HOW DO STRATEGISTS THINK? ABOUT CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT ORIENTATIONS IN STRATEGIC THINKING Cover Image

JAK MYŚLĄ STRATEDZY? O ZBIEŻNYCH I ROZBIEŻNYCH ORIENTACJACH W MYŚLENIU STRATEGICZNYM
HOW DO STRATEGISTS THINK? ABOUT CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT ORIENTATIONS IN STRATEGIC THINKING

Author(s): Janusz Marek Lichtarski, Katarzyna Piórkowska, Anna Witek-Crabb
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: strategic thinking; strategic thinking styles; paradox; strategic ambidexterity;

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the paper is to present the literature review results and empirical findings on combining opposite orientations within a strategic thinking style. The construct with five independent dimensions describing a strategic thinking style was conceptualized based on a systematic literature review and used as a framework in the qualitative study. The empirical study includes individual in-depth interviews (n=18) with top-level managers. The findings show it is possible to combine opposite orientations in all five identified dimensions describing the strategic thinking style in line with the literature on paradoxes and strategic ambidexterity.

  • Issue Year: 190/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-25
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish