Cognition Within and Between Organizations / Edition 1

by James Meindl, Charles Stubbart, Joseph F. Porac

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 con

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761901136
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/24/1996
Series:	Organization Science , #3
Pages:	550
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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

Editorial Reviews

Presents empirical and theoretical research in how organizational members conceptualize their organizational worlds, emphasizing the constructionist point of view to apply the insights of modern cognitive science to problems of sensemaking and decision making in modern organizations. Topics include the influence of role/experience- based expertise on decision processes, symbolism and strategic change in academia, and interpretive barriers to innovation in large firms. Includes case studies. Paper edition (unseen), $32.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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