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AbstractEntrepreneurial strategy is characterized as strategy involving widespread and more‐or‐less simultaneous change in the pattern of decisions taken by an organization. The concept is distinguished from others which use ‘entrepreneurial’ to characterize a long‐term pattern of strategic behaviour. Entrepreneurial strategy will be enacted with some greater or lesser frequency by all firms, whether their long‐term behaviour is conservative or innovative. It is hypothesized that such strategy will be observed occurring in cycles at the single business‐unit level in response to both environmental and organizational stimuli and that it will reflect choice from a limited repertoire of basic st

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050102

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis article reports the findings of an extensive study of the process by which corporations manage their external affairs. The major portion of the data is drawn from the responses to a ten page questionnaire sent to 1000 of the largest corporations in the U.S.A. With a response rate of over 40 per cent, this is the largest database yet assembled with respect to the management of external affairs. The author has determined that the influence of public affairs offices varies considerably from industry to industry and from company to company, and this article identifies the factors which correlate strongly with a high degree of influence. In addition, the article identifies the factors which correlate strongly with a high degree of corporate influence in Washington.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050103

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractMany parallels can be drawn between organizational and individual pathologies. We believe that the fantasies of top executives and the neurotic styles to which they give rise are important determinants of the nature of organizational dysfunctions. This is particularly true in centralized organizations where the top executives have a major impact upon organizational climate, structure, strategy and even the selection of the environment; and, where organizational recruitment and promotion processes ensure uniformity, or at least conformity, among the top ranks of executives. Using an empirically derived taxonomy, we have isolated five common pathological organizational types and related each of these to the fantasies and neurotic styles of their top executives. Each type is shown to reflect a large number of elements of structure and strategy that are consistent with and probably caused by the neurotic style of the cadre of top executives. The types are called paranoid, compulsive, histrionic, depressive andschizoid. Implications for management research and organizational change are discussed.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050104

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractStrategic planning processes are seldom treated from a contingency perspective. As a result, practitioners are unable to select a set of planning techniques for a particular situation they confront. This paper constructs methods, defined as sets of techniques, which are applicable to strategic planning for non‐profit organizations. These constructed planning methods are matched to strategic archetypes, defined by the sponsor's expectations for quality, acceptance, and/or innovation in the strategy. The contingency framework is presented as a network which identifies planning methods useful for each strategic archetype applicatio

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050105

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe primary objective of strategy is to develop and support a lasting competitive advantage. In manufacturing industries, substantial focus has been given during the early eighties to the importance of the manufacturing function's contribution to overall corporate success, and yet the apparent lack of attention (historically) to achieving that potential contribution. In this article, characteristics of competitive advantage in manufacturing firms are described, a general framework for relating such advantage to corporate, business and functional levels of strategy is given, and an approach for pursuing that potential is outlined.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050106

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAlthough much criticized in the business press and no longer featured as a leading product by the Boston Consulting Group, the cows, dogs, stars and question marks of the growth/share matrix have become part of the language of business strategy. Their images are powerful, as are the oversimplified prescriptions for action which students and managers may attach to the images: we should kick the dogs, cloister the cows, and throw our money at the stars. To avoid those oversimplifications, we must remember that the dogs may be friendly, the cows may need a bull now and then to remain productive, and the stars may have burned themselves out.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050107

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250050101

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY