Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change

This paper reports on the use of a Group Support System (GSS) to explore at a micro level some of the processes manifested when a group is negotiating strategy - processes of social and psychological negotiation. It is based on data from a series of interventions with senior management teams of thre...

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Main Authors: Ackermann, Fran, Eden, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46195
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description This paper reports on the use of a Group Support System (GSS) to explore at a micro level some of the processes manifested when a group is negotiating strategy - processes of social and psychological negotiation. It is based on data from a series of interventions with senior management teams of three operating companies comprising a multi-national organization, and with a joint meeting subsequentlyinvolving all of the previous participants. The meetings were concerned with negotiating a new strategy for the global organization. The research involved the analysis of detailed time series data logs that exist as a result of using a GSS that is a reflection of cognitive theory.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-461952018-03-29T09:07:46Z Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change Ackermann, Fran Eden, C. Strategy making Group support systems Negotiation This paper reports on the use of a Group Support System (GSS) to explore at a micro level some of the processes manifested when a group is negotiating strategy - processes of social and psychological negotiation. It is based on data from a series of interventions with senior management teams of three operating companies comprising a multi-national organization, and with a joint meeting subsequentlyinvolving all of the previous participants. The meetings were concerned with negotiating a new strategy for the global organization. The research involved the analysis of detailed time series data logs that exist as a result of using a GSS that is a reflection of cognitive theory. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46195 10.1007/s10726-008-9133-y Springer restricted
spellingShingle Strategy making
Group support systems
Negotiation
Ackermann, Fran
Eden, C.
Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change
title Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change
title_full Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change
title_fullStr Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change
title_full_unstemmed Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change
title_short Negotiation in Strategy Making Teams: Group Support Systems and the Process of Cognitive Change
title_sort negotiation in strategy making teams: group support systems and the process of cognitive change
topic Strategy making
Group support systems
Negotiation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46195