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Searching for synchrony

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  • Anne Puonti

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Authorities working on economic-crime investigation in Finland are trying to change their form of collaboration from the sequential passing of documents towards parallel, interorganizational collaboration: the on-line investigation of an ongoing crime. The synchronization of events and the outputs of various participants proved to be difficult in this emerging process. This new model of crime investigation also requires a new kind of time management. This article explores how the change is being constructed in everyday practice by examining three economic-crime-investigation cases. It is claimed that individual efforts to manage time allocation suffice only in terms of co-ordination of events. It is suggested that a successful shift to parallel, interorganizational collaboration requires more than the common marking of calendars. The object of the work and the forms of interaction should be taken as subjects of reflective negotiation. New kinds of collective time-management tools are needed in this effort.

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  • Anne Puonti, 2004. "Searching for synchrony," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 55-74, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:6:y:2004:i:1:p:55-74
    DOI: 10.1080/14719030410001675731
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