Vision and Change in Institutional Entrepreneurship : : The Transformation from Science to Commercialization / / Dana Landau, Israel Drori.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Drori, Israel,; Landau, Dana,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of 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 --; Chapter 10. The Task of Constructing Change: The Mechanics of Vision Creation --; Chapter 11. Conclusions: Vision and Change in Gamma --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845459840; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781845459840
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dana Landau, Israel Drori.

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research autonomy, defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening.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.