Woldesenbet, Kassa and Storey, John
(2010).
Processes of senior managers' sensemaking and learning in a transitional economy.
Human Resource Development International, 13(5)
pp. 501–518.
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Abstract
This paper uses sensemaking and learning theory to gain insight into how senior Ethiopian managers are coming to terms with radically different political and economic forces. These theories have developed in mature western contexts and our research tested their applicability in an African context. The methods employed were detailed data gathering in five cases using semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. The research found that senior managers in the five enterprises constructed very different sense-making patterns about the business environment and about appropriate business strategies depending on the degree of market or state dependency which they perceived. The analysis also reveals how these actors reflected upon the implications of their sense-making for their own and their organisations’ future learning and capability development.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2010 Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: |
1469-8374 |
| Keywords: |
sensemaking; learning; strategic response; top-level managers; transition economy; international; practice |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Open University Business School |
| Item ID: |
24854 |
| Depositing User: |
John Storey
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| Date Deposited: |
02 Mar 2011 16:27 |
| Last Modified: |
24 Oct 2012 08:58 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/24854 |
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