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Strategic Management in an E nacted World ( Linda Smircich and Charles Stubbart , 1985). Henrik Alen Jessi Mänttäri 16.9.2014. Objective/Perceived vs. Enacted environment. Implications of the concept of enacted environment for strategic management.
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Strategic Management in an Enacted World (Linda Smircich and Charles Stubbart, 1985) Henrik Alen JessiMänttäri 16.9.2014
Implications of the concept of enacted environment for strategic management • Abandoning the prescription that organizations should adapt to their environments • Rethinking constraints, threats and opportunities • Considering the primary role of the strategic managers to be the management of meaning
Managing in an Enacted World • Process of enacting a reality • Priorenactment • Thinkingand acting • Competingenactments • Self-reflection and challengingassumptions -> forgetwhatyouknow
Critique • Notthatuseful in day-to-daymanaging -> valuabletool in determinig and updatingstrategy-> eventualresults of one’simpactimpossible to foresee • Role of strategicmanager -> constantquestoning • Anyenvironmentcanbeenacted -> laws, regulations, priorenactments etc. • Usefulness and generilizability of interpretativestudies?