Strategy as Practice : Research Directions and Resources.

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Author / Creator:Johnson, Gerry.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (260 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11827510
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Other authors / contributors:Langley, Ann.
Melin, Leif.
Whittington, Richard.
ISBN:9780511334030
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Notes:Editors' introductionPaper summary; Technology and the structuring of structure; Mapping the evolution of structure; Radiology's institutional context and traditions; The structuring of Suburban's CT operation; Phase 1 Negotiation of discretion; Phase 2 Usurping autonomy; The structuring of Urban's CT operation; Phase 1 Negotiating dependence; Phases 2 and 3 Constructing and ensuring ineptitude; Phase 4 Towards independence; The sedimentation of alternate organizational forms; Conclusions; Editors' Commentary; 5 Making fast strategic decisions in high-velocity environments; Abstract.
Editors' introductionPaper summary; Methods; Data Sources; Data analysis; How are fast strategic decisions made?; Speed, planning and real-time information; Speed, timing and number of alternatives; Speed, power and the role of the counsellor; Speed, conflict and resolution; Speed, fragments and decision integration; How does strategic decisions speed link to performance; Towards a model of the speed of strategic decision making; Conclusions; Editors' commentary; 6 In search of rationality: the purposes behind the use of formal analysis in organizations; Abstract; Editors' introduction.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:An analysis of what people do in relation to the development of strategy in organizations.
Other form:Print version: Johnson, Gerry. Strategy as Practice : Research Directions and Resources. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2007 9780521862936