Strategic control: a new perspective

Article Abstract:

An alternative to the feedback model of organizational control is proposed. In the new model, uncertainty and complexity are emphasized as the basic factors of strategic management. The three-step model of strategic control (involving premise control, implementation control and strategic surveillance) is based on a feed forward process that compensates for planning selectivity. Strategic control procedures are designed to ensure that strategies are reflected in operational policies and that results of such strategic maneuvering are the desired consequences (results identified during the planning phase).

Models, Management, Strategic planning (Business), Command and control systems

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Scripts as determinants of purposeful behavior in organizations

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This paper focuses on the role cognitive scripts, a unique type of knowledge schema, play in generating purposive behaviors in organizations. Three separate but complementary areas of research (Scheme Theory, Control Theory, and Goal Setting Theory) clarify the processes that link script-type structures to purposeful behavior. Finally, implications and extensions of this comprehensive framework based on previously identified content, structure, and process issues are considered. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Learning, Organizational research, Leadership

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