Organizational cognition: Computation and interpretation

This work is a collection of chapters written by scholars from around the world. The editors outline the history of two approaches to the study of cognition in organizations, the computational approach and the interpretive approach. The chapters present research on organizational cognition, covering many levels of analysis. Much of the work demonstrates how computational and interpretive approachces can be combined in a way that provides greater insight into cognitive processes in and among organizations. The editors conclude by elaborating the likely boundary conditions of each approach, and how they can be combined for a more complete understanding of cognition in organizations.

This work presents research on organizational cognition, covering many levels of analysis. Much of the work demonstrates how computational and interpretive approachces can be combined in a way that provides greater insight into cognitive processes in and among organizations.

Part 1 Introduction: Foundations of Research on Cognitions in Organizations, T.K. Lant and Z. Shapira. Part 2 Theoretical Foundations: The Role of Machine Learning in Organizational Learning, V. Dhar; How Do Organizations Think?, W. Ocasio; The Pursuit of Intelligence in Organizations, J.G. March; Comments on the Theoretical Foundations of Organizational Cognition, S.B. Sitkin. Part 3 Knowledge and Learning in Organizational Settings: Transactive Knowledge and Performance in the Retail Food Industry, D. Rulke and S. Zaheer; Internal Dissemination of Learning from Loan Loss Crises, C. Paul-Chowdhury; Adapting Aspirations to Feedback -- the Role of Success and Failure, P.R. Murphy et al; Learning in Organizational Settings -Motivational Preconditions and Intraorganizational Barriers, K.M. Sutcliffe. Part 4 Cognition at Work -- Managerial Thinking and Decision-Making: Defining Away Dangers -- a Study in the Influences of Managerial Cognition on Information Systems, M. Tamuz; Understanding the Role of Intuition/Tacit Knowledge and Analysis/Explicit Knowledge in Bank Board Deliberations, R.H. Bennett, III and W.P. Anthony; Cognitive Maps of Managers and Complex Problem Solving, K.U. Na…