Essays about: "Change recipient sensemaking"

Found 2 essays containing the words Change recipient sensemaking.

1. 1. Making Sense of Organizational Change: The Impact of Contextual Factors on Middle Managers’ Sensemaking Processes and Room for Negotiation : A Case Study Exploring Organizational Change from a Change Recipient Perspective

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Hanna Andersson; Anna Andtbacka; [2022]
   Keywords : organizational change; middle managers; organizational culture; sensemaking; negotiated order; change recipient perspective; organisationsförändring; mellanchefer; organisationskultur; meningsskapande; förhandling av ordning; förändringsmottagarperspektiv;

   Abstract : Throughout their existence, organizations face endless change. Organizational change programs, despite often being initiated by top management, inevitably involve employees at multiple levels in the organization, including middle managers, which could be argued to play an especially important role as they are both receivers and implementers of the change. READ MORE

3. 2. All on board? Exploring metaphors and the symbolic management of change: A qualitative case study in a large Swedish bank

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Oskar Forslund; Andreas Jansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Strategic change; Symbolic management; Sensemaking; Change recipient sensemaking; Inter-recipient sensemaking; Sensegiving; Sensebreaking; Metaphor; Digitization; Banking; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper was to develop a better understanding of the discursive, cognitive and emotional experience of symbolic management attempts of strategic change and its enactment in the organizational practice from both a managerial and a non-managerial perspective. To realize this research purpose, we conducted an explorative, ethnographically-inspired qualitative case study in a single organization. READ MORE