Overview

A hot topic in organizational science in recent years has been how organizational members conceptualize and make sense of their organizational worlds. The growing interest in cognition has coincided, not accidentally, with the increasing legitimacy of a constructionist point of view among organizational scholars. Bringing together the scholars whose work has fueled these theoretical developments, this volume covers broad ground - from cognitive coordination on the bridge of a Navy ship, to cultural belief systems in the California wine industry. Yet each contributor applies the insights of modern cognitive science to problems of sensemaking and decision-making in organizations, creating a coherent volume and marking the contributions as the cutting edge of cognitive research within and between organizations.

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Author:   James Meindl ,  Charles Stubbart ,  Joseph F. Porac
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Volume:   v. 3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9780761901136

ISBN 10:   0761901132
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   06 September 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Joseph F Porac, James R Meindl, and Charles Stubbart PART ONE: INDIVIDUAL COGNITION WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS Comparative Cause Mapping of Organizational Cognitions - Mauri Laukkanen Reasoning in the Executive Suite - Nancy Paule Melone The Influence of Role/Experience-Based Expertise on Decision Processes of Corporate Executives The Formulation Processes and Tactics Used in Organizational Decision Making - Paul C Nutt Executive Judgment, Organizational Congruence, and Firm Performance - Richard L Priem PART TWO: COGNITION OF GROUPS IN ORGANIZATIONS Integrating Organizational and Individual Information Processing Perspectives on Choice - Patricia Doyle Corner, Angelo J Kinicki, and Barbara W Keats Consensus, Diversity, and Learning in Organizations - C Marlene Fiol Symbolism and Strategic Change in Academia - Dennis A Gioia et al The Dynamics of Sensemaking and Influence Designing Information Technology to Support Distributed Cognition - Richard J Boland Jr, Ramkrishnan V Tenkasi, and Dov Te′eni PART THREE: COGNITION AND LEARNING Organizational Culture and Individual Sensemaking - Stanley G Harris A Schema-Based Perspective Interpretive Barriers to Successful Product Innovation in Large Firms - Deborah Dougherty Organizational Routes Are Stored as Procedural Memory - Michael D Cohen and Paul Bacdayan Evidence from a Laboratory Study Organizing Work by Adaptation - Edwin Hutchins Intraorganizational Ecology of Strategy Making and Organizational Adaptation - Robert A Burgelman Theory and Field Research PART FOUR: COGNITION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS A Socio-Cognitive Model of Technology Evolution - Raghu Garud and Michael A Rappa The Case of Cochlear Implants Industry Mindsets - Margaret E Phillips Exploring the Cultures of Two Macro-Organizational Settings

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