amann-revision

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Use when responding to an Academy of Management Annals (Annals) proposal decision or full-review referee letter — framework/attitude asks, coverage gaps, balance complaints, and accessibility. Drafts the response letter and revision plan; it does not run the portal preflight (amann-submission) or redesign the framework from scratch (amann-organizing-framework).

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Revision & Response for a Review (amann-revision)

When to trigger

A proposal decision letter arrived (invited / revise-and-resubmit / declined)
A full-review referee letter arrived (major revision is the norm for a long review)
Referees flagged "no real framework," missing streams, imbalance, or "reads like a list"
You need a point-by-point response letter for a review article, not a primary paper

First: which letter is this?

Annals' two-step process produces two kinds of feedback, and they call for different moves:

Proposal-stage feedback (double-blind, from the Associate Editors). The decision is mainly about fit and promise: is the literature Annals-scale, and is there a genuinely new framework under "New insights"? A revise-and-resubmit here usually means sharpen the contribution before the full review is invited — route back through amann-topic-selection / amann-organizing-framework / amann-proposal-framing.
Full-review feedback (editor-only: Associate Editor and Editor). The review is being developed; feedback is about execution — framework strength, coverage, balance, attitude, accessibility. This is the classic point-by-point revision below.

Categories of full-review feedback (and how to answer each)

Triage every point into one bucket:

Feedback type	Typical phrasing	Response move
Framework / contribution	"this is an annotated bibliography" / "where is the integration?"	strengthen or make explicit the spine (`amann-organizing-framework`); do not just reorder — this is the acceptance bar
Attitude / agenda	"this is descriptive; take a position" / "the agenda is generic"	add the critical position and a framework-tied agenda (`amann-writing-style`)
Coverage gap	"you omit the X stream / author Y"	almost always concede and integrate; place the work in the right cell; re-run saturation (`amann-literature-synthesis`)
Balance / fairness	"this slights school Z / over-cites the author"	steelman the slighted side; re-audit self-citation (`amann-evidence-standards`)
Appraisal accuracy	"you mischaracterize study W"	correct it precisely — reviewed authors often referee
Scope	"too broad / too narrow"	renegotiate with the editor (`amann-editor-strategy`); rescope deliberately, not by random cuts

Writing the response letter

Point-by-point, quote-then-respond. Reproduce each comment, then state the change and where it lives (section/page/table/figure).
Framework asks are existential — answer them first. "No real framework" is a reject reason at Annals; a stronger or more explicit spine, not reordered paragraphs, is the required answer.
Coverage asks: concede gracefully and integrate. A missing stream is a real defect in a review-of-the-field; adding it strengthens the article. Resist defensiveness.
Balance asks: show the steelman. Demonstrate the revised text states the other side at its strongest.
Disagree rarely and respectfully. If an ask would break the framework or expand scope unfinishably, explain the trade-off and propose an alternative, ideally pre-cleared with the editor.
Keep the editor central. Because the full review is developed with the AE and Editor, route scope conflicts and incompatible asks to them rather than trying to satisfy everyone.
Track every addition's ripple. Adding a stream can shift the review's center of gravity; after each integration, re-check that the framework cells, the synthesis tables, and the balance audit still hold.

Checklist

Anti-patterns

"Fixing" a no-framework critique by shuffling paragraphs without strengthening the spine
Answering a "be more provocative" ask with the same neutral prose
Defending an omission rather than adding the missing stream (a review gap is a real defect)
Answering a balance complaint with assertions of fairness instead of revised, steelmanned text
Mischaracterizing or dismissing a reviewed author who is likely your referee
Bloating scope to satisfy every "also cover…" until the review no longer finishes

Output format

【Letter type】proposal-stage (fit/promise) / full-review (execution)
【Triage】each comment bucketed (framework/attitude/coverage/balance/appraisal/scope)? Y/N
【Framework asks】spine strengthened/made explicit (not reordered)? Y/N
【Attitude/agenda】critical position + framework-tied agenda added? Y/N
【Coverage gaps】conceded + integrated into cells; saturation re-run? Y/N
【Balance】steelman shown in revised text; self-citation re-audited? Y/N
【Scope conflicts】routed to editor? Y/N
【Letter】point-by-point, quote-then-respond, with locations? Y/N
【Next skill】→ amann-submission (re-preflight the revised proposal or review)