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Die Verflüssigung von Arbeit: Crowdsourcing als unternehmerische Reorganisationsstrategie - das Beispiel IBM

The Liquefaction of Labour: Crowdsourcing as an entrepreneurial strategy of reorganization - as seen in the case of IBM's recent strategy
[journal article]

Kawalec, Sandra
Menz, Wolfgang

Abstract

Das Unternehmen IBM entwarf kürzlich die Zukunftsvision einer radikalen Crowdsourcing-Strategie, die den Verzicht auf die Mehrheit der festen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse im eigenen Unternehmen beinhaltet. An ihre Stelle soll die lose Integration einer weltweit verteilten "Crowd" von Freelancern trete... view more

Das Unternehmen IBM entwarf kürzlich die Zukunftsvision einer radikalen Crowdsourcing-Strategie, die den Verzicht auf die Mehrheit der festen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse im eigenen Unternehmen beinhaltet. An ihre Stelle soll die lose Integration einer weltweit verteilten "Crowd" von Freelancern treten, die um die nachträgliche Anerkennung und Vergütung bereits erbrachter Arbeitsleistungen konkurrieren. Auf Basis einer explorativen Studie skizzieren wir in Form einer "prospektiven Folgenabschätzung" drei mögliche Entwicklungsszenarien. Während die ersten beiden Szenarien die Beharrungskräfte und Widerstände in den Mittelpunkt rücken, interpretiert das dritte Szenario einer "radialen Liquidisierung" den Reorganisationsprozess als eine qualitativ neue Form der Steuerung von Arbeitsleistungen mit potenziell gravierenden Folgen für die Arbeitsinhalte, die räumliche Organisation von Arbeit und die globale Arbeitsteilung sowie für die Beschäftigungsverhältnisse und Interessenorientierungen.... view less


IBM recently developed a radical strategy called Crowdsourcing that is promoted by the company itself as the organization model of the future. According to this strategy, most of the work within IBM will not be done by permanent employees anymore but by freelancers in a global crowd. These tasks are... view more

IBM recently developed a radical strategy called Crowdsourcing that is promoted by the company itself as the organization model of the future. According to this strategy, most of the work within IBM will not be done by permanent employees anymore but by freelancers in a global crowd. These tasks are put out to tender for an anonymous workforce on special internet platforms. The members of the global crowd submit their complete results, of which, afterwards only, the best one is paid. In this way, the company links workforce loosely to its organization by putting them in a global state of competition. Based on an explorative study we are giving an outline of three possible development scenarios in form of a "prospective impact evaluation." While the first two scenarios are focusing on persistence and resistance, the third one, called "radical liquefaction", is interpreting this process of reorganization as a qualitatively new form of control of work performance with enormous consequences for work contents, the spatial organization of labour, the global division of labour, as well as for employment relationships and the orientation of interests.... view less

Keywords
enterprise; strategy; freelancer; staff; job performance; remuneration; reorganization; steering; work organization; division of labor

Classification
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations

Document language
German

Publication Year
2013

Page/Pages
p. 5-23

Journal
AIS-Studien, 6 (2013) 2

ISSN
1866-9549

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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