The Strategy Process as a Result of Learning, Questioning, and Performing in a City Organization

Brorström, S. (2019). The Strategy Process as a Result of Learning, Questioning, and Performing in a City Organization. International Public Management Journal, 1–25. doi:10.1080/10967494.2019.1606127

Platform
Gothenburg
Publication type
Scientific article (peer-reviewed)
Projects
Formative evaluation of the implementation of the River City vision
DOI Title
The Strategy Process as a Result of Learning, Questioning, and Performing in a City Organization
Journal
International Public Management Journal
ISSN/ISBN
1096-7494 1559-3169
DOI
10.1080/10967494.2019.1606127
Author(s)
Sara Brorström
Published year
Subject
Business and International Management Public Administration
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Abstract

This article analyzes a strategy-drafting process, using it to illustrate what can happen in a strategy process that affects a city organization but is invisible in the final strategy document. In the ethnographically inspired method, a city organization and its strategy-formulating work were followed for two years. Observations and interviews were the main data-collection methods. The article builds on a framework from the strategy and public management literature. The article concludes that strategy formulation in public organizations is a means of learning new practices, questioning ongoing development, and enhancing performance.

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