Contingency Theory Management and the Modern Day Corporation Page 4 Burns & Stalker (1961) – Managing Innovative Firms 1. Before the war‚ the industry was heavily involves in contract work with the government. 2. During the 1950s‚ opportunities arose for companies to develop new products for the growing consumer market (radios‚ TV’s‚ etc). 3. Consumer markets meant higher profits and greater Risks. 4. This meant moving into a market that was uncertain‚ competitive‚ extremely risky and required
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A STRATEGIC FORMULATION PROCESS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING--THE SALEM NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT BY: Michael P. Wallace Salem Fire Dept. Salem‚ New Hampshire An applied research project submitted to the National Fire Academy As part of the Executive Fire Officer Program December 2001 2 ABSTRACT The author of this applied research project asked three questions to determine what type of criteria for strategic formulation and planning
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strategy. Most text books and courses on strategic management and planning have adopted and promoted the design view of strategy. There are a number of claimed advantages of developing strategies through highly structured and formal planning systems and steps in an organisation. The main advantages are as follows: · First‚ formalised planning provides what many would term a logical and certainly a structured means of analysis and thinking about complex strategic problems. There is no doubt that strategy
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CONTINGENCY THEORY Contingency Theory is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation‚ to lead a company‚ or to make decisions. Instead‚ the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the internal and external situation. The leading practitioners of which were Tom Burns‚ Joan Woodward‚ Paul Lawrence‚ Jay Lorsch‚ and Fred Fiedler‚ an otherwise theoretically eclectic group who were nevertheless united in their belief that no single organizational
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a diverse work environment‚ decision-making tools such as force field analysis. "Strategic planning seeks to accomplish several goals‚ including establishing or revisiting long-term vision‚ values‚ and mission
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employees (Smith‚ Boroski‚ & Davis‚ 1992). By Employment Planning‚ it will be understood all those activities of personnel that attempt to provide the human resources necessary to achieve the present and future organizational objectives. It implies to consider the necessities‚ within different periods from time (one‚ three‚ five years)‚ of the employees of different types and levels (for the different areas and for the strategic‚ managerial and operative levels) (Smith et al.‚ 1992). Once
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Case study Introduction Clifton Industries Ltd. is a relatively small but independent company within the Berbeck Industries Group. Its purpose is to supply a range of products to aircraft manufacturers and its mission is to manufacture electromechanical products for NA and European markets and electronics products for NA market. As can be seen from the SWOT analysis in Appendix A‚ the company’s current core competencies are skilled labour and diverse manufacturing capabilities. Clifton’s main
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Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix or a QSPM The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix or a QSPM approach attempts to objectively select the best strategy using input from other management techniques and some easy computations. In other words‚ the QSPM method uses inputs from stage 1 analyses‚ matches them with results from stage 2 analyses‚ and then decides objectively among alternative strategies. Stage 1 strategic management tools... The first step in the overall strategic management analysis
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Background The Chronicle Gazette‚ a leading newspaper in a major metropolitan area. Her paper has a paid circulation of 225‚000 customers. It is a first-rate newspaper and over the years‚ its writers have won awards for their work. Ultimately‚ it will be operating from a 40‚000sq.feet unit near the downtown and have annualized sales of $300‚000 and be profitable. It will employ 18 people mainly engaged in Research & Development‚ Marketing‚ Sales and Admin. The Chronicle Gazette will continue to
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