STRATEGY Process, Content, Context

STRATEGY Process, Content, Context

اسلاید 1: STRATEGY Process, Content, ContextChapter 1Introduction

اسلاید 2: AgendaStrategy DimensionsStrategy ProcessStrategy ContentStrategy ContextOrganizational PurposeIntroduction to the Readings

اسلاید 3: Strategy Dimensions Process, Content and Context

اسلاید 4: Strategy Dimensions Aspects of the Strategy Process

اسلاید 5: Strategy Content Business, Corporate and Network Levels

اسلاید 6: Strategy Context Industry, organizational and International

اسلاید 7: Structuring the Strategy Debates Chapter Topics and strategy tensions

اسلاید 8: Structuring the Strategy Debates Strategy Tensions as Strategy Paradoxes

اسلاید 9: Taking a Dialectical Approach AdvantagesRange of ideasPoints of contentionStimulus for bridgingStimulus for creativityPresenting opposite perspectives frame the full set of views that exist on the topicThe ´contrast function´ of opposite ideas is that it brings points of contention into sharper focusThe ´integrative function´ of presenting opposite ides is that it stimulates readers to seek a way of getting the best of both worldsThe ´generative function´ of presenting opposite ideas is that it stimulates innovative ideas

اسلاید 10: Strategy Synthesis Model

اسلاید 11: IV. Debate and the Readings Introduction1.1S. Cummings: The First StrategistsHistorical perspective1.2R. Mason and I. Mitroff: Complexity: The Nature of Real World ProblemsIntroduction on the nature of strategic problems1.3M. Scott Poole and A. van de Ven: Using Paradox to Build Management and Organization TheoriesIntroduction to paradoxes1.4G. Hofstede: Cultural Constraints in Management Theories Doubts about universal validity of strategic management

اسلاید 12: The First Strategists Practical LessonsOpportunity waits for no manPericlesDo not make any conquests during the warPericlesDefeat the enemy at the strongest point, not at the weakestEpaminondasDecisions can only be made when the circumstances ariseAlexander the Great

اسلاید 13: 2. Complexity Problem Interaction Matrix

اسلاید 14: Complexity Characteristics of Wicked ProblemsInterconnectednessComplicatednessUncertaintyAmbiguityConflictSocial constraintsWicked problems have numerous elements with relationships among them including feedback loops Strong connections link each problem to other problemsWicked problems exist in a dynamic environmentWicked problems can be seen in different ways and there is no single ´correct view´There is often a need to trade off ´goods´ against ´bads´ Social, organizational, and political constraints

اسلاید 15: Complexity Quest for New MethodsParticipative AdversarialIntegrativeManagerial mind supportingBecause the solution is distributed among many individuals, active involvement is vitalThe best way to judge complex problems is in the context of oppositionIt is necessary to bring diverse and relevant together into a total pictureThe thinking process needs to be supported

اسلاید 16: 3. Using Paradoxes Different LevelsParadoxGeneralRhetoricalLogicA thought-provoking contradiction of all sorts, a puzzle needing a solutionA trope which represents an opposition of two accepted thesesConsists of two contrary or even contradictory propositions to which we are led by apparently sound arguments

اسلاید 17: Using Paradoxes Methods for Working with ParadoxesOppositionAccept the paradox and use it constructivelySpatial SeparationClarify levels of analysisSynthesisIntroduce new terms to resolve the paradoxTemporal SeparationTake time into account

اسلاید 18: 4. Cultural Constraints Culture DimensionsPower DistanceThe degree of inequality among people which the population of a country considers as normalIndividualismThe degree to which people in a country prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of a groupsMasculinityThe degree to which hard values like assertiveness, performance, success etc. prevail over tender valuesUncertainty AvoidanceThe degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situationsLong-Term OrientationThe degree to which people in a country prefer values orientated towards the future

اسلاید 19: Cultural constraints Idiosyncrasies of American Management TheoriesThe stress on market processesThe stress on the individualThe stress on managers rather than workersI.II.III.