Exploring strategic management paradoxes related to intended and emergent strategies: a case study at Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa).
Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Abstract: As organisational environments become more global, they have changed drastically due to \nenvironmental needs and demands resulting to strategic paradoxes. This ultimately encouraged \nresearchers to respond by using different models, asking particular questions like what a strategic \nparadox is and under what conditions they occur. While this research focused on the intended and \nemergent strategies, it is diffused across different areas of strategic management including; strategy, \nparadoxes, strategic paradoxes, as well as intended and emergent strategies. \nA continuum of different approaches in strategic making is crystallised from the literature. The \nstudy suggests that the fast pace of environmental change provide managers unpredictable results \nfor their strategic commitment. The collision of strategic commitment and strategic uncertainty is \ncausing what Raynor (2007) calls the strategy paradox. This study thus endeavoured to unite various \nviews regarding strategic paradoxes, while also sharpening its focus on intended and emergent \nstrategies. This research utilised a qualitative research method by exploring the research questions. \nThe insights from the in-depth interviews formed the basis of the data that was analysed to produce \nresearch findings. Results suggested that strategic paradoxes are difficult to avoid even though they \ncan be reduced if the strategy is aligned with the environmental change. \nThe study aimed to make a positive contribution to the body of knowledge on strategy paradoxes by \nqualitatively exploring strategic paradoxes and hoping to provide answers, to what context do \nintended and emergent strategies impact the decision making and effectiveness of the Human \nSciences Research Council (SA).
Author: Angeline Sibongile. Ngcobo
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3014222774