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Cognition in Organizations: Computation and Interpretation

by Theresa K. Lant, Zur Shapira

Pages: 396

Contributors: Theresa K. Lant,Zur Shapira

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication: Mahwah, NJ

Publication Year: 2000

Subjects: Decision Making,Knowledge Management

Table of Contents

Title Page

About the Editors

Contents

Series Editor Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

PART I Theoretical Foundations

Chapter 2 the Role of Machine Learning in Organizational Learning

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Chapter 3 How Do Organizations Think?

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Chapter 4: The Pursuit of Intelligence in Organizations

Commentary: The Theoretical Foundations of Organizational Cognition

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PART II: Knowledge and Learning in Organizational Settings

Chapter 5: Shared and Unshared Transactive Knowledge in Complex Organizations

Chapter 6 Internal Dissemination of Learning from Loan Loss Crises

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Chapter 7: Adapting Aspirations to Feedback

Commentary: Motivational Preconditions and Intraorganizational Barriers to Learning in Organizational Settings

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PART III Cognition at Work: Managerial Thinking and Decision Making

Chapter 8: Defining Away Dangers

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Chapter 9: Understanding the Role of Intuition--Tacit Knowledge and Analysis--Exp licit Knowledge in Bank Board Deliberations

Chapter 10: Cognitive Maps of Managers and Complex Problem Solving

Chapter 11 Cognitive Processes and Decision Making in a Crisis Situation: A Case Study

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Commentary: More Is Not Always Better

PART IV Social and Strategic Aspects of Cognition

Chapter 12: Classifying Competition

Chapter 13 Stakeholder Analysis as Decision Support for Project Risk Management

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Chapter 14 Understanding Managerial Cognition: A Structurational Approach

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Commentary: Strategy Is Social Cognition

PART V The Past and Future of Organizational Cognition Research

Chapter 15: Is Janus the God of Understanding?

Chapter 16: New Research Directions on Organizational Cognition

Author Index

Subject Index

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