The Social Construction of Organizational Disintegration: Exploring Identity Dynamics and Restructuring through a Longitudinal Case Study of a Post-Socialist Enterprise

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Soulsby ◽  
Ed Clark
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Identity Conflict ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Socialist Enterprise ◽  
Vertical Disintegration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Context

This article seeks to advance our understanding of organizational change by exploring the relationships between patterns of organizational restructuring and identity dynamics as they interrelate over time. Our arguments are set in the empirical context of post-socialist Central Europe and the data, derived from the longitudinal study of a former state-owned enterprise that has been visited many times from 1993 to 2011, tell the story of a process of vertical disintegration. The article contributes to the field by elaborating the dynamic effects of identity ambivalence and identity conflict on top management decision making and the consequent social construction of organizational change processes.

The social construction of organizational change paradoxes

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotte S. Luscher ◽  
Marianne Lewis ◽  
Amy Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
The Social

Loyalty card adoption in SME retailers: the impact upon marketing management

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 467-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karise Hutchinson ◽  
Lisa Victoria Donnell ◽  
Audrey Gilmore ◽  
Andrea Reid
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Marketing Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Loyalty Card

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) retailers adopt and implement a loyalty card programme as a marketing management decision-making tool. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative and longitudinal case study research design is adopted. Data were collected from multiple sources, incorporating semi-structured interviews and analysis of company documents and observation within a retail SME. Findings – The findings presented focus on the loyalty card adoption process to reflect both the organisational issues and impact upon marketing management decision-making. Research limitations/implications – This research is restricted to one region within the UK, investigating loyalty card adoption within a specific industry sector. Practical implications – SME retailers operate in an industry environment whereby there is a competitive demand for loyalty card programmes. SME retailers need to carefully consider how to match the firm’s characteristics with customer relationship management (CRM) operational requirements as highlighted in this case. Originality/value – The evidence presented extends current knowledge of retail loyalty card programmes beyond the context of large organisations to encompass SMEs. The study also illustrates the value of a structured, formal CRM system to help SME retailers compete in a complex, competitive and omni-channel marketplace, adding new insights into the retail literature.

scholarly journals Modeling of the Social Role of the Guardianship Authorities to Support Management Decision-Making

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Valentina Marenko ◽  
Olga Anokhina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Orphaned Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article considers various aspects of guardianship. As foster families often face psychological and educational problems when bringing up foster children and need appropriate assistance, proper research appears to be relevant. The authors analyzed the number of orphaned children using the data of the annual abstract of statistics of the Russian Federation. The forecast of a change in the number of orphaned children in the Russian Federation in general and in Siberian Federal District in particular is given. Although there is positive dynamics of finding families for orphaned children, their number still tends to be growing according to both the pessimistic and the optimistic forecast. The objective of this article is to build a cognitive model and to carry out a simulation experiment to reveal the most significant influencing factors.

Centralization and Effectiveness of Reward Management in Multinational Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tekieli ◽  
Marion Festing ◽  
Xavier Baeten
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Role Identities ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Subsidiary Managers ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Based on responses from 158 reward managers located at the headquarters or subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, the present study examines the relationship between the centralization of reward management decision making and its perceived effectiveness in multinational enterprises. Our results show that headquarters managers perceive a centralized approach as being more effective, while for subsidiary managers this relationship is moderated by the manager’s role identity. Referring to social identity theory, the present study enriches the standardization versus localization debate through a new perspective focusing on psychological processes, thereby indicating the importance of in-group favoritism in headquarters and the influence of subsidiary managers’ role identities on reward management decision making.

The Social Construction of Our Bodies

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1186-1186
Author(s):  
Garth J. O. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
The Social
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