Hoofdstuk 1 - Joop Vorst

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Chapter 4 - Empirical study and data analysis
As concerns the question of what influence the constrained duration of the deployment of
interim management has on the actions of clients, aside from a few elaborations on
previously discovered sensitising concepts, the following differences emerge from the
comparison to the previous cases.
Reflection by the client on the involvement of others in the organisation to make sense of
the course of the interim management process constitutes a new provisional sensitising
concept.
The provisional sensitising concept of intervention, discovered in the previous cases, is
expanded in this case to include the active intervention of the client in the interim
management process. This intervention extends beyond the provisional sensitising
concept of „control‟. In this case, control turns out to be about maintaining some grip on
the process as well.
Considering the previous point, the meaning of the provisional sensitising concept of
control can safely be expanded into maintaining grip on the execution of the interim
management process.
From these five cases, in relation to the second research question, formulated provisionally
and openly to allow for alterations, the following sensitising concepts can be generated. In
this overview, the changes compared to the previous four cases are printed in bold,
underlined italics.
Research question 2
How does the constrained duration of the deployment of interim management affect clients' actions?
Reflection Reflecting on and involving others in the organisation
to make sense of the course of the interim
management process
Intervention Actively intervening in the interim management
process and/or ending the interim manager‟s deployment
Giving elbow room Giving the interim manager room in the execution of the
interim management process to engage with new
developments and adapt the assignment accordingly
Tool The deployment of interim management as a tool to
achieve a goal
Acceptance The creation of acceptance of the deployment of the
interim manager and the issues handed to him
Control Maintaining grip on the execution of the interim
management process