Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics

Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics offers an innovative perspective on strategic management by embracing the complexity inherent in organisational life. Drawing upon insights from complexity sciences alongside a wide scope of social scientific research, authors Ralph D. Stacey and Chris Mowles challenge traditional notions of planned strategy. Instead, they illuminate how emergent processes and the inherent unpredictability of organisational interactions shape strategy in real time. This text is particularly valuable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, providing a critical exploration of contemporary management issues through both theoretical and practical lenses. This seventh edition brings refreshed and expanded content, incorporating updated examples derived from modern organisational and social contexts. The authors have broadened the intellectual framework to include emerging developments in organisational theory, such as process organisation studies and practice schools, while revisiting themes like rhetoric, paradox, and recognition. With its focus on the dynamic processes that underpin strategy, Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics serves as an essential resource for understanding the complex, responsive nature of modern management practice.