Strategy without design [electronic resource] : the silent efficacy of indirect action / Robert C. H. Chia and Robin Holt.
2009
HD30.28 .C4953 2009eb
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Strategy without design [electronic resource] : the silent efficacy of indirect action / Robert C. H. Chia and Robin Holt.
Author
Chia, Robert C. H., 1949-
ISBN
9780511639234 (electronic bk.)
9780521895507
9780521895507
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 248 p.)
Call Number
HD30.28 .C4953 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.4/012
Summary
"In business the survival and flourishing of an organisation is most often associated with the ability of its strategists to create a distinctive identity by confronting and rising above others. Yet not all organisational accomplishment can be explained with recourse to deliberate choice and purposeful design on the part of strategic actors. This book shows why. Using examples from the world of business, economics, military strategy, politics and philosophy, it argues that collective success may inadvertently emerge as a result of the everyday coping actions of a multitude of individuals, none of whom intended to contribute to any preconceived plan. A consequence of this claim is that a paradox exists in strategic interventions, one that no strategist can afford to ignore. The more directly and deliberately a strategic goal is single-mindedly sought, the more likely it is that such calculated instrumental action eventually works to undermine its own initial success"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Holt, Robin, 1966-
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Table of Contents
Spontaneous order : the roots of strategy emergence
Economic agency and steps to ecological awareness
Reconceptualizing agency, self-interest and purposive action
The 'practice turn' in strategy research
Building and dwelling : two ways of understanding strategy
Strategy as 'wayfinding'
The silent efficacy of indirect action.
Economic agency and steps to ecological awareness
Reconceptualizing agency, self-interest and purposive action
The 'practice turn' in strategy research
Building and dwelling : two ways of understanding strategy
Strategy as 'wayfinding'
The silent efficacy of indirect action.