Strategy development as a social process

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This article argues that the development of strategy in organizations will be more effective if it is seen as predominantly a social rather than analytical process. Using the notion of organizations as negotiated order, it is suggested that designed Group Decision Support Systems can play an important role in facilitating the negotiation of strategy. Six 'support systems' are discussed, and the implication is that planners might see themselves as facilitators managing both 'socially negotiated order' and 'negotiated social order.' (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Social aspects, Evaluation, Business planning, Decision support systems, Decision-making, Group, Group decision making

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Inducement of nonexistent order by the analytic hierarchy process

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An analysis was made of the problems posed by the addition or deletion of irrelevant alternatives in the rank reversal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This problem is also seen in the variants of AHP such as the ideal AHP and the pairwise aggregated approach or PAHAP. Tests using the four-fields example yielded an ordering of priorities when permutations of the perimeters of alternatives are made, each perimeter of alternatives assumed to be equal to each other.

Information Theory, Analysis, Information technology, Combinatorial analysis, Decision theory

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The role of corporate leaders in IP strategy

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Dr. Gottlieb Keller, member of the executive committee of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., and Lars Rebien Sorensen, Novo Nordisk A/S CEO, explain the roles of top executives in intellectual property (IP) management at their respective corporations. Both executives are closely involved in IP management and are developing procedures to deal with it.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Denmark, Pharmaceutical industry, Switzerland, Interview, Novo Nordisk A/S, Keller, Gottlieb, Sorensen, Lars Rebien, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

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