Article,
The Strategic Decision Process and Organizational Structure
The Academy of Mgmt. Rev., 11 (2): 280--297 (April 1986)
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1986.4283101
Abstract
Contributions from the strategic decision process literature are synthesized
and integrated with literature on organizational structure. Propositions
emerge that describe how the characteristics of an organization's
strategic decision process are affected by its structure. Also discussed
are the patterns of strategic process characteristics that are likely
to be associated with different types of structures. Conclusions
are reached on issues such as the accuracy of alternative models
of the strategic decision process, and the appropriate unit of analysis
for studying that process.
