Aspiration alignment: a hidden key to competitive advantage
Abstract
Purpose
To highlight weaknesses in typical analytical approaches to developing strategy and suggest ways of overcoming them
Design/methodology/approach
Explain some typical problems by examples; analyse their causes; describe an approach to resolve them by changing the approach to developing strategy
Findings
Broadening the approach to strategy by systematically including an analysis of emotional and political forces, and recognising that ”blinkers” are an integral feature of any ”rational” model, enable the development of more effective strategies.
Originality/value
A tested approach for overcoming problems of misalignment in strategy.
Keywords
Citation
Maira, A. (2005), "Aspiration alignment: a hidden key to competitive advantage", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 26 No. 6, pp. 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/02756660510632984
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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