TU-91.2047 Strategy & Organizations

Master’s Program in Strategy17.1.2014

Agenda today

• Discussion of readings• Team mental model assignment• Break• More on team mental models• More on sensegiving• Concluding discussion

Gilbert, 2005, Unbundling the Structure of Inertia: Resource versus Routine Rigidity

• What were they trying to say?• How can you apply their ideas in pratical

examples?• Where do you disagree with them? Why?

Randall et al., 2011, Building Team Adaptive Capacity: The Roles of Sensegiving and Team

• What were they trying to say?• How can you apply their ideas in pratical

examples?• Where do you disagree with them? Why?

Team mental model assignment

• Spend 30 minutes alone to answer the questions on the next slide

• After that, compare your answers in the group (while the two other groups follow your discussion)

Team mental model assignment

• What was your role in your team?• What was the role of each team member?

• What do you think were the key substance factors influencing success in the simulation game?

• What do you thik each team member thinks were the key substance factors?

• What were some shared procedures that your team had?

BREAK

More about sensegiving and

team mental models

Conclusions

• Identify one key learning that you promise you will remember when you’re the CEO of a large company

• Any questions?