Toward understanding strategic issue diagnosis
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Strategic Management Journal
- Vol. 4 (4) , 307-323
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.4250040403
Abstract
This paper calls attention to a central but neglected process in strategic decision making, i.e. strategic issue diagnosis (SID). A framework for discussing SID is presented in terms of three critical components: inputs, process characteristics and outputs. The framework is illustrated in the context of PIMS and BCG, two widely recognized strategy models. The major implications highlight the theoretical significance of SID for understanding strategic decision making.Keywords
This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Micro-Politics of Strategy FormulationAcademy of Management Review, 1982
- Strategic issue managementStrategic Management Journal, 1980
- Can top managers be strategists?Strategic Management Journal, 1980
- Calling out and Calling off the Dogs: Managerial Diagnosis in Public Service OrganizationsAcademy of Management Review, 1979
- On Strategic Assumption-Making: A Dialectical Approach to Policy and PlanningAcademy of Management Review, 1979
- Toward a Social System Theory of Corporate StrategyThe Journal of Business, 1976
- Operations research from the viewpoint of general systems theoryOmega, 1973
- Social Problems, Problematic Situations, and Quasi-TheoriesAmerican Sociological Review, 1973
- The Behavioral Theory of the Firm and Top-Level Corporate DecisionsAdministrative Science Quarterly, 1971