Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research
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Edited by Steven W. Floyd, Isenberg Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Bill Wooldridge, Professor, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US<i>’Floyd and Wooldridge's edited volume is a literal tour de force that guides the reader through the "wilds" of middle manager strategy process research. Chapters from top scholars examine all aspects of this complex field: from reviewing and updating its foundations; to evaluating current conflicts, gaps and methods; to identifying new, insightful theoretical and empirical directions that illuminate exciting paths forward. The </i>Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research<i> is an essential source for newly minted scholars, who should read it straight through, and for "old hands" at strategy process who want the very latest thinking.'</i>
- Richard L. Priem, Texas Christian University, US,
<i>’It was Steve Floyd and Bill Wooldridge who first established the role of middle managers in strategy as a research field. Now they bring together the field's leading authorities to challenge orthodoxies and propose radically new perspectives and methodologies for research. This collection sets a vigorous and innovative agenda for future research in the field.'</i>
- Richard Whittington, University of Oxford, UK,
Split into five distinct sections, the book explicates the unit of analysis and presents foundational theories, emerging models, cutting-edge methods, and original empirical research in strategy process research. Contributors with diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives identify and address a wide range of research issues relevant to middle managers’ participation in strategy making, such as social network analysis and video methodology. Standout chapters include one on complex strategic integration by Robert A. Burgelman and one on development of theory by Henry Mintzberg.
This Handbook is a must-read for academics interested in strategy process research as it suggests novel research approaches for addressing relevant phenomena and provides an up-to-date review of the extant literature in the area.