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Berghahn Books Vision and Change in Institutional Entrepreneurship The Transformation from Science to Commercialization 2011 Edition by Israel Drori, Dana Landau
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research autonomy, defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening.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 how, organizational members reconstruct vision in a way that it can support or detain change, a question of importance for management scholars as well as professional managers in both public and private organizations. Table of contents :- List of Tables and FiguresChapter 1. IntroductionThe Structure of the BookChapter 2. MethodologyData CollectionData AnalysisThe Role of the ResearchersChapter 3. Conceptual FrameworkInstitutional entrepreneurship: An Approach to Organizational TransformationPlanned Change InterventionsOrganizational VisionVision and Organizational LeadershipOrganizational Vision: A Facilitator of ChangeOrganizational Vision: A Hindrance to ChangeLegitimacy as Practice MechanismSensemaking Accounts as Schema for ChangeConclusionsChapter 4. Gamma: The Evolution of Goverenmental R&D OrganizationChallenges to the Mandate for Organizational ChangeManaging TensionsConclusionsChapter 5. Survival : The Pressure for ChangeConclusionsChapter 6. Chang in Style, Change in Form: Regenerating the Organizational StructureWhy Change? - The Demands of Organizational EnvironmentsDeploying Change at GammaConclusionsChapter 7. The Sensemaking for ChangeSensemakingConfrontational Sensemaking AccountsChange related sensemaking accountsConclusionsChapter 8. The Construction of Legitimacy for ChangeCompeting Legitimacy: Narratives of Founding LegacyConfrontational Narratives of legitimacy during changeReconciling Legitimacy: survival narrativeConclusionsChapter 9. The envisioning Process: Building an Entrepreneurial VisionBuilding a Vision: Existing Theoretical ModelsGamma's Formulation of a Entrepreneurial VisionConclusionsChapter 10. The Task of Constructing Change: The Mechanism of Vision CreationFormation of the Survival VisionCreating Vision for SurvivalConstructing Strategic VisionConclusionsChapter 11. Conclusion: Vision and Change in GammaConclusionsReferences