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1 online resource (vii, 159 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
VISION AND CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Methodology; Chapter 3 -- Conceptual Framework; Chapter 4 -- Gamma: The Evolution of a Governmental R & D Organization; Chapter 5 -- Survival: The Pressure for Change; Chapter 6 -- Change in Style, Change in Form: Regenerating the Organizational Structure; Chapter 7 -- Sensemaking for Change: Striving for Coherent Sensemaking Accounts; Chapter 8 -- The Construction of Legitimacy for Change; Chapter 9 -- The Envisioning Process: Building an Entrepreneurial Vision. |
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Chapter 10 -- The Task of Constructing Change: The Mechanism of Vision CreationChapter 11 -- Conclusions: Vision and Change in Gamma; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Sheltered for a long time within the public sector environment with high job security and professional research autonomy, defense R & D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening. They needed to be led by a suitable vision in order to implement comprehensive changes to their operations and remain viable. This study explores this constitution of vision as a mechanism of intentional change, a strategic tool to reach the desired future for the organization. Going beyond the current literature, the authors ask to what extent, and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Defense industries -- Israel -- Management -- Case studies.
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Defense industries. |
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Israel. |
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Management. |
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Case studies.
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Research, Industrial -- Israel -- Laboratories -- Case studies.
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Research, Industrial. |
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Organizational change -- Israel -- Case studies.
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Organizational behavior -- Israel -- Case studies.
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Corporate culture -- Israel -- Case studies.
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Corporate culture. |
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Organizational change. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Entrepreneurship. |
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Organizational behavior. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General. |
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Defense industries -- Management. |
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Research, Industrial -- Laboratories. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Landau, Dana.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drori, Israel. Vision and change in institutional entrepreneurship. New York : Berghahn Books, 2011 (DLC) 2010029679 |
| ISBN |
9781845459840 (electronic book) |
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1845459849 (electronic book) |
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1845457676 |
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9781845457679 |
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9781845457679 |
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1306055881 |
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9781306055888 |
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