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A Review of Strategy-as-Practice and the Role of Consultants and Middle Managers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Varyani, Mehrdad E. Khammar, M. El |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Evolution in strategic thinking has generated different perceptions of strategy and the way strategy works in organizations have developed over time. Shared among all different dominant theories is the perception that strategy is something organizations posses. Over less than a decade ago, a new movement in strategy research focused on the practice approaches in strategy. This practice view, for further studies, needed a framework which then called Strategy as Practice. As opposed to the dominant view on strategy as something organizations posses, the field of Strategy as Practice is concerned with strategy as something people in organizations do. Focus on ‘people’ and ‘Doers’ of strategy in organizations raised the question that ‘Who are strategist?’ and ‘What is their role in strategy works?’ The aim of this paper is to review the existing body of knowledge in this last concept in strategic thinking and illustrate it with a small empirical study in Swedish organization. The main focus is on the role of middle managers and external consultants as actors in strategy works. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/127382.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
