Strategy without design [electronic resource] : the silent efficacy of indirect action / Robert C. H. Chia and Robin Holt.

Strategy without design [electronic resource] : the silent efficacy of indirect action / Robert C. H. Chia and Robin Holt.

9780511639234 (electronic bk.)
9780521895507

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2009]

©2009

English

1 online resource (xii, 248 pages)

HD30.28 .C4953 2009eb

658.4/012

"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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