This week’s topics
Strategy Development Approaches
- Rational and deliberate planning models
- Emergent strategy formation
- Logical incrementalism
- Stakeholder influence in strategy development
- Leading Strategy Paper Series: Mintzberg and Waters 1985 Of strategies, deliberate and emergent
- CIMA E3 Strategic planning models
- CPA Rational Versus Processual
What you will be able to do
- 1.4 Explain strategy development processes.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain strategy development processes.
Study materials
Videos
- Leading Strategy Paper Series: Mintzberg and Waters 1985 Of strategies, deliberate and emergent · YouTube · Glenn Parry · 21 min · for registered students
- CIMA E3 Strategic planning models · YouTube · OpenTuition · 32 min · for registered students
- CPA Rational Versus Processual · YouTube · KnowledgEquity - Support for CPA · 4 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 1: Mastering Strategy: Art and Science · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 4–36 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 9: The Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 261–284 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 5: Strategizing · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 173–232 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
