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Managerial cognition: managing tensions and trade-offs through paradoxical thinking
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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:27 authored by Lutz PreussParadox as theoretical lens has been gaining traction with management scholars, since the success of a company increasingly depends on its ability to address competing demands simultaneously, whether this concerns the tension between exploration and exploitation or between global integration and local adaptation. Applying the sense-making process as developed by Daft and Weick, this seminar will show that paradoxical thinking can lead to fundamentally different outcomes compared to conventional commercial thinking. These differences will be illustrated through corporate sustainability, the requirement of managers to simultaneously address conflicting but nonetheless interconnected concerns for the natural environment, social welfare and economic prosperity. However, the main arguments of the seminar have wider implications for strategising in organisations generally.
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Management and Organisation research seminarEvent location
School of Business, Management and Economics, University of SussexEvent type
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Feb 2016Department affiliated with
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