Year 2012, Issue 117
Date published28.6.2012
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Viktor Hadjiev
COGNITIVE TOPOLOGY AND MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOURKeywords: cognitive topology, managerial compatibility, optimal managerial behaviour, cognitive competences, managerial competences and approaches, cognitive models and approaches, managerial situations, managerial process sustainabilitySummary: The monograph studies the role of cognitive models and approaches in management. It discusses the interaction between them and determines their place in the process of formation of sustainable managerial behaviour and corporate strategy. A new managerial methodology is developed – Cognitive topology, which helps to specify the ... ... Contents Introduction 9 Methodological basis of cognitive topology 13 Chapter I Theoretical analysis of cognitive approaches and models 17 1.1. Nature and instruments of cognitive models and approaches 17 1.1.1 Systematic cognitive models 20 1.1.2 Conceptual cognitive models 32 1.1.3 Integral cognitive models 36 1.2. Types of cognitive approaches and managerial behaviour 44 1.2.1. Informative cognitive approaches 45 1.2.2. Personality cognitive approaches 47 1.2.3. Activity cognitive approaches 55 Chapter II Indicators of cognitive approaches and models in management 64 2.1. Vertical structure and analysis of cognitive approaches 65 2.1.1. Behavioural characteristics and features of the bipolar structure of cognitive approaches 66 2.1.2. Linear analysis of the bipolar cognitive approaches 69 2.2. Horizontal structure and analysis of cognitive approaches and models 101 2.2.1. Model of processing newly received information 102 2.2.2. Interaction between cognitive abilities and cognitive preferences 108 Chapter III Cognitive approaches and managerial process sustainability 116 3.1. Cognitive compatibility and managerial behaviour 116 3.1.1. Criteria of cognitive compatibility 117 3.1.2. Hypotheses of cognitive compatibility 122 3.1.2.1. Cognitive compatibility and human relations 122 3.1.2.2. Cognitive compatibility and work environment 141 3.1.2.3. Cognitive compatibility and managerial processes 162 3.2. Managerial situations, cognitive compatibility and managerial behaviour 183 Conclusion 202 References 205 ABSTRACT The monograph studies the role of cognitive models and approaches in management. It discusses the interaction between them and determines their place in the process of formation of sustainable managerial behaviour and corporate strategy. A new managerial methodology is developed – Cognitive topology, which helps to specify the managerial goals and tasks and to form optimal managerial behaviour. The thesis imposed is that Cognitive topology underlies a company’s adaptation processes to the dynamically changing company’s external and internal environment. The empirical study on the model of Cognitive topology and managerial behaviour helps to determine its significance for the development of business and managerial practice. Cognitive topology is a system of cognitive indicators, which enables an organization to form managerial goals and to initiate strategic changes. Its task is to determine the optimal managerial behaviour in various managerial situations. The monograph achieves this task by studying the level of compatibility between the activities going in three main managerial trends – human relations, work environment and managerial processes. Behavioural features and characteristics are assigned a key place in creating the Cognitive topology. They are the methodological nucleus, which enables the formation of managerial competences and approaches that lead to optimal behaviour and sustainable outcomes in business.