Making Sense of Uncertainty: An Examination of Environmental Interpretation

Regan, Padraic

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v7n6p18

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“…Rumelt (1991) and Wagner et al (2002) reported that uncertainty is an important aspect of environment because it has a potentially large impact on organisational performance. In an analysis of environmental uncertainty, Regan (2012) suggested that organisational management should be cautious about environmental uncertainty because this is one of the fundamental challenges in organizations. Similarly, Hoque et al, (2001) noted that when organizations are facing higher competition situation, the utilization of different performance measures is expected.…”

Section: The Influence Of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty On Firmmentioning
confidence: 99%

A Proposed Model of the Mediating Effect of Strategic Management Accounting on the Relationship Between Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Firm Performance
Soheilirad
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Sofian
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2016
Int. J. Res. Granthaalayah
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This paper investigates the relationship between contingency factors, strategic management accounting and firm performance. Due to the development and expansion of organizations and their connections to the industrial competition, it is usable that the organization rely more on non-financial information than financial. The management accounting and financial accounting literature have highlighted the important role of perceived environmental uncertainty and strategic management accounting on firm performance. However, unpredictable conditions from external can cause big problems for the company’s decision making process because both of them have effect on firm performance. The aim of this paper is to propose a model of the relationship amid perceived environmental uncertainty on the firm performance by mediating effect of strategic management accounting through review of the related literature. One of the most significant findings to emerge from this review is the identification the contingency factors that improve organizational performance under environmental uncertainty.

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Section: The Influence Of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty On Firmmentioning
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“…Uncertainty sources refers to a range of environment that the decision maker is uncertain about (Regan, 2012). To improve the understanding, we should make a distinction between the organization, the transactional environment, and the contextual environment (Abbott, 2005).…”

Section: Source Of Uncertaintymentioning
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“…If such an evaluation of decisions is not conducted, decision-making process is flawed, and the organization cannot be sure about achieving the desired outcome. This assessment is as a feedback that helps organizational learning and dealing with future uncertainty (Regan, 2012).…”

Section: Mixed Measures Of Uncertaintymentioning
confidence: 99%

Managing Environmental Uncertainty: From Conceptual Review to Strategic Management Point of View
Samsami¹,
Hosseini²,
Kordnaeij³
et al. 2015
IJBM
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Uncertainty surrounds all aspects of organizations' lives. We rarely find studies in the field of organization and management not mentioned the phenomenon of environmental uncertainty. Despite the ubiquity of studies around the topic, there are many incompatibilities and inconsistencies in the definition and application of the concept. In this paper we try to classify the main issues and controversies around the topic and review some of the outstanding studies in this regard. As the ultimate goal of studying uncertainty in organization is to face it in the choice of appropriate strategies, we also have a brief review on the impacts of environmental uncertainty on organizational strategic decisions and managers' actions. Finally, we refer to some of the frameworks and approaches that are mainly presented in the field of strategic management for dealing with uncertainty, and resolving the strategy paradox between uncertainty and commitment to strategies.

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“…These dynamic conditions refer to the macro and micro components of the environment (e.g. governmental and competitor environmental domains respectively) which are considered to be complex and constantly change (Miller, 1992;Regan, 2012). For example, relatively recently, the UK firms, including the UK SMEs, had to confront "Brexit" and adjust to the new conditions of trade (Brown et al, 2019).…”

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Perceived environmental uncertainty and network development: the case of Greek SMEs
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Networks appear to be vital living organisms which change, grow and develop through time; hence networks are shaped, dissolved and reformed on a constant base. Although an extensive body of research has focused on the outcomes and the antecedents of the interorganizational networks formation, less attention has been paid to understand why and how these networks evolve through time, especially in the context of small-medium sized firms. This thesis aims to address this research gap and to broaden the field of the SMEs’ inter – organizational network development by considering the perceived environmental uncertainty (PEU) as an exogenous, deriving from outside the network, triggering factor. In that respect, this thesis explores if and how the three types of PEU, stemming from several domains of the external environment may trigger the development of networks in terms of their structural and interactional dimensions. To achieve this aim, a single – embedded case study of Greek tourism industry, applying the philosophical prism of critical realism, has been undertaken to seek causal explanations in the relationship between PEU and the SMEs’ network development. The findings demonstrated that PEU, particularly state and to a lesser extent response PEU, prompted the SMEs to develop their networks in several ways related to their structure, the strength of the relationships and the exchanging content among partners.

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Making Sense of Uncertainty: An Examination of Environmental Interpretation

Cited by 7 publications

References 81 publications

A Proposed Model of the Mediating Effect of Strategic Management Accounting on the Relationship Between Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Firm Performance

A Proposed Model of the Mediating Effect of Strategic Management Accounting on the Relationship Between Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Firm Performance

Managing Environmental Uncertainty: From Conceptual Review to Strategic Management Point of View

Perceived environmental uncertainty and network development: the case of Greek SMEs

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