Abstract
The concept of strategy influences, either implicitly or explicitly, much management thinking and practice, and it tends to be informed by a particular view of what an organisation is. How this view is understood and applied has important implications for how we make sense of our experience as leaders and facilitators of strategic change.
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Critchley, B. (2012). Strategy as Social Process. In: The New Strategic Landscape. Cass Business Press. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283368_10
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