Organizational Cognition : Computation and Interpretation

by Lant, Theresa K.; Shapira, Zur; Lant, Theresa K.; Lomi, Alessandro

• ISBN13: 9780805833331
• ISBN10: 0805833331
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Organizational Cognitionis a collection of chapters written by scholars from around the world. The editors outline the history of two approaches to the study of cognition in organizations, the computational approach and the interpretive approach. The chapters represent some of the most cutting-edge research on organizational cognition, covering research that spans many levels of analysis. Much of the work in the book demonstrates how computational and interpretive approaches can be combined in a way that provides greater insight into cognitive processes in and among organizations. The editors conclude by elaborating the likely boundary conditions of each approach and how they can be combined for a more complete understanding of cognition in organizations.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	xi
Arthur Brief
James P. Walsh
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Foundations of Research on Cognition in Organizations	1	(14)
Theresa K. Lant
Zur Shapira
Part I Theoretical Foundations
The Role of Machine Learning in Organizational Learning	15	(24)
Vasant Dhar
How Do Organizations Think?	39	(22)
William Ocasio
The Pursuit of Intelligence in Organizations	61	(22)
James G. March
Commentary The Theoretical Foundations of Organizational Cognition	73	(10)
Sim B. Sitkin
Part II Knowledge and Learning in Organizational Settings
Shared and Unshared Transactive Knowledge in Complex Organizations: An Exploratory Study	83	(18)
Diane Rulke
Srilata Zaheer
Internal Dissemination of Learning From Loan Loss Crises	101	(24)
Catherine Paul-Chowdhury
Adapting Aspirations to Feedback: The Role of Success and Failure	125	(32)
Patrice R. Murphy
Stephen J. Mezias
Ya Ru Chen
Commentary Motivational Preconditions and Intraorganizational Barriers to Learning in Organizational Settings	147	(10)
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Part III Cognition at Work: Managerial Thinking and Decision Making
Defining Away Dangers: A Study in the Influences of Managerial Cognition on Information Systems	157	(28)
Michal Tamuz
Understanding the Role of Intuition--Tacit Knowledge and Analysis--Explicit Knowledge in Bank Board Deliberations	185	(26)
Robert H. Bennett III
William P. Anthony
Cognitive Maps of Managers and Complex Problem Solving	211	(30)
K. Unnikrishnan Nair
Cognitive Processes and Decision Making in a Crisis Situation: A Case Study	241	(32)
Benedicte Vidaillet
Commentary More Is Not Always Better: Limits to Managerial Thinking and Decision Making	265	(8)
Janet M. Dukerich
Part IV Social and Strategic Aspects of Cognition
Classifying Competition: An Empirical Study of the Cognitive Social Structure of Strategic Groups	273	(32)
Vincenza Odorici
Alessandro Lomi
Stakeholder Analysis as Decision Support for Project Risk Management	305	(22)
Agi Oldfield
Understanding Managerial Cognition: A Structurational Approach	327	(24)
Laurence Brooks
Chris Kimble
Paul Hildreth
Commentary Strategy Is Social Cognition	345	(6)
Dennis A. Gioia
Part V The Past and Future of Organizational Cognition Research
Is Janus the God of Understanding?	351	(16)
William H. Starbuck
New Research Directions on Organizational Cognition	367	(10)
Theresa K. Lant
Zur Shapira
Author Index	377	(8)
Subject Index	385