The Middle Management Perspective on Strategy Process: Contributions, Synthesis, and Future Research

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1190-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Wooldridge ◽  
Torsten Schmid ◽  
Steven W. Floyd
Keyword(s):  
Middle Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Strategy Process ◽  
Management Perspective

The Microfoundations of Strategic Entrepreneurship: A Middle Management Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Ruifang Wang ◽  
Patrick Gibbons ◽  
Ciaran Heavey
Keyword(s):  
Middle Managers ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Strategic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Shed Light

Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) has attracted increased research attention, given its dual focus on creating competitive advantage and exploiting new opportunities. While research interest in SE has grown at a rapid pace in the past two decades, understanding of its microfoundations is limited. This conceptual paper contributes to the development of understating from a middle management perspective. It argues that middle managers’ five strategic roles serve as the microfoundations to firm’s SE. It also drills down to explore individual differences as antecedents in shaping these roles. This paper develops a research framework along with fine-grained propositions, aimed to shed light on future research and implications for practice.

scholarly journals The Role of Military Leadership in Shaping Innovative Personnel Behaviour: The Case of the Lithuanian Armed Forces

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9283
Author(s):  
Viktorija Šimanauskienė ◽  
Vidmantė Giedraitytė ◽  
Olga Navickienė
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
Innovative Behaviour

Innovation is important for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to peace and justice, as well as strengthening defence and security institutions. In view of innovation and the creation of an innovative environment, the influence of leaders not only on the innovativeness of employees, but also of the organization as a whole, is considered one of the most prospective areas of future research. This article explores the influence of leadership behaviour (support for innovation, delegating, intellectual stimulation, and rewards) of top (sample size N = 275) and middle (sample size N = 891) management on the innovative behaviour of military officers. The empirical validation of the selected four leadership behaviours is based on the methodology of quantitative sociological research—a questionnaire. Research results show that strong and statistically significant correlation relationships were established at the level of top managers (commanders) between such factors as Intellectual Stimulation and Delegating, Rewards and Delegating, Delegating and Support for Innovation, as well as Support for Innovation and Rewards. Meanwhile, for middle-level managers (military officers) two strong relationships were found between such factors as Rewards and Delegating, and Delegating and Support for Innovation. Analysis of the compatibility of opinions showed that although commanders and military officers both appreciate the leadership behaviours of the top and middle management of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, it was also found that commanders are more positive about the opportunity to offer new ideas at their military unit. Furthermore, they are more positive about the statement that leadership grants them the right to take decisions and implement them, and they are also more positive about taking the initiative, when they feel support for innovation. The identified difference in the leadership behaviours of top and middle management leads to the conclusion that, at different hierarchical levels of leadership, innovative behaviour of subordinates is influenced differently in the innovation promotion process in the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

Counterfeiting and piracy in supply chain management: theoretical studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Li ◽  
Zelong Yi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Key Aspects

Purpose This paper aims to generate novel insights in supply chain management by reviewing studies related to counterfeiting and piracy issues with a particular emphasis on theoretical works. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review of more than 100 peer-reviewed academic papers is conducted. The authors first introduce the social acceptance of counterfeiting and piracy to explain the existence of these illegal products. After that, they focus on the negative effect of counterfeiting and piracy on supply chain management and society while mentioning their positive and normative effects carefully under certain circumstances. Findings People have been attempting to reveal the impacts of counterfeiting and piracy on customers, licit firms, industry sectors, governments and the society as a whole. The negative impacts of counterfeiting and piracy on legal firms and licit supply chains is examined thoroughly in the literature; however, benefits from counterfeiting and piracy are also pointed out. Additionally, researchers are interested in firms’ reactions toward this phenomenon. Based on heuristics from the above analysis, it is fruitful to conduct this research in a theme of supply chain management. Originality/value Most studies on counterfeiting and piracy are not from a supply chain management perspective and mainly focus on their effect on consumers or a single firm. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is one of few studies that incorporate the key aspects of counterfeiting and piracy into supply chain management and also highlight several important directions for future research in the sense of supply chain.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence in Strategizing: Prospects and Challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 625-646
Author(s):  
Georg von Krogh ◽  
Shiko M. Ben-Menahem ◽  
Yash Raj Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Strategy Implementation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Strategic Processes ◽  
Strategy Process ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Key Questions

Recent developments in the theory and research on artificial intelligence (AI) hold great promises as well as challenges for the strategist’s core activities and conduct of strategic processes. These promises and challenges require the strategy field to both reevaluate some of the principal assumptions and implications of strategizing. This chapter takes stock of research on AI applied to strategizing and illustrates what we believe are key questions for future research on the strategy-AI nexus. The chapter discusses the potential of AI in two stages in the strategy process: strategic analysis and formulation, as well as strategy implementation. The aim of this chapter is to engage strategy scholars in advancing AI-related research on strategizing.

Framing Sustainable Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Gauthier ◽  
Chris Meyer ◽  
David Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

This paper develops and clarifies social intrapreneurship theory by examining the “how” of effective intrapreneurial championing. More specifically, the authors consider the following research question: How does the manner in which middle managers frame sustainable practices influence successful championing outcomes? The authors integrate the natural-resource-based view of the firm with research on middle management championing behaviors and issue-contingent models of ethical decision making to propose a model of sustainability championing for social intrapreneurs. To that end, propositions are developed concerning the relationship between the types of sustainable practice championed, how the argument for a given practice is framed, and successful championing outcomes. This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on social intrapreneurship, providing insight into how intrapreneurial championing can be more effective and building a foundation for future research.

The Readiness of Automotive Manufacturing Company on Industrial 4.0 Towards Quality Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosmaini Tasmin ◽  
◽  
Nurul Syahira Rahman ◽  
Ishaq Jaafar ◽  
Nor Aziati Abd Hamid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quality Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Automotive Manufacturing ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Manufacturing Company

This research is focusing on analyzing readiness of automotive manufacturing firm on Industry 4.0 towards quality performance. In the era of globalization, most manufacturing firms all over the world are constantly looking for ways to increase productivity. The manufacturing industry is mainly faced with the problem of Industry 4.0’s awareness and implementation. Top and middle management of DRB-HICOM Automotive manufacturing firm from all departments have been selected as a sample study. The questionnaire has been used to get the feedback from top and middle management about readiness of Industry 4.0. There are three main objectives that were assessing the level of firm’s characteristics, determining the level of Industry 4.0 readiness for DRB-HICOM Automotive manufacturing company, namely via variables of Applied Technology, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical System (CPS) and determining the relationship between the Industry 4.0 and quality performance. Quantitative method was used in this research which incoperates the distribution of 96 questionnaires to the respondents involving DRB-HICOM Automotive manufacturing firm. In terms of conducting the required data analysis, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 was used. Result shows that all related constructs have a significant yet strong relationship between Industry 4.0 and quality performance. It is hoped that this initial Industry 4.0 work will help to spur future research about implementation of Industry 4.0, across the boards among many industrial sectors.

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