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Information Processing Approach in Organisational Cognitive Structures: Relationship between Top and Middle Managers' Cognitions

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  • Jukka-Pekka Bergman

    (LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland)

  • Vladimir Platonov

    (St. Petersburg State University of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia)

  • Igor Dukeov

    (LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland)

  • Pekka Röyttä

    (Environmental Modelling Group, Department of Fluid Dynamics, Institute of High Performance Computing, A-STAR, Singapore, Singapore)

  • Pasi Luukka

    (LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland)

Abstract

Despite of increasing interest in social cognitive research in strategic management during recent years, few studies have examined the relationship between cognitive structures of top management and middle management. This study represents the information processing approach in managerial cognition research assuming that top management communicate their shared cognitions into the organization reducing ambiguity of operative environment faced by the other levels of organization shaping the operations of the organizations. The authors' empirical study examines managerial cognitive maps collected with a cognitive mapping method in a transportation company. In the study, top managers and middle managers separately evaluated sustainability management issues and their relevance for the company providing 75 individual cognitive maps. Based on this, the authors' study aims to fill the gap in research of relationship between top management and middle management cognitive structures and increase understanding on role of managerial cognition in strategic management research.

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  • Jukka-Pekka Bergman & Vladimir Platonov & Igor Dukeov & Pekka Röyttä & Pasi Luukka, 2016. "Information Processing Approach in Organisational Cognitive Structures: Relationship between Top and Middle Managers' Cognitions," International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), IGI Global, vol. 7(4), pages 1-19, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:7:y:2016:i:4:p:1-19
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