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The systems thinking approach to strategic management

The systems thinking approach to strategic management
The systems thinking approach to strategic management

This paper presents a review of the field of systems thinking and strategic management The evolution of the areas of interest between systems thinking and strategic management follows similar patterns with more prescriptive developments occurring within the 1960s until 1980s; then, an increasing focus on emergence and transformation emerged in later years. From the review, there seems to exist synergies between multiple strands in Systems Thinking and Strategic Management. Suggestions to facilitate the interaction between both fields are proposed, considering the type of processes to generate strategies and the perspectives employed to visualize the organizations as systems. Hopefully, the paper can contribute to embedding systemic approaches to the strategic management of organizations and society.

analytics, strategic management, systems thinking
Kunc, Martin
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Kunc, Martin
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Kunc, Martin (2024) The systems thinking approach to strategic management. Systems, 12 (6), [213]. (doi:10.3390/systems12060213).

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This paper presents a review of the field of systems thinking and strategic management The evolution of the areas of interest between systems thinking and strategic management follows similar patterns with more prescriptive developments occurring within the 1960s until 1980s; then, an increasing focus on emergence and transformation emerged in later years. From the review, there seems to exist synergies between multiple strands in Systems Thinking and Strategic Management. Suggestions to facilitate the interaction between both fields are proposed, considering the type of processes to generate strategies and the perspectives employed to visualize the organizations as systems. Hopefully, the paper can contribute to embedding systemic approaches to the strategic management of organizations and society.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 June 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 June 2024
Published date: 15 June 2024
Keywords: analytics, strategic management, systems thinking

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Local EPrints ID: 491896
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/491896
PURE UUID: 46eca0ab-ea17-4f3d-a11e-e945a75488e4
ORCID for Martin Kunc: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-4052

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Date deposited: 05 Jul 2024 16:47
Last modified: 17 Jul 2024 16:45

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