Strategic Management Thought

Typology of Strategy Formation in Economic Public Organizations of Iran

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Management, Sahid Chamran University, Ahvaz

2 MA of Commercial Management

Abstract

Strategic management literature is dominated by a special approach. Introduction of other approaches in this field and recognition of their applications are great steps in strategy formation. These efforts help pubic organizations to equip themselves with particular necessities of such an approach. Also private and non-profit sectors can choose an appropriate approach in their relationship with pubic organizations. This research intends to identify the current situation of strategy formation in public organizations which are active in Iran’s economic domain, in order to provide a suitable model for developing a strategy for them by recognizing their demands. Therefore, remarkable models of typology of strategy formation process have been introduced and Whittington model has been selected.
The selected model introduces 4 generic approaches: (classic, evolutionary, procedural and systemic) in the form of deliberated or emergent strategies, and uni or multi-purpose strategies.
To collect data, questionnaires were administered and the results were analyzed in two phases. One was by non-parametric statistic techniques (Friedman and Kendall tests) and the other parametric statistic techniques (ANOVA). The result of analyses shows that strategy formation process in economic public organizations of Iran follow procedural, evolutionary, systemic and classic approach respectively.

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Strategic Management Thought
Volume 5, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
April 2011
Pages 99-124
  • Receive Date: 08 March 2011
  • Revise Date: 21 March 2011
  • Accept Date: 04 July 2011