Wright ( 2005) - quite bad "deck"

Question 1

What’s the name of Wright’s article?

Answer 1

The role of scenarios as prospective sensemaking devices.

Question 2

What is the main findings done by Wright?

Answer 2

The main findings suggest that transformational changes is observed to occur through inductive strategising at the organisation’s periphery, in contrast to deductive strategy making at the centre.

Question 3

What is inductive? And what is inductive approach?

Answer 3

Induktion är ett filosofiskt förfaringssätt att härleda slutsatser från empiriska erfarenheter. Utifrån ett antal händelser inducerar man en sannolik slutsats. Ett exempel: “Solen har gått upp varje morgon hittills, alltså kommer den att gå upp nästa morgon också”.

Generate and establish new organisational knowledge structure, potential opportunities are nurtured. understanding environment, and interacting with it gives managers a greater understanding of it. and the manager is inevitably creating it as much as it is creating the manager. Strategising in the periphery is more intuitive than planned.

Question 4

What is deductive? And what is deductive approach?

Answer 4

Deduktion är generellt identiskt med härledning av slutsatser från givna premisser. Deduktiva slutledningar karakteriseras av att det råder ett hypotetiskt förhållande mellan premisser och slutsats, det vill säga ett förhållande av typen: Om P, så S.[1]

They think that the perfect strategy is external of the organisation, and are searching for that position (eg. Porter). it is the role of a strategiest to find that ideal strategy. Top-down decision-making. Theory driven.

Question 5

What is sensemaking?

Answer 5

According to Wright sensemaking when organisations co-exist with its environment.

Question 6

Sensemaking never ends, never starts nor is it constructed. But is always in the process of construction. And although sense is individual, it is created through social interaction. Which four abilities enables understanding in sensemaking?

Answer 6

1. Improvisation
2. Wisdom
3. Respectful interaction
4. Communication

Question 7

What is the four outcomes of this paper?

Answer 7

1. The four abilities facilitate and create sensemaking.
2. Scenarios are socially constructed narratives that provide mean by which sensemaking of the future can be enhanced.
3. Transformational strategies are more likely to originate at the organisation’s periphery than from its centre.
4. Individuals who operate at the organisation’s margin create new strategy through acts of induction, and therefore are more accurate perceived.

Question 8

What should senior managers do?

Answer 8

They should not work with strategising, but rather facilitate the strategic discussion in the organisation.