UNDERSTANDING DISCURSIVE RESOURCES AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING: a study of the Portuguese Textile Industry

Abdo, Hafez, Aguiar, Manuel

ISBN 10: 3844318658 / ISBN 13: 9783844318654

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

About this Item

LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

Seller Inventory # ERICA79638443186586

Bibliographic Details

• Title: UNDERSTANDING DISCURSIVE RESOURCES AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING: a study of the Portuguese Textile Industry
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844318658
• ISBN 13: 9783844318654
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

About this title

Synopsis

This book represents an attempt to understand the dynamics of the identity work in the context of the challenges top managers have to address. Managers' discursive resources influence what they notice and the interpretation of what is noticed. Their ability to understand and challenge their discursive resources is crucial because the persistence of categories and metaphors that depicts a globalized world where they do not have capacity to react may explain the decline of their organizations. The stories they tell ground their emotions and their identities and then they see the world and themselves through them. Hence, their discursive resources and their emotions impact the long term survival of their organizations through the strategic exchange between top managers and organizations.

About the Author

Dr Hafez Abdo is a Senior Lecturer at the Nottingham Trent University. His research focuses on International Oil and Gas Agreements, Petroleum Fiscal Regimes and Energy Policy. Manuel Aguiar is a professor of strategy at AESE (Portugal). He is the associated dean and a member of the Academic Committee at Angola School of Management (ASM).