Gunnar Hauptmann
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  • Publication
    Mind the Gaps! An Assessment of Research on Managerial Perception Gaps
    (Nomos, 2017-04-22)
    Hauptmann, Gunnar
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    Kunisch, Sven Gunnar Tilo
    Managerial perception gaps are common and have considerable implications for organizations. This study examines the extant knowledge on managerial perception gaps, and proposes an organizing framework for their antecedents and consequences. Based on this analysis, we identify several shortcomings in the extant literature and outline a future Research agenda. We recommend three avenues for future research: 1) illuminating the underlying processes and micro-foundations, 2) advancing conceptualization and measurement, and 3) exploring complex, multilevel, and nested relationships.
    Type: journal article
    Journal: Die Unternehmung
    Volume: 71
    Issue: 1
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0042-059X-2017-1-30
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/102451
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    Reinforcing Threat Cycles: The Interrelation of Strategic Issue Categorization
    ( 2018-09-22)
    Hauptmann, Gunnar
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    Ambos, Björn
    Negative reinforcing cycles prompted by paradoxical tensions can have a detrimental effect on organizations. One source of such tensions are strategic issues, where the contradictory categorization options “threat” or “opportunity” cause internal pressures, putting the organizations into a rigid behavioral mode. The developments and consequences of such reinforcing cycles have thus far only been investigated theoretically and within isolated contexts. We lack insights into spillover effects to subsequent strategic issues. This study proposes to examine the patterns of 350 interrelated strategic issue categorizations of six organizations in the context of a multi-competitor sailing race. We further investigate the reinforcing threat cycles of one focal organization. We thereby illuminate the interrelation of strategic issue categorization and contribute to better understanding reinforcing cycles within the paradox literature.
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/100007
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    Crying Wolf: The Impact of Strategic Issue Categorization Imbalances on Performance
    ( 2018-08-10)
    Hauptmann, Gunnar
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    Ambos, Björn
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    Ambos, Tina
    Recognizing and properly dealing with strategic issues is central to firm performance. While research has highlighted that strategic issues can be framed as ‘opportunities’ or ‘threats’, results are inconclusive about which type of framing is conducive to performance. Findings on the issue categorization of organizations and the distribution of threats to opportunities further lack a longitudinal component. To shed more light on these concerns, we conducted a process study of six organizational trajectories in the context of a multi-competitor (fleet) sailing race. Through content analysis we illuminate the underlying process of strategic issue categorization, the distribution of threats to opportunities over time and the subsequent performance impact. By analyzing the strategic issue categorizations (as threats or opportunities), we find that organizations which have a high ratio of threats-to-opportunities, i.e. are ‘imbalanced’ over time, show poorer performance. Our study presents in-depth cases in which the focal organizations manage to escape such a critical imbalance between identified threats and opportunities, through either changes in leadership or organizational learning. We thus contribute to the threat-rigidity theory by offering solutions to address the rigidity induced by continuous threats and further by showing the link of imbalanced issue categorization to performance.
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/100168
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    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/103091
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    Strategic Decision Making Trajectory of Competitive Imitation - A Multi-Competitor Market Analysis
    ( 2016-09-17)
    Hauptmann, Gunnar
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    Ambos, Björn
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    Ambos, Tina
    What are the processes within organizations that lead to decisions regarding competitive actions? Within markets consisting of at least two players, strategy or action imitation is a common phenomenon. Laggard firms often choose the current market leader as a performance and strategic benchmark. We know, however, very little about the decision making processes that motivate and drive these imitation decisions. Neither within a dyadic nor within a multi-competitor environment, can we conclude on when a rival imitation is advisable. We propose to explore how such decisions come to be, by investigating the strategic decision making process. We aim to investigate this phenomenon by making use of fine grained and comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data from multi-competitor (fleet) sailing race the Volvo Ocean Race 2014/2015 (VOR).
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/103899
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    Strategic Issue Management as a Process: A Review of the Strategic Issue Categorization Literature
    ( 2019)
    Hauptmann, Gunnar
    Organizations regularly experience strategic issues through abrupt and unforeseen changes within their business environments. Dealing with such strategic issues is critical for firms to ensure long-term survival and sustainable growth. Throughout past decades, management scholars have produced a steady output of insights on the antecedents, processes and consequences of the entire strategic issue management process, as well as the theoretical lenses with which to analyze them. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the state of knowledge in this field by organizing the existing literature into an integrative and comprehensive framework. We find that scholars within this stream of research have thus far primarily focused on the analysis of individual isolated strategic issues, employing an event-based perspective on strategic issue categorization. These findings oppose 1) practical evidence suggesting a long-term effect of strategic issues and their categorization on organizations and 2) findings from related research streams suggesting that a continuous confrontation of employees with threats leads to a decrease of organizational energy, which negatively affects an organization. Through our structured analysis, we have also identified several alleys for fruitful future research. Expanding research efforts by taking a process perspective to strategic issue management and incorporating past categorization behavior will assist scholars to achieve a better understanding of strategic issue management.
    Type: working paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/99291