A unique analysis of strategy in organizations that shows how successful strategies may result without planning or design. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400. The Silent Efficacy of Indirect Action. 262 pages. A unique analysis of strategy in organizations that shows how successful strategies may result without planning or design. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 416. . 2011. Reissue. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Strategy without Design: The Silent Efficacy of Indirect Action
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521189853
ISBN 13: 9780521189859
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Strategy exhibits a pervasive commitment to the belief that the best approach to adopt in dealing with affairs of the world is to confront, overcome and subjugate things to conform to our will, control and eventual mastery. Performance is about sustaining distinctiveness. This direct and deliberate approach draws inspiration from ancient Greek roots and has become orthodoxy. Yet there are downsides. This book shows why. Using examples from the world of business, economics, military strategy, politics and philosophy, it argues that success may inadvertently emerge from the everyday coping actions of a multitude of individuals, none of whom intended to contribute to any preconceived design. A consequence of this claim is that a paradox exists in strategic interventions, one that no strategist can afford to ignore. The more single-mindedly a strategic goal is sought, the more likely such calculated instrumental action eventually works to undermine its own initial success.

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Not all organizational accomplishment can be explained with recourse to deliberate choice and purposeful design. This book 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.

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