The Strategic Decision Process and Organizational Structure
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 11 (2) , 280-297
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1986.4283101
Abstract
Contributions from the strategic decision process literature are synthesized and integrated with literature on organizational structure. Propositions emerge that describe how the characteristics of an organization's strategic decision process are affected by its structure. Also discussed are the patterns of strategic process characteristics that are likely to be associated with different types of structures. Conclusions are reached on issues such as the accuracy of alternative models of the strategic decision process, and the appropriate unit of analysis for studying that process.Keywords
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