Strategy rhetoric in city management: How the presumptions of classic strategic management live on?
This article focuses on the cultural and textual (re)production of the taken-for-granted assumptions of orthodox strategic management in city management practice. It is suggested that in order to make sense of the persistence of some of the classic difficulties of strategic management we need to study not only the strategy processes, but also the language practices of the dominant strategy models. By performing a detailed textual analysis of the rhetoric of one particular strategy document, the article shows how strong strategic leadership and hierarchical relationships persist. In addition the analysis illustrates how a paradox called 'participation by command' is produced by combining the classic top-down strategy rhetoric with the new strategy discourse focusing on empowerment, networks and cooperation.
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2001
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Authors: | Eriksson, Päivi ; Lehtimäki, Hanna |
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Scandinavian Journal of Management. - Elsevier, ISSN 0956-5221. - Vol. 17.2001, 2, p. 201-223
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Elsevier |
Keywords: | Strategic management City management Strategy rhetoric Participation |
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