Meaningful Strategy
2016; Academy of Management; Volume: 2016; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5465/ambpp.2016.13242symposium
ISSN2376-7197
Autores ResumoOrganizational strategy is meaningful in two opposite ways. It enables individuals to see the significance of their work by shedding light on organizational objectives and purposes. Strategy is also meaningful in the sense of being sacred and inviolable, silencing dissent and trivializing resistance. The presentations examine both these aspects in several contexts. Rajiv Nag presents the challenge of knowledge transfer, a process disseminating meaning across multi-national organizations. He will assign significance to both hegemonic conceptions which present knowledge transfer as replication of meaning; as well to as more emancipatory conceptions of such as recontextualization and repetition. Eero Vaara examines the normative conception of semantics where meaning is seen as proper use of linguistic labels. He will analyze how the issue of using big data in strategic decision making is underpinned by “discursive reasonability”. Masoud Shadnam and Nelson Phillips explore competitive advantage under the influence of religion, where meanings are sacred and institutional logics collide or amplify each other. Henrika Franck presents a strategic change endeavor led by a hermetic team of top executives driven by a belief that change “needs to hurt”, during which meaningful strategy dehumanizes a significant contingent of organizational members. Reasonability in Strategy Work: Discourses for Data Presenter: Eero Vaara; Aalto U. School of Business Toward a Syncretic Conception of Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations Presenter: Rajiv Nag; Drexel U. Divine Intervention: Sources of Competitive Advantage in Religious Environments Presenter: Masoud Shadnam; NEOMA Business School Presenter: Nelson Phillips; Imperial College London De-Humanization and Sensegiving Failure in a Strategic Change Process Presenter: Henrika Franck; Aalto U.
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