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research autonomy, defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening.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
List of Tables and Figures Chapter 1. Introduction The Structure of the Book Chapter 2. Methodology Data Collection Data Analysis The Role of the Researchers Chapter 3. Conceptual Framework Institutional entrepreneurship: An Approach to Organizational Transformation Planned Change Interventions Organizational Vision Vision and Organizational Leadership Organizational Vision: A Facilitator of Change Organizational Vision: A Hindrance to Change Legitimacy as Practice Mechanism Sensemaking Accounts as Schema for Change Conclusions Chapter 4. Gamma: The Evolution of Goverenmental R&D Organization Challenges to the Mandate for Organizational Change Managing Tensions Conclusions Chapter 5. Survival : The Pressure for Change Conclusions Chapter 6. Chang in Style, Change in Form: Regenerating the Organizational Structure Why Change? - The Demands of Organizational Environments Deploying Change at Gamma Conclusions Chapter 7. The Sensemaking for Change Sensemaking Confrontational Sensemaking Accounts Change related sensemaking accounts Conclusions Chapter 8. The Construction of Legitimacy for Change Competing Legitimacy: Narratives of Founding Legacy Confrontational Narratives of legitimacy during change Reconciling Legitimacy: survival narrative Conclusions Chapter 9. The envisioning Process: Building an Entrepreneurial Vision Building a Vision: Existing Theoretical Models Gamma's Formulation of a Entrepreneurial Vision Conclusions Chapter 10. The Task of Constructing Change: The Mechanism of Vision Creation Formation of the Survival Vision Creating Vision for Survival Constructing Strategic Vision Conclusions Chapter 11. Conclusion: Vision and Change in Gamma Conclusions References
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