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The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52294 The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms Raina, Raj ichelp@gibs.co.za Picard, Eric UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2016. This researched aimed at inventorying the strategy tools commonly used in South-African firms and to study the usage that is made of these strategy tools. A survey-based data gathering was carried out, and was followed by a frequency analysis of tools selection. In parallel, the data obtained on the usage characteristics were subjected to a statistical treatment aimed at clustering a large number of variables of interests into integrative constructs. The constructs were interpreted in light of various theories drawn from the study of strategy development and the fields of social psychology, cognitive sciences and agency based approaches to tools-in use. The resulting dimensions were used to assess the usage of strategy tools along four dimensions encompassing usage for coordination purposes, for analytical purposes, for political communication purposes and for social cognitive framing purposes. It was shown that in the vast majority of cases and on average, the softer functions were scored higher than the more formal ones. The argument was made that strategy tools in use mirror the characteristics of strategy development itself, and as such naturally encompass political, communicational, cognitive and social functions that are inherent to strategy as it occurs in the firm. ms2016 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2016-05-04T13:45:19Z 2016-05-04T13:45:19Z 2016-03-30 2016 Mini Dissertation Picard, E 2016, The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms, MBA Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52294> GIBS http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52294 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms |
| title | The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms |
| title_full | The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms |
| title_fullStr | The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms |
| title_full_unstemmed | The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms |
| title_short | The usage of strategy tools in South-African firms |
| title_sort | usage of strategy tools in south african firms |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52294 |