Rasche The Paradoxical Foundation of Strategic Management

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-7908-1976-2
Verlag: Physica-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 345 Seiten

At last - a systematic critique of the scientific discourse of strategic management. This fantastic book uncovers scholars' unquestioned assumptions and shows that by upholding these assumptions researchers obscure the paradoxical nature of strategic reasoning. To uncover the paradoxes of strategic management the author refers to the philosophy of Jacques Derrida. He delves into the internal contradictions that inevitably occur when theorizing about corporate strategy along the dimensions strategy context, process, and content and shows how these paradoxes can enrich future thinking about strategic problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rasche, Andreas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword – Strategic Management in Deconstruction;7
2;Preface – Strategic Management and Paradox;9
3;Contents;11
4;1 Introduction to the Study;14
4.1;1.1 Underlying Problem and Research Objective;14
4.2;1.2 This Study and the Philosophy of Science;29
4.3;1.3 Limitations of the Study – Some Words of Caution;34
4.4;1.4 Structure of Analysis;36
5;2 Strategic Management as a Field of Study;40
5.1;2.1 The Concept of Strategy;40
5.2;2.2 Paradigm Lost? – The Roots of Strategy Research;46
5.3;2.3 Strategic Realities – Context, Process, and Content;66
5.4;2.4 Strategy Context, Process, and Content – A Résumé;78
6;3 The Dominant Logics of Strategy Research;82
6.1;3.1 Where to Look for Dominant Logics?;83
6.2;3.2 Exploring the Dominant Logics of Strategy Research;87
6.3;3.3 How Dominant Logics Come into Existence;112
6.4;3.4 Challenges from Outside the Mainstream;127
7;4 Deconstruction and the (N)either/(N)or ;139
7.1;4.1 The Meaning(lessness) of Postmodernism;139
7.2;4.2 Deconstruction in a Nutshell?;151
7.3;4.3 Deconstruction within Organizational Analysis;182
7.4;4.4 Strategic Realities as Text;187
8;5 Strategic Realities – The Role of Paradox;190
8.1;5.1 Strategizing Because of Paradox;191
8.2;5.2 Strategizing Despite Paradox;193
8.3;5.3 Strategic Realities Despite and Because of Paradox;200
9;6 The Deconstruction of Strategic Realities;203
9.1;6.1 Strategy Context – Beyond the Market Given;206
9.2;6.2 Strategy Process – Beyond the Notion of Feasibility;226
9.3;6.3 Strategy Content – Beyond Simple Generalizations;247
9.4;6.4 A Résumé – The Neither/Nor of Strategic Realities;275
10;7 After Derrida – Strategy-as-Practice;280
10.1;7.1 From Deconstruction to Strategy-as-Practice;281
10.2;7.2 Social Practices – What s in a Name?;283
10.3;7.3 Strategy-as-Practice – Towards a Framework;285
10.4;7.4 Communities of Strategy Formation ;291
10.5;7.5 Doing Strategy Research After Derrida ;295
11;8 Final Reflections – Retrospect and Prospect;297
11.1;8.1 Retrospect – Rethinking Strategic Realities;298
11.2;8.2 Prospect – Fostering Engaged Scholarship;303
11.3;8.3 But, Beyond... – The End and the Beginning;312
12;Glossary of Terms;314
13;Bibliography;318