Routines, strategies and management : engaging for recurrent creation "at the edge"

Front matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Researching routines as strategies: a strategy--as--practice view -- 2. Theorizing routine dynamics: a practice view -- 3. Managerial engagement: a practice view on strategic management -- 4. Managing routines as strategies: a case in haute couture textiles -- 5. Routinizing strategic management: a case in software engineering -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. - The dynamic interplay of routines, strategies and management allows companies to successfully move forward within their industries. This book contributes to a coherent conceptualization of strategy, organization and management from a practice perspective, identifying strategy as realized in the action.Simon Grand provides a theoretical framework and detailed exploration in the context of two attractive empirical cases. He discusses topics such as theorizing routine dynamics, managerial engagement and managing routines as strategies to provide a detailed exploration of the importance of organiz