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- Introduction
- Two streams of literature on middle managers
- Presentation plan: 5 questions
- Why does research on middle managers matter?
- A broader view of who the strategists are
- A distributed and situated view of strategy making
- The “doing” of strategy or the strategic work
- Who are middle managers?
- Middle managers as “heroes”
- The "golden age" of middle management
- Middle managers as “resistant” to change
- Middle managers as “champions” for change
- Middle management definitions
- Intermediate position in complex organizations
- Middle managers’ strategy work
- Middle managers’ sensemaking practices
- Sensemaking practices - brief overview
- Sensemaking practices - some results (1)
- Sensemaking practices - some results (2)
- Sensemaking practices - my research
- Middle managers’ discursive practices
- Discursive practices - brief overview
- Discursive practices - some results
- Discursive practices - my research
- Middle managers’ political practices
- Political practices - brief overview
- Political practices - some results, tactical view
- Political practices - some results, resistance view
- Political practices - my research
- Middle managers’ institutional practices
- Institutional practices - brief overview
- Institutional practices - some results
- Institutional practices - my research
- In summary
- Research of middle managers’ strategy work
- Organizational ethnography
- Self-report and biographical methods
- Shadowing
- Recommended reading
- The challenges and future avenues of research
- Challenges
- Future research avenues
- A glance at practitioners
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Topics Covered
- Middle managers research and SAP
- Historical overview
- Definition
- Strategy work
- Sensemaking practices
- Discursive practices
- Political practices
- Institutional practices
- Organizational ethnography
- Self-report and biographical methods
- Shadowing
- Challenges
- Future avenues of research
Talk Citation
Rouleau, L. (2014, January 1). Middle managers and their strategic work [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved January 25, 2021, from https://hstalks.com/bm/2723/.Publication History
Middle managers and their strategic work
Published on January 1, 2014
40 min