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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.
Sommario
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.
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Stefan Kühl is a sociologist at Bielefeld University and an organizational consultant at Metaplan. His most recent publications are "Organisationen im Labor? Grenzen der Simulation von Formalität in gruppendynamischen Trainings" (Springer VS 2024) and "Führung und Gefolgschaft. Management im Nationalsozialismus und in der Demokratie" (Suhrkamp 2025).
Mascha Nolte is a sociologist at Bielefeld University. Her most recent publications are "Visualisierung und Interaktion. Interaktionssoziologische Perspektiven auf die Methode der visualisierten Diskussionsführung" (Springer VS 2022) and "Workshops. Zu einer besonderen Form der Interaktion in Organisationen" (Springer VS 2023).
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.
