Improvisation and emergent strategizing: the role of group support systems

Colin Eden; Fran Ackermann; Vincenzo Vito

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77208-6_2

Improvisation and emergent strategizing: the role of group support systems

Colin Eden, Fran Ackermann, Vincenzo Vito

Management Science

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Abstract

This paper synthesises the conceptualisation of improvisation within the frameworks of emergent strategizing and sensemaking. In doing so, it explores how the arguments presented in the literature offer an important role for improvisation in strategy making, with particular attention to its significance in understanding emergent strategizing and sensemaking. Through a synthesis of the literature, we show that emergent strategizing, sensemaking and improvisation, working in harmony, provide a powerful combination, particularly when developing strategy following a pandemic. We postulate that a group support system may be able to uniquely offer management teams the possibility of encompassing improvisation into their strategic thinking. This is likely to be increasingly relevant as organisations move out of the uncertainties of a global pandemic.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contemporary Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation - 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 6–10, 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Danielle Costa Morais, Liping Fang, Masahide Horita
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	16-24
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783030772079
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77208-6_2
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2021
Event	21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation - Online Duration: 7 Jun 2021 → 10 Jun 2021 http://gdnconference.org/gdn2021/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	420 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation
Abbreviated title	GDN 2021
Period	7/06/21 → 10/06/21
Internet address	http://gdnconference.org/gdn2021/

Keywords

improvisation
emergent strategizing
sensemaking
fast moving industries

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Eden, C., Ackermann, F., & Vito, V. (2021). Improvisation and emergent strategizing: the role of group support systems. In D. C. Morais, L. Fang, & M. Horita (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation - 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Proceedings: 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 6–10, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 16-24). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 420 LNBIP). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77208-6_2

Eden, Colin ; Ackermann, Fran ; Vito, Vincenzo. / Improvisation and emergent strategizing : the role of group support systems. Contemporary Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation - 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Proceedings: 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 6–10, 2021, Proceedings. editor / Danielle Costa Morais ; Liping Fang ; Masahide Horita. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021. pp. 16-24 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Eden, C, Ackermann, F & Vito, V 2021, Improvisation and emergent strategizing: the role of group support systems. in DC Morais, L Fang & M Horita (eds), Contemporary Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation - 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Proceedings: 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 6–10, 2021, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 420 LNBIP, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 16-24, 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, 7/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77208-6_2

Improvisation and emergent strategizing: the role of group support systems. / Eden, Colin; Ackermann, Fran; Vito, Vincenzo.
Contemporary Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation - 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Proceedings: 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 6–10, 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Danielle Costa Morais; Liping Fang; Masahide Horita. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. p. 16-24 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 420 LNBIP).

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Eden C, Ackermann F, Vito V. Improvisation and emergent strategizing: the role of group support systems. In Morais DC, Fang L, Horita M, editors, Contemporary Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation - 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Proceedings: 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 6–10, 2021, Proceedings. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2021. p. 16-24. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-77208-6_2

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