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Index
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of Quick Reference Guides
List of Exhibits
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Strategy as Practice: A New Perspective
Strategy as practice in relation to other fields of strategy research
Introducing the strategy as practice research agenda
The activity-based view of strategy as practice
Aims of this book
How to read this book
PART I: DEFINING AND THEORETICALLY LOCATING AN ACTIVITY-BASED VIEW
1 Core Social Theory Themes in Strategy as Practice
Strategy is situated activity
Becoming: strategic activity is continuously under construction
Distributed and collective strategic activity
Strategizing: managerial agency as practical-evaluative wisdom
An analytic framework for studying strategic activity
Conclusion: points to take forward
2 Locating Activity in the Strategy Literature
Analytic definitions for an activity-based study of strategy as practice
Locating the activity framework in the strategy literature
Localized practices: procedural and interactive strategizing
Strategizing, activity system dynamics and goal-directed activity
Conclusion: points to take forward
PART II: SHAPING STRATEGIC ACTIVITY IN PRACTICE
3 Establishing the Research Context
Doing strategy research in the university context
Universities are not alone: contexts with similar characteristics
Overview of the cases and the research method
Conclusion: points to take forward
4 Implications of Procedural and Interactive Strategizing
The purpose and problems of procedural strategizing
The purpose and problems of interactive strategizing
Conclusion: points to take forward
5 Shaping Strategy and the Strategizing Matrix
The strategizing matrix and activity system dynamics
The strategizing matrix and shaping strategy over time
Conclusion: points to take forward
6 Multiple Strategies Shape Each Other
The core activity
Coexistence: establishing a relationship with the core activity
Conclusion: points to take forward
PART III: THEORIZING AN ACTIVITY-BASED VIEW OF STRATEGY AS PRACTICE
7 Developing a Strategizing Framework
Procedural and interactive strategizing and forms of legitimacy
Types of strategizing and patterns of activity
Relationships between multiple streams of activity
Conclusion: a strategizing framework to take forward
8 Taking the Research Agenda Forward
Practical implications of the research
New avenues for research
Next steps for strategy as practice research
Appendix: Research Method
References
Index
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