Journal Article

Strategizing: The challenges of a practice perspective

Balogun, Julia, Jarzabkowski, Paula, Seidl, David

2007

Overview

While the strategy-as-practice research agenda has gained considerable momentum over the past five years, many challenges still remain in developing it into a robust field of research. In this editorial, we define the study of strategy from a practice perspective and propose five main questions that the strategy-as-practice agenda seeks to address. We argue that a coherent approach to answering these questions may be facilitated using an overarching conceptual framework of praxis, practices and practitioners. This framework is used to explain the key challenges underlying the strategy-as-practice agenda and how they may be examined empirically. In discussing these challenges, we refer to the contributions made by existing empirical research and highlight under-explored areas that will provide fruitful avenues for future research. The editorial concludes by introducing the articles in the special issue.

• Publisher: SAGE Publications,Kluwer Academic,Plenum,SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subject: Adaptation to change / Business practices / Business strategies / Corporate culture / Economic sociology / Firm theory / General studies. Economic systems / Human relations / Organizational change / Organizational effectiveness / Practice research / Sociology / Sociology of economy and development / Sociology of knowledge and ethics / Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture / Sociology of science / Strategic management / Strategic planning / Strategic studies