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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020425803321

Autore

Kühl Stefan

Titolo

Developing Strategies : A Very Brief Introduction / / by Stefan Kühl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-032-00863-8

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (72 pages)

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Economics - Sociological aspects

Strategic planning

Leadership

Industrial organization

Project management

Economic Sociology

Business Strategy and Leadership

Organization

Project Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- What are strategies? Approach for the mobilization of finding means search for means optimization -- The lure and limitations of an instrumental rational approach -- Strategy development beyond understanding organizations in mechanistic terms -- Concerning the classification of strategy processes: Goals as a characteristic of structure, among other things -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Hardly any other management concept is as overused as strategy, yet at the same time hardly any other concept is as vaguely defined. As a means of escaping the conceptual jumble, this monograph suggests a systems-theoretical definition which makes it possible to sort out the various threads of the strategy discussion. Strategies are “search programs” used for finding the means to achieve previously defined goals. With these, we let classical ideas about strategy confront modern organizational theory, and demonstrate how strategy development in organizations can look beyond purpose-rational constraints. Stefan



Kühl is professor of sociology at the University of Bielefeld in Germany and works as a consultant for Metaplan, a consulting firm based in Princeton, Hamburg, Shanghai, Singapore, Versailles and Zurich. .