Description
Book SynopsisWithin the field of strategic management there is increasing awareness of the limitations of rational approaches to decision making. Managing in a climate of continuous change and uncertainty has turned attention to the role of managerial cognition. The Competent Organization explores the nature of cognition in organizations and focuses upon: the behaviour and characteristics of top management teams; organizational learning and memory; distributed cognition and information markets; the significance of knowledge management and tacit learning; key competencies such as emotional intelligence, information searching, decision making heuristics, creativity, intuition; and how organizations might be helped to become more cognitively effective.
"This trail-blazing book presents a clearly written, extensive survey of research about many psychological aspects of strategic analyses. It provocatively argues for the existence and practical impact of a 'strategic competence' that integrates r
Table of ContentsThe cognitive perspective comes of age
Organizational learning
Distributed cognition, organizational memory and knowledge management
Competition and cognition
Strategic cognition in top management teams
Managerial competencies and individual level factors
Knowledge elicitation techniques and methods for intervention
Conclusions and future directions
References
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