Re-thinking the foundations of the strategic business process

Steven French

doi:10.1108/02621710910923863

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Re-thinking the foundations of the strategic business process

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Title:	Re-thinking the foundations of the strategic business process
Author(s):	Steven French, (Coffs Harbour Centre for Enterprise Development and Research, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Citation:	Steven French, (2009) "Re-thinking the foundations of the strategic business process", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 28 Iss: 1, pp.51 - 76
Keywords:	Business process re-engineering, Critical management, Self-adjusting control systems, Strategic management
Article type:	Viewpoint
DOI:	10.1108/02621710910923863 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a coherent model of several schools of strategic ideas while utilising and building on the models extant in the literature, but also considering a change of epistemological and systemic paradigms. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature was undertaken. Findings – The result of the analysis of the literature is that a seven-school model is postulated. The seven schools being grouped within three categories. The first category is labelled the Classical Schools and includes the Design School, the Planning School and the Positioning School. The second category is labelled the Neo-classical Schools and includes the Contingency School and the Resource School. The third category is labelled the Post-Classical Schools and includes the Learning School and the Emergence School. Practical implications – The concept of strategic emergence, a characteristic of a complex self-adapting system, is developed. Originality/value – Very little work, especially in strategy has been done outside the Modernist paradigm. This paper explores the possibility of incorporating open system ideas into a strategic methodology.