr Johan Ninan, Mathangi Krishnamurthy, Ashwin Mahalingam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800375451.00017
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2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Materials- Mechanics- Management & Design

Research Group

Integral Design & Management

Abstract

This chapter considers the central role of uncertainty for cognition and action in construction project organising with a focus on how project practitioners think about the future. It takes a cognitive approach to uncertainty in the context of a broader information processing approach to decision-making in organisations. The chapter’s main concern is the failure of this approach to connect cognition through to action. The chapter presents the UnCoCoH (Un-Certain Complex Complicated Hidden) model as a tool to assist in recognising the transition from individual cognition to collective action. It also highlights the role of narratives for stabilising uncertainty through this transition. This provides a foundation for working towards the development of a projectivity perspective in construction project organising and advancing a research agenda for this program of research.

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