EVALUATION OF THE PARADOXES IN STRATEGY FORMATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS

Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the views of strategic management schools on paradoxes in strategy formation and to analyze which perspectives related with which paradox based on the secondary data. The results shows that whereas the perspectives of design, planning, positioning, environment and game based schools focused on the paradox of emergentness intensely, the perspectives of learning, power, cognitive and resource based schools are related with the paradox of deliberateness. However, it is observed that the entrepreneurial and configuration schools can be based on the integrated paradox that combined from the paradox of deliberateness and emergentness.

Authors and Affiliations

Süleyman Ağraş| Corresponding Author Düzce University, Akcakoca School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Doğancılar Yerleşkesi, 81650 Akcakoca Düzce/Turkey, Tel: +90 0380 611 29 99 E-mail: suleymanagras@gmail.com, Refika Bakoğlu Deliorman| Marmara University, Faculty of Business, Ressam Namık İsmail Sok. No:1 34180 Bahçelievler / İstanbul, Turkey Tel:+90 0 (212) 507 99 25 E-mail: refika@marmara.edu.tr

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Süleyman Ağraş, Refika Bakoğlu Deliorman (2014). EVALUATION OF THE PARADOXES IN STRATEGY FORMATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(3), 302-311. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-10440