Making Sense of Sensemaking Process in the Face of Different Types of Organizational Environment

Bajwa, Sami Ullah; Waseem, Ansar; Akbar, Ahmad Ahsan

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“…It is, therefore, especially relevant in the context of complex, adaptive problems (e.g. Ancona, 2012; Bajwa et al. , 2020) such as strategic decisions.…”

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From ambiguity to action: integrating collective sensemaking and rational decision making in management pedagogy and practice

Awati

Nikolova

2022

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PurposeManagers are increasingly presented with complex, ambiguous decision problems that affect multiple stakeholder groups. Such problems cannot be tackled solely by classical approaches that prescribe rational methods to weigh evidence and select an optimal course of action. Yet most courses on decision making still focus on these methods. This paper draws attention to the complementary nature of rational decision making and sensemaking techniques in management decision making, and describes a practical pedagogy that demonstrates how the two can be integrated into management curricula.Design/methodology/approachBased on an in-depth review of relevant research, the authors propose a conceptual model that highlights the complementary nature of rational and sensemaking methods for making decisions relating to complex and ambiguous problems. They then describe a course on decision making as an illustration of how the model can inform decision making pedagogy.FindingsDecision makers need to think of their decision problems in terms of two distinct types of uncertainty: those for which uncertainty can be quantified and those for which it cannot. When faced with the latter, decisions are best made by working with relevant stakeholders to collectively frame the problem using practical sensemaking tools prior to applying rational decision making techniques to address it. Decision making under ambiguity is an iterative, social process requiring a combination of rational decision making methods and sensemaking techniques.Practical implicationsThe paper seeks to increase awareness about the complementary nature of sensemaking and rational decision making. It emphasizes the need to integrate the two in management curricula and provides details on how this can be done via an example of a course implemented at an Australian Business School. The techniques described will also be of interest to practitioners.Originality/valueThe paper describes a practical pedagogy that blends rational decision making and collective sensemaking techniques in a way that fosters managers’ decision making skills in contexts characterized by ambiguity.

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“…It is, therefore, especially relevant in the context of complex, adaptive problems (e.g. Ancona, 2012; Bajwa et al. , 2020) such as strategic decisions.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

From ambiguity to action: integrating collective sensemaking and rational decision making in management pedagogy and practice

Awati

Nikolova

2022

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“…We also reveal that in the absence of serial M&A experiences, employees utilise memories that mimic the event. We encourage future scholars to further investigate retrospection, this drawing on the past in making sense of the present, as there is growing recognition of fluidity in how pasts and futures come together in the temporal sensemaking of an emergent present (Bajwa et al, 2020;Dawson and Sykes, 2019).…”

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Emotional dynamics during post-acquisition integration

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This book investigates employee emotional dynamics during an unfolding merger and acquisition(M&A). More often than not, M&As fail, causing much damage to those involved. M&A performance is often translated into a monetary value. This perspective leads to technical(hard) instead of human (soft) steering mechanisms and strategies. This is surprising,as M&As are highly emotional events. Companies are full of employees who constantly experience positive and negative emotions. To a high degree, these emotions shape their attitudes, behaviours and decision-making. Light is shed on how emotions develop and progress over time, their positive and negative effects and their complex nature.These insights help comprehend employee emotional dynamics better. Enabling, for instance, firms to provide employees with better emotional support possibly lowers uncertainty and stress, ultimately preventing stress-related illnesses like burnout. Understanding employee emotions better might elevate M&A performance and overall well-being.

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Influence of mixing valve dynamics and recirculation loop connection to solar tank on large hot water system performances

Becq

Chèze

2021

Solar Energy

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A centralized solar domestic hot water system for a multi-family building is analyzed numerically. The solar preheated water in the solar tank is flowing into an auxiliary tank, connected to a gas boiler. At its output, a mixing device is used to ensure hot water at steady temperature before going through the recirculation loop. This reference system is sized as a typical installation under mild climate in France. The load profile is generated statistically with a one-minute time step. Small time scale phenomena have consequences on the global system behavior: recirculation flow rate variations due to pressure drop change is modeled and validated experimentally. This work's goal is to analyze these effects on two sub-parts of the plant: mixing valve and recirculation loop connection to solar storage. In each case, yearly simulations with 6 seconds time step provide quantitative performance indicators for different sizing and control options. Results show that mixing valve slow response, due to ageing or bad design, leads to a loss of 3.5% energy savings compared to using a fast component. Furthermore, health risks increase as the minimal temperature in the recirculation loop is often under 50°C, which promotes legionella development due to cold water plug flows generated in the loop by the mixing valve dynamic response. The recirculation loop, linked to a solar tank, leads to performance improvement with 6% to 15% increase in energy savings following solar oversizing and reduced overheating risks.

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Making Sense of Sensemaking Process in the Face of Different Types of Organizational Environment

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From ambiguity to action: integrating collective sensemaking and rational decision making in management pedagogy and practice

From ambiguity to action: integrating collective sensemaking and rational decision making in management pedagogy and practice

Emotional dynamics during post-acquisition integration

Influence of mixing valve dynamics and recirculation loop connection to solar tank on large hot water system performances

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