Mobilizing emergent strategies

• Autor(a) principal: Mariotto, Fábio Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração de Empresas
• Texto Completo: https://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rae/article/view/37412
• topic: Corporate strategy; emergent strategy; strategy process; competition; organizational flexibility; Estratégia empresarial; estratégia emergente; processo estratégico; concorrência; flexibilidade organizacional

This paper reviews the idea of emergent strategy in organizations - as presented in the literature on corporate strategy - and offers a conceptual framework to use this notion in actual practice. Under the pressure of brutally intensified competition, present-day organizations throughout the world have been increasingly seeking flexibility and unremitting innovation. The traditional way of strategy making through a cyclical, formal strategic planning process is no longer sufficient to deal with this new situation. Under these conditions, strategy making must be a continuous process, in which emergent strategies (along with deliberate ones) can play a crucial role. But to exploit them, management must master the structures, processes, and techniques by which emergent strategies can be turned into effective strategic behavior.