Computational organizational cognition : a study on thinking and action in organizations / Davide Secchi (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Secchi, Davide, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture.

Information technology.

Business--Data processing.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Emerald Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

In Computational Organizational Cognition, Davide Secchi presents an innovative definition of organizational cognition using a research tradition that builds on the Embodied/Distributed/Extended Cognition (EDEC) perspectives and it is developed through agent-based computational simulation modelling. After an overview of EDEC perspectives, Computational Organizational Cognition presents four simulations which allow readers to clearly assess the advantages of agent-based computational organizational cognition (AOC) for both theory and practice. The book attempts to demonstrate how AOC is a useful if not essential instrument to explore, understand and analyze the inner complexities of organizational cognition. AOC is a powerful tool and an approach for organizational research enquiry at the service of both organizational scholars and cognitive scientists.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I. In search for a theory of organizational cognition

Chapter 2. Managerial and organizational cognition: what's not to like?

Chapter 3. Cognition outside the skull

Chapter 4. Extensions and criticism

Chapter 5. The social distribution of cognition

Part II. Agent-based computational organizational cognition

Chapter 6. Agent-based modeling and cognition

Chapter 7. An unusual diffusion model

Chapter 8. The operational boundaries of docility

Chapter 9. Relaxing the assumptions

Chapter 10. Wild inquisitiveness: the plastic organization

Part III. The larger picture

Chapter 11. Understanding organizational cognition

Chapter 12. A new paradigm

Chapter 13. Final remarks: pushing the boundaries.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781838675110

1838675116

9781838675134

1838675132

OCLC:

1262370946