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In winkelwagenWhat is the argument that the environmental school states?
That organizations simply react to whatever happens in the environment. It sees the environment forces outside the organization as the actor that defines strategy formation.
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How does the school see the organization?
As something passive, that is dominated by the environment and is being subordinate to the environment.
The environment, not the strategist, takes command.
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Why is strategy-making a mirroring process?
You need to look like a restaurant, otherwise people are not able to make sense of what you sell.
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Why is the environmental school discussed?
- It brings the overall view of strategy formation into balance by positioning environment as one of the 3 forces in the process: environment, leadership and organization.
- It encourages to consider the range of decisional powers available.
- It describes different dimensions of the environment facing strategists and to suggest their possible effects on strategy formation.
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What are the premises of the environmental school?
1. The environment itself is the central actor in the strategy-making process. There is a small ability to influence these forces.
2. During its formative period, the organization shapes itself to the environment.
3. The long term-survival depends on the early choices made during the formation phase.
4. Over time, leadership becomes progressively less able to influence the performance and survivability of the organization.
5. Organizations that survive selection pressures end up clustering together in specific niches, where they share similar technologies, products and management styles.
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What are other barriers to change due to the environmental school?
1. Imprinting: the environment puts a print on you when you are just formed and you take it with you till you die. It makes changing impossible.
2. Long-term strategic choices: target consumer groups, products and/or services, value propositions, locations, partnerships and equity investors.
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What are the main theories of the school?
1. Contingency theory
2. Population ecology
3. Institutional theory
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The environmental school first grew out of the contingency theory with the message; it all depends. It described the relationship between dimensions of the environment and specific attributes of the organization. What does the theory oppose and depend on?
- It opposes the assertions of classical management: that there is one best way to run an organization.
- The strategy depends on the environment.
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Oefenvragen makenOrganization and environment - Chapter 10: Environmental School
Strategy formation as a reactive process.
44 oefenvragen
Nederlands
07-06-2024
Universiteit / Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen / Business Administration
What is the argument that the environmental school states?
That organizations simply react to whatever happens in the environment. It sees the environment forces outside the organization as the actor that defines strategy formation.How does the school see the organization?
As something passive, that is dominated by the environment and is being subordinate to the environment.Why is strategy-making a mirroring process?
You need to look like a restaurant, otherwise people are not able to make sense of what you sell.Why is the environmental school discussed?
- It brings the overall view of strategy formation into balance by positioning environment as one of the 3 forces in the process: environment, leadership and organization.What are the premises of the environmental school?
1. The environment itself is the central actor in the strategy-making process. There is a small ability to influence these forces.What are other barriers to change due to the environmental school?
1. Imprinting: the environment puts a print on you when you are just formed and you take it with you till you die. It makes changing impossible.What are the main theories of the school?
1. Contingency theoryThe environmental school first grew out of the contingency theory with the message; it all depends. It described the relationship between dimensions of the environment and specific attributes of the organization. What does the theory oppose and depend on?
- It opposes the assertions of classical management: that there is one best way to run an organization.About what is the contingency theory?
What are the 4 dimensions of the contingency theory?
The population ecology view is an approach which opposes the contingency idea. It doubts that major features of the world of organization arise through learning or adaption. What do population ecologists argue?
What are statements of the population ecologists' point of view?
There are factors that increase or decrease an organization's change of survival. Which liabilities are these factors?
What are critiques on the population ecology?
Organizations are open systems strongly influenced by the environment, institutional pressures and pressures of being an organization. What does the institutional theory suggest?
Institutions are social structures that have attained a high degree of resilience. They are affected by other social structures. Due to the institutional theory, the environment is a repository of which 2 types of resources?
Due to the institutional theory, strategy becomes?
What is the key aspect 'Isomorphism' of the institutional theory?
There is a dependence on externally fixed institutions reducing turbulence and uncertainty. What is a result?
What are 3 types of pressures that lead to isomorphism: tendency to adopt the same procedures and practices as other companies and firms.
What are strategic responses to institutional processes? Name the strategies and the tactics.
What is critique on the environmental school?
What are contributions of the environmental school?
What are limitations of the environmental school?
What is the environment in general?
What is the environment in strategy context?
What is reliability?
What is accountability?
What is legitimacy?
What is the institutional approach on legitimacy?
What are the main assumptions of the environmental school?
What is the notion of fit?
What are internal vs external pressures to inertia?
What is the organizational response to institutional isomorphism?
What are characteristics and assumptions of the environmental school?
Who is the central actor?
How is the strategy formed?
What is most important?
How is the environment viewed?
Complex or simple strategies?
Loose collection or tightly integrated?
Unique or generic strategies?
How does the organization change?
Fits best with which organization?
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