More Foxes in the Boardroom: Systems Thinking in Action
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Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations: Concepts, Models-Based Approaches and Applications. ed. / Stefan N. Grösser; René Zeier. 1. ed. Berlin: Springer, 2012. p. 83-98 (Extra materials).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - More Foxes in the Boardroom: Systems Thinking in Action
AU - Gomez, Peter
AU - Meynhardt, Timo
PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - An organization’s contribution to the wider public can be seen in different ways. Self-reported data from Switzerland and Germany indicate that top managers vary considerably concerning their awareness of various multiple realities. We explain this phenomenon by drawing on the notion of cognitive style, using the metaphor of hedgehogs and foxes. It is argued that research should move from a focus on moral awareness to value awareness in a very broad sense.
AB - An organization’s contribution to the wider public can be seen in different ways. Self-reported data from Switzerland and Germany indicate that top managers vary considerably concerning their awareness of various multiple realities. We explain this phenomenon by drawing on the notion of cognitive style, using the metaphor of hedgehogs and foxes. It is argued that research should move from a focus on moral awareness to value awareness in a very broad sense.
KW - Management studies
KW - Cognitive style
KW - Top management
KW - Value awareness
KW - Hedgehog-fox metaphor
KW - Complexity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949176430&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/f58c0b25-c867-391c-9816-5c4533fe3beb/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-29244-6_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-29244-6_5
M3 - Chapter
SN - 3642292437
SN - 9783642292439
T3 - Extra materials
SP - 83
EP - 98
BT - Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations
A2 - Grösser, Stefan N.
A2 - Zeier, René
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin
ER -