Read the following articles: W6(4, 5) and W7(3) and make a comparison in terms of unit of analysis, type of research, research method (data collection, sample, model, variables). At the end of the paper provide a comparison for Strategy-as-practice and Strategy-as-discourse. Due date April 10, 2017
WEEK 6 (March 22, 2017) Strategy-as-practice
Readings for class discussion:
1. Clegg, Steward, Carter, C. and Kornberger, Martin (2004), Get up, I Feel like Being a Strategy Machine, in European Management Review, 1: 21-28.
2. Whittington, R. (2007). Strategy Practice and Strategy Process: Family Differences and the Sociological Eye, Organization Studies, 28(10): 1575-1586
3. Whittington, Richard (2006), Completing the Practice Turn in Strategy Research, Organization Studies, 27(5): 613-634
4. Maitis, S. and Lawrance, T.B. (2003) Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark: Understanding Failure in Organizational Strategizing, Journal of Management Studies, 40(1): 109-139.
5. Kornberger, M., & Clegg, S. (2011). Strategy as performative practice: The case of Sydney 2030. Strategic Organization, 9(2), 136-162.
WEEK 7 (March 29, 2017) Strategy as discourse
Readings for class discussion:
1. Balogun, J., Jacobs, C., Jarzabkowski, P., Mantere, S., & Vaara, E. (2014). Placing strategy discourse in context: Sociomateriality, sensemaking, and power. Journal of Management Studies, 51(2), 175-201.
2. Hardy, C., & Thomas, R. (2014). Strategy, discourse and practice: The intensification of power. Journal of Management Studies, 51(2), 320-348.
3. Vaara, E., Sorsa, V., & Plli, P. (2010). On the force potential of strategy texts: a critical discourse analysis of a strategic plan and its power effects in a city organization. Organization, 17(6), 685-702.
