Building Strategy from the Middle

Reconceptualizing Strategy Process
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0645-2
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

Reihe: Foundations for Organizational Science

For much of its history, the academic literature in strategy has focused on the actions and decisions of top managers. The argument of Building Strategy From the Middle is that rapidly developing technologies and competitive dynamics heighten needs for enhanced organizational competencies, which puts a premium on new ideas generated at the operating level and creates a shift in the strategic responsibilities within organizations. Strategic leadership now occurs not only at the top, but at all levels of the organization. This ground-breaking new book reframes the perspective taken in most strategy research in two key ways: by describing organizational renewal from a middle-level perspective and by reconceptualizing the theoretical basis for strategy process research. Part I of the book (Foundations) reviews the existing literature on the strategy process, including recent literature on strategic change renewal. Part II (New Theoretical Horizons) builds the theoretical basis for a middle level perspective, focusing on knowledge development, social network analysis, and organizational trust. Part III (Middle Level Perspective) moves from synthesizing existing research toward the development of a model for conducting research from a middle-level perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Floyd, Steven W.

Wooldridge, Bill

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Rationale and Timing of the Book
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Foundations of the Strategic Management Field
The Top Management Perspective in Strategic Processes Research
Toward a Middle-Level View
Developing New Assumptions
PART TWO: NEW THEORETICAL HORIZONS: ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND TRUST
Organizational Knowledge in Strategic Renewal
The Social Context of Strategic Renewal
PART THREE: A MIDDLE-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE
A Middle-Level Model of Strategic Renewal
Research Approaches and Future Directions