Download or read book The Effect of Team Composition on Strategic Sensemaking written by Tanja Waldeck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanja Prinzessin zu Waldeck analyzes the effects of the composition of top management teams on their strategic sensemaking process. Based on the results of ten case studies, she shows that the diversity of experiences of team members supports the team to pick up strategically relevant environmental changes early and to develop a wide range of strategic alternatives. The author also indicates that the diversity of a team does not affect the speed with which teams come up with strategic decisions, but that speed appears to be influenced more by the personalities, leadership style, and culture in a top management team.