Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice [Paperback]

A systematic and comprehensive introduction to the different aspects of strategy as practice, capturing recent developments and providing suggestions for future research.This extended and thoroughly updated second edition introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.This extended and thoroughly updated second edition introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.Now in its second edition, this extended and thoroughly updated handbook introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it shows how the strategy as practice approach in strategic management moves away from disembodied and asocial studies of firm assets, technologies and practices to explore and explain the contribution that strategizing makes to people working at all levels of an organization. It breaks down many of the traditional paradigmatic barriers in strategy to investigate who the strategists are, what they do, how they do it, and what the consequences or outcomes of their actions are. This essential work summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.Preface to the second edition; Introduction: what is strategy as practice?; Part I. Ontological and Epistemological Questions: 1. Practice in research: phenomenon, perspective and philosophy; 2. Epistemological alternatives for researlcn