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Effective strategizing practices in pluralistic settings: the case of Academic Medical Centers

verfasst von: Corrado Cuccurullo, Federico Lega

Erschienen in: Journal of Management and Governance | Ausgabe 3/2013

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Pluralism in organizations is dramatically and progressively increasing today, which makes it difficult for managers to capture a clear picture of what is really going on at the moment and to make strategic decisions. How strategy is formed and implemented in pluralistic contexts has been substantially underestimated for many years. This article investigates how specific strategy processes are constructed and which practices can be successfully adopted in pluralistic contexts, such as in Academic Medical Centers. We drew from a strategy as practice approach and adopted an ethnographic methodology to conduct the study. This paper demonstrates that some practices (strategy workshops, brutal facts and graphic charts) can reduce the risks of setting the strategy agenda in pluralistic organizations. Implications for managers and scholars are discussed.

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Mind maps are a graphical method of taking notes. They are visual diagrams with lines and bubbles representing ideas and relationships between them. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas and act as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making and writing. We used software to integrate and expand notes every time we needed to do so.

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Titel: Effective strategizing practices in pluralistic settings: the case of Academic Medical Centers
verfasst von: Corrado Cuccurullo
Federico Lega
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2013
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Management and Governance / Ausgabe 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1385-3457
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-963X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-011-9196-z

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