Strategic decisions in organizations: rational and behavioural views

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Various models or lenses have been used to predict and understand strategic decisions in organizations. This article examines four classes: (1) the unitary rational; (2) the organizational; (3) the political; and (4) the contextual. They are conceptualized as stemming from different assumptions about goal congruency and co-ordinative efficiency. The contextual view is especially highlighted, as it is a relatively new perspective, both organizationally and cognitively. A brief discussion is offered of disciplines and findings that either support or refute some of these models. Possible syntheses and reconciliations of the four views are explored, focusing on: (1) assumptional fit; (2) level of analysis; (3) cost of fashioning collective rationality; (4) information processing limits in organizational design; and (5) the role of adaptation lags and disequilibrium. The article concludes with a call for a meta-theory that places the various perspectives in a larger framework. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Interpretations on automatic: a different view of strategic issue diagnosis

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Models of strategic decision-making and environmental scanning typically assume that decision-makers diagnose issues actively, using conscious and intentional effort to identify and to interpret potentially significant events, developments and trends. This article establishes the conditions in organizations that put decision-makers 'on automatic' in their diagnosis of strategic issues, with direct implications for the process and content of strategic action. Implications for theory and practice are established. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Green stakeholders: industry interpretations and response

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The article examines industry responses to pro-environmental pressures, using research from businesses in the United Kingdom. A discussion on the applicability of stakeholder theory to the research is also presented.

Social aspects, Research, Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Corporations, Environmental movement, Environmentalism, Industry, Industries, Pressure groups, Special interest groups

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