Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research
My research focuses on group strategizing and decision making in complex and uncertain situations particularly in the context of food production and distribution, climate change, and human health. I am interested in analysing the process of strategizing and decision making, and the links to outcomes. I am particularly interested in how aspects of strategizing and decision making evolve over time, and how such aspects lead to outcomes. The aspects of strategizing and decision making comprise: conversations, knowledge creation, sense-making, the use of artefacts (e.g. models, flipcharts, post-it notes, documents, and PowerPoint), learning and emotions, as well as behavioural and conversational tactics, amongst others. To identify how those aspects evolve, and how they lead to outcomes I carry out qualitative, systematic and fine-grained analysis of data from group interactions (e.g. meetings), interviews and documents.
Research focus:
- Strategy as something that people 'do' (Strategy-as-Practice)
- Strategy as a process
- Strategy as an emergent pattern
- Strategy discourse
- Teams of middle and top-managers
- Participation
Education/Academic qualification
Management Science , PhD
Publication network
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Research Output
Dynamics of Inclusive Strategizing: Exploring the shifts between different degrees of openness
Tavella, E., 2019, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings . Atinc, G. (ed.). New York: Academy of Management, Vol. 1.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Negotiating perspectives and values through soft OR in the context of urban renewal
Tavella, E., 2019, In : Journal of the Operational Research Society. 70, 1, p. 136-161 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
On the usefulness of soft OR models in decision making: A comparison of Problem Structuring Methods supported and self-organized workshops
Tavella, E., Jun 2019, In : European Journal of Operational Research. 275, 3, p. 1020-1036 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Laughing Out Loud: How Humor Shapes Innovation Processes Within and Across Organizations
Tavella, E., 2018, Not All Claps and Cheers: Humor in Business and Society Relationships. Maon, F., Lindgreen, A., Vanhamme, J., Angell, R. J. & Memery, J. (eds.). London & New York: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
On novice facilitators doing research - research in problem structuring methods as autoethnography
Tavella, E., 2018, In : Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 35, 1, p. 58–75 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review