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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 282-286 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Management Inquiry |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 4 |
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Publication status | Published - Dec 2008 |
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The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Management Inquiry, 17(4), December 2008 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © 2008 Sage Publications.Keywords
- strategy-as-practice
- relevance
- social theories of practice
- strategy theory
- teaching
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A strategy-as-practice approach to strategy research and education. / Jarzabkowski, Paula; Whittington, Richard.
In: Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 17, No. 4, 12.2008, p. 282-286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - A strategy-as-practice approach to strategy research and education
AU - Jarzabkowski, Paula
AU - Whittington, Richard
N1 - The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Management Inquiry, 17(4), December 2008 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © 2008 Sage Publications.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - This conclusion to the Dialog proposes a strategy-as-practice based approach to bringing strategy research and education closer to practice. Strategy-as-practice rejects the choice, proposed in the previous articles, between theory and practice. The authors argue for strategy research based rigorously on sociological theories of practice. Such research complements the parsimony and generalizability of economics-driven theory, extending strategy research to incorporate the messy realities of doing strategy in practice, with a view to developing theory that is high in accuracy. The authors suggest that practice-based research can also inform strategy teaching by providing students with rich case studies of strategy work as actually practiced, analyzed through such sociological lenses as ethnomethodology, dramaturgy, and institutional theory. Strategy-as-practice research does not aim to give students parsimonious models for analysis or expose them to cases of best practice but rather to help them develop practical wisdom through a better understanding of strategy in practice.
AB - This conclusion to the Dialog proposes a strategy-as-practice based approach to bringing strategy research and education closer to practice. Strategy-as-practice rejects the choice, proposed in the previous articles, between theory and practice. The authors argue for strategy research based rigorously on sociological theories of practice. Such research complements the parsimony and generalizability of economics-driven theory, extending strategy research to incorporate the messy realities of doing strategy in practice, with a view to developing theory that is high in accuracy. The authors suggest that practice-based research can also inform strategy teaching by providing students with rich case studies of strategy work as actually practiced, analyzed through such sociological lenses as ethnomethodology, dramaturgy, and institutional theory. Strategy-as-practice research does not aim to give students parsimonious models for analysis or expose them to cases of best practice but rather to help them develop practical wisdom through a better understanding of strategy in practice.
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KW - relevance
KW - social theories of practice
KW - strategy theory
KW - teaching
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VL - 17
SP - 282
EP - 286
JO - Journal of Management Inquiry
JF - Journal of Management Inquiry
SN - 1056-4926
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