There is a great deal of practice, discussion, and writing about strategy, but little investigation of the processes by which strategies actually form in organizations. This book shares the results of Henry Mintzberg's investigation into this, conducted over several decades, using case studies...

In this article, we review briefly the evolution of the field in terms of ten "schools." We ask whether these perspectives represent fundamentally different processes of strategy making or different parts of the same process. In both cases, our answer is yes. We seek to show how some recent work...

A classic part of the community development process is people facing an acute economic or social problem connecting with others specializing in conceptual solutions. For example, South Asian villagers confronting chronic poverty may work with non-governmental organizations offering micro-credit...

Unsere Organisationswelt Unsere Gesellschaft ist, zum Guten oder zum Schlechten, eine Gesellschaft von Organi­ sationen geworden. Wir werden in Organisationen geboren, in ihnen erzogen, so daß wir später in ihnen arbeiten können. Gleichzeitig helfen und unterhalten uns die Organisatio­ nen....

Progress in dealing with the problem of climate change will require that the institutions of government, business, and community work, not in isolation from each other, let alone at cross purposes, but by reinforcing each other’s efforts through consolidation