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1. Introduction
2. Two streams of literature on middle managers
3. Presentation plan: 5 questions
4. Why does research on middle managers matter?
5. A broader view of who the strategists are
6. A distributed and situated view of strategy making
7. The “doing” of strategy or the strategic work
8. Who are middle managers?
9. Middle managers as “heroes”
10. The "golden age" of middle management
11. Middle managers as “resistant” to change
12. Middle managers as “champions” for change
13. Middle management definitions
14. Intermediate position in complex organizations
15. Middle managers’ strategy work
16. Middle managers’ sensemaking practices
17. Sensemaking practices - brief overview
18. Sensemaking practices - some results (1)
19. Sensemaking practices - some results (2)
20. Sensemaking practices - my research
21. Middle managers’ discursive practices
22. Discursive practices - brief overview
23. Discursive practices - some results
24. Discursive practices - my research
25. Middle managers’ political practices
26. Political practices - brief overview
27. Political practices - some results, tactical view
28. Political practices - some results, resistance view
29. Political practices - my research
30. Middle managers’ institutional practices
31. Institutional practices - brief overview
32. Institutional practices - some results
33. Institutional practices - my research
34. In summary
35. Research of middle managers’ strategy work
36. Organizational ethnography
37. Self-report and biographical methods
38. Shadowing
39. Recommended reading
40. The challenges and future avenues of research
41. Challenges
42. Future research avenues
43. A glance at practitioners

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

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Series:

• Strategy as Practice

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation
• Strategy

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Publication History

• Published on January 1, 2014