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The role of strategy workshops in strategy development processes: formality, communication, co-ordination and inclusion

The role of strategy workshops in strategy development processes: formality, communication, co-ordination and inclusion
The role of strategy workshops in strategy development processes: formality, communication, co-ordination and inclusion
Strategy workshops, the practice of taking time out from day-to-day routines to deliberate on the longer-term direction of the organisation, are a common practice, yet surprisingly little is known about them. This article presents the first substantial exploration of the role of workshops in strategy development through a large-scale UK survey of managerial experience of these events. The findings, based on 1,337 returns, show that strategy workshops play an important part in formal strategic planning processes; that they rely on discursive rather than analytical approaches to strategy formation; and that they typically do not include middle managers, rather reinforcing elitist approaches to strategy development. The authors conclude that strategy workshops are important vehicles for the emergence of strategy and discuss the implications of their findings for management practice and future research.
0024-6301
479-496
Hodgkinson, Gerard P.
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Whittington, Richard
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Johnson, Gerry
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Schwarz, Mirela
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Hodgkinson, Gerard P.
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Whittington, Richard
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Johnson, Gerry
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Schwarz, Mirela
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Hodgkinson, Gerard P., Whittington, Richard, Johnson, Gerry and Schwarz, Mirela (2006) The role of strategy workshops in strategy development processes: formality, communication, co-ordination and inclusion. Competition and Change, 39 (5), 479-496. (doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2006.07.003).

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Strategy workshops, the practice of taking time out from day-to-day routines to deliberate on the longer-term direction of the organisation, are a common practice, yet surprisingly little is known about them. This article presents the first substantial exploration of the role of workshops in strategy development through a large-scale UK survey of managerial experience of these events. The findings, based on 1,337 returns, show that strategy workshops play an important part in formal strategic planning processes; that they rely on discursive rather than analytical approaches to strategy formation; and that they typically do not include middle managers, rather reinforcing elitist approaches to strategy development. The authors conclude that strategy workshops are important vehicles for the emergence of strategy and discuss the implications of their findings for management practice and future research.

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Published date: October 2006
Organisations: Management

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Local EPrints ID: 37496
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/37496
ISSN: 0024-6301
PURE UUID: 9d94e384-9d62-48d1-96f3-44d508b33896

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Date deposited: 21 Aug 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:59

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Author: Gerard P. Hodgkinson
Author: Richard Whittington
Author: Gerry Johnson
Author: Mirela Schwarz

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