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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2011
      02 June 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511975516
      9780521116558
      9781107411692
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975516
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Strategic Management, Organisation Studies, Management
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    The rationalist approach to strategizing emphasizes analytical and convergent thinking. Without denying the importance of this approach, this book argues that strategists must learn to complement it with a more creative approach to strategizing that emphasizes synthetic and divergent ways of thinking. The theoretical underpinnings of this approach include embodied realism, interpretivism, practice theory, theory of play, design thinking, as well as discursive approaches such as metaphorical analysis, narrative analysis, dialogical analysis and hermeneutics. The book includes in-depth discussions of these theories and shows how they can be put into practice by presenting detailed analyses of embodied metaphors built by groups of agents with step-by-step explanations of how this process can be implemented and facilitated. The link between theory and practice is further supported by the inclusion of several vignettes that describe how this approach has been successfully employed in a number of organizations, including BASF and UNICEF.

    Reviews

    Review of the hardback:‘This is truly an amazing book. Combining meticulous scholarship with a plethora of illustrations, it succeeds in articulating an approach to strategy development that relies equally on philosophy, psychology and sociology. Transiting such broad intellectual landscape is no small feat. These authors accomplish it in a way that will appeal to those who practice strategy as much as those who study it.’

    Steven W. Floyd - Frank S. Kaulback Professor of Commerce, University of Virginia

    Review of the hardback:‘This is a persuasive manifesto for the role of ‘embodied metaphors’ in strategy work. The book reflects its topic. It is utterly serious in both its theoretical grounding and its practical advice. Rich in vignettes and illustrations, the book is also a pleasure to read.’

    Richard Whittington - Professor of Strategic Management, University of Oxford

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