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The strategic mindset of Australian manufacturing managers : some missing links

Hyland, Paul W. B., Jenkins, Roger and Chapman, Ross L. 2003, The strategic mindset of Australian manufacturing managers : some missing links, Production planning and control, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 384-395.

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Title The strategic mindset of Australian manufacturing managers : some missing links
Author(s) Hyland, Paul W. B.
Jenkins, Roger
Chapman, Ross L.
Journal name Production planning and control
Volume number 14
Issue number 4
Start page 384
End page 395
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Place of publication London, England
Publication date 2003
ISSN 0953-7287
Keyword(s) strategy
frames
collocate Analysis
mental Maps
manufacturing Managers
Summary Manufacturing managers have a measurable mindset (or frame) that structures their response to the manufacturing environment. Most importantly, this frame represents a set of assumptions about the relative prominence of concepts in the manufacturing domains, about the nature of people, and about the sensemaking processes required to understand the nature of the manufacturing environment as seen through the eyes of manufacturing managers. This paper uses work in the area of text analysis and extends the scope of a methodology that has been approached from two different directions by Carley ( Journal of Organizational Behavior , 18 (51), 533-558, 1997) and Gephart ( Journal of Organizational Behavior , 18 (51), 583-622, 1997). This methodology is termed collocate analysis. Based on the analysis of transcripts of interviews of Australian manufacturing managers mind maps of the concepts used by these managers have been constructed. From an analysis of these mind maps it is argued that strategy plays a minor role in their thinking second only to the improvement domain, whereas design and related concepts play a dominant role in their day-to-day thinking
Notes This paper was nominated and short-listed for the Best PPC Paper in 2003 by the Editorial Board of this journal.
Language eng
Field of Research 159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
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