Maps for Managers: Where Are We? Where Do We Go From Here?

Fiol, C. Marlene; Huff, Anne Sigismund

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1992.tb00665.x

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“…Eles permitem descrever o "terreno cognitivo" (Fiol & Huff, 1992) ao identificarem os conceitos que as pessoas recuperam para estruturar a sua compreensão de um problema ou domínio particular. Nesse sentido, os mapas de identidade estão implícitos nos demais tipos de mapeamento e, portanto, constituem importantes filtros através dos quais as pessoas dão sentido ao seu contexto.…”

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Mapas cognitivos e a pesquisa organizacional: explorando aspectos metodológicos

Bastos¹

2002

Estud. psicol. (Natal)

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O s estudos organizacionais -quer na sua vertente microorientada, quer no campo das teorias macroorganizacionais -passam por importantes transições na forma como o próprio fenômeno rotulado 'organização' tem sido conceituado. O esforço investido na redefinição deste conceito tem o poder de gerar desdobramentos importantes, tanto no entendimento ou explicação de aspectos substantivos deste complexo fenômeno quanto, o que mais nos interessa no presente momento, nos aspectos metodológicos relacionados às estratégias usuais para investigá-lo.Algumas dessas mudanças foram importantes para chegar num entender atual de organizações como produtos de um processo de construção social, em que se insere a nossa preocupação com o uso dos mapas cognitivos, os quais servem como instrumentos no estudo do comportamento macro e microorganizacional.Como discutido em trabalho anterior (Bastos, 2000a), duas tensões marcam a trajetória dos estudos organizacionais no tocante ao status ontológico do fenômeno 'organização'. A primeira tensão baseia-se no conflito entre entendimentos diferentes do que é uma organização: ora uma entidade, Mapas cognitivos e a pesquisa organizacional: explorando aspectos metodológicos AbstractCognitive maps and organizational research: exploring methodological issues. The intersection between cognitive sciences and organizational studies has created a new field of research called organizational cognition. Research in this field is based on a view of organizational processes as the result of social constructions -the exchange and articulation of ideas among those involved in the organization. Thus, a great emphasis is given to the role of the actor's cognitions, which mediate important organizational processes and products. Cognitive maps have been increasingly used in this domain as tools to represent the cognitive structures and processes that help to understand the decisions and actions that define an organization. The present text first identifies the research objectives that justify the use of cognitive maps, then characterizes these tools based on the methodological issues that differentiate among various approaches. The third and final topic addressed involves a discussion of the limits and potentialities of cognitive maps as research tools in the study of organizational processes.

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Mapas cognitivos e a pesquisa organizacional: explorando aspectos metodológicos

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2002

Estud. psicol. (Natal)

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“…Whole systems of concepts and/or categories have been proposed to constitute 'cognitive maps' (Fiol & Huff, 1992). Such insights have been used, for instance, with regard to semantic network analysis (e.g., Carley, 1993).…”

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The Visual Dimension in Organizing, Organization, and Organization Research: Core Ideas, Current Developments, and Promising Avenues

Meyer¹,

Höllerer

Jancsary

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The Academy of Management Annals

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(2013) The visual dimension in organizing, organization, and organization research: Core ideas, current developments, and promising avenues. Academy of Management Annals, 7 (1). pp. 489-555. ISSN 1941-6520 This version is available at: http://epub.wu.ac.at/4991/ Available in ePub WU : April 2016 ePub WU , the institutional repository of the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to the scholarly output of the WU.This document is the version accepted for publication and -in case of peer review -incorporates referee comments. There are minor differences between this and the publisher version which could however affect a citation. Abstract. With the unprecedented rise in the use of visuals, and its undeniable omnipresence in organizational contexts, as well as in the individual's everyday life, organization and management science has recently started to pay closer attention to the to date under-theorized 'visual mode' of discourse and meaning construction. Building primarily on insights from the phenomenological tradition in organization theory and from social semiotics, this article sets out to consolidate previous scholarly efforts and to sketch a fertile future research agenda. After briefly exploring the workings of visuals, we introduce the methodological and theoretical 'roots' of visual studies in a number of disciplines that have a long-standing tradition of incorporating the visual. We then continue by extensively reviewing work in the field of organization and management studies: More specifically, we present five distinct approaches to feature visuals in research designs and to include the visual dimension in scholarly inquiry. Subsequently, we outline, in some detail, promising avenues for future research, and close with a reflection on the impact of visualization on scientific practice itself.

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“…As such, the concept of network pictures is influenced by, and related to, the research themes of cognitive strategic groups (Osborne et al, 2001;Porac et al, 1989) cognitive scripts and cognitive mapping (Fiol and Huff, 1992;Johnson et al, 1998), and managerial cognition/sense-making in organisations (Colville and Pye, 2010;Daft and Weick, 1984;Weick, 1995).…”

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Sensemaking in business networks: Introducing dottograms to analyse network changes

Abrahamsen

Henneberg

Naudé

2012

Industrial Marketing Management

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Research Highlights• This study develops an novel analytical framework called 'dottograms' which facilitates a more detailed understanding of change within networks• This research method enables comparing actor perceptions of network changes within and across business networks• Our method represents a contribution to research methods in business networks and network change.• We provide a basis for improved understanding of time dimensions (past, present and future changes) and space dimensions (change at actor, dyad or network level) in business networks Abstract and keywordsThe issue of how different actors in a network understand changes to their industry remains an under-researched but crucially important area. According to the industrial network approach, companies interact according to their perceptions of the relevant network environment and their subjective sense-making of the network logic and exchange mechanisms relating to the activities, resources, and actor bonds. Using a case study of the Norwegian/Japanese seafood distribution system, we propose a methodology that allows us to better understand these perceptions. We develop an analytical method based on 'dottograms' which facilitates a more detailed understanding of change within networks. In particular, we show how the dimensions of time (past, present and future changes) and space (change at actor, dyad or network level) can be better understood, and also how the method facilitates our understanding by ascribing reasons for the change. As such, we provide a methodological contribution to research on business networks and change.

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Maps for Managers: Where Are We? Where Do We Go From Here?

Cited by 435 publications

References 28 publications

Mapas cognitivos e a pesquisa organizacional: explorando aspectos metodológicos

Mapas cognitivos e a pesquisa organizacional: explorando aspectos metodológicos

The Visual Dimension in Organizing, Organization, and Organization Research: Core Ideas, Current Developments, and Promising Avenues

Sensemaking in business networks: Introducing dottograms to analyse network changes

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