
Frameworks in this topic
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Belbin team roles
Does the team cover action, people and thinking roles?Aritzeta, Swailes and Senior, 2007
Business Model Canvas
How does the organisation create, deliver and capture value, and which block is blocking recurring revenue?Osterwalder and Pigneur, 2010
Change Kaleidoscope
Which features of the organisation's context limit how the change can be designed?Balogun & Hailey, 1999; Johnson et al., 2011
Chart critique and redesign
Does this chart give a decision-maker a reliable basis, and how should it be redrawn?Tufte, 2001; Cairo, 2019; Gigerenzer et al., 2007
Corporate diplomacy as a dynamic capability
How does a firm sense, answer and keep adapting to its external stakeholders, not just manage "external affairs"?Henisz, 2016; Teece, 2007
Five families of financial ratios
From which angles should financial statements be read to judge health?Elliott and Elliott, 2019
Five forces
How attractive is this industry for long-run profit, and where does the pressure come from?Porter, 1979; Porter, 2008; Porter, 1980
Gantt work plan
Who does what, by when, and what depends on what?Wilson, 2003
Issue tree
What are all the possible causes of the problem, and which hypotheses should we test first?Minto, 2009
McKinsey 7-S model
Are the seven elements of the organisation aligned with each other and with shared values?Waterman et al., 1980; Odeh, 2021
Oakland and Tanner's organisational change framework
Which two cycles does change need: preparing (readiness) and implementing?Oakland & Tanner, 2007
Proximal versus mediated embedding
How should a multinational manage local non-market stakeholders so that it notices and answers host-government hostility in time?Moschieri, Ravasi and Huy, 2024
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References
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- Aritzeta, A., Swailes, S. and Senior, B. (2007) ‘Belbin's team role model: development, validity and applications for team building’, Journal of Management Studies, 44(1), pp. 96–118.doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00666.xSource page
- Asquer, A. (2012) ‘What is corporate diplomacy? And why does it matter?’, Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 4(3), pp. 53–63.No DOIdoi.orgSource page
- Balogun, J. and Hailey, V.H. (1999) Exploring Strategic Change. London: Prentice Hall.No DOISource page
- Barney, J.B. (1991) ‘Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage’, Journal of Management, 17(1), pp. 99–120.doi:10.1177/014920639101700108Source page
- Barney, J.B. (1995) ‘Looking inside for competitive advantage’, Academy of Management Executive, 9(4), pp. 49–61.doi:10.5465/ame.1995.9512032192Source page
- Bolewski, W. (2018) ‘Corporate diplomacy as global management’, International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy, 4(2), pp. 107–138.doi:10.1504/ijdipe.2018.094089Source page
- Cairo, A. (2019) How charts lie: getting smarter about visual information. New York: W.W. Norton.No DOISource page
- Elliott, B. and Elliott, J. (2019) Financial Accounting and Reporting, 19th edn. Harlow: Pearson.No DOISource page
- Gigerenzer, G. et al. (2007) ‘Helping doctors and patients make sense of health statistics’, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 8(2), pp. 53–96.doi:10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033.xSource page
- Henisz, W.J. (2016) ‘The dynamic capability of corporate diplomacy’, Global Strategy Journal, 6(3), pp. 183–196.doi:10.1002/gsj.1121Source page
- Hiatt, J.M. (2006) ADKAR: A Model for Change in Business, Government and Our Community. Loveland, CO: Prosci Learning Center Publications.No DOISource page
- Johnson, G., Scholes, K. and Whittington, R. (2008) Exploring corporate strategy: text and cases. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.No DOISource page
- Johnson, G., Whittington, R. and Scholes, K. (2011) Exploring Strategy. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.No DOISource page
- Kotter, J.P. (1995) Leading change: why transformation efforts fail. Harvard Business Review.No DOIhbr.orgSource page
- Minto, B. (2009) The pyramid principle: logic in writing and thinking. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.No DOISource page
- Moschieri, C., Ravasi, D. and Huy, Q. (2024) ‘Why do some multinational firms respond better than others to the hostility of host governments? Proximal embedding and the side effects of local partnerships’, Journal of Management Studies, 61(2), pp. 627–685.doi:10.1111/joms.12809Source page
- Oakland, J.S. and Tanner, S.J. (2007) ‘A new framework for managing change’, The TQM Magazine, 19(6), pp. 572–589.doi:10.1108/09544780710828421Source page
- Odeh, G. (2021) ‘Implementing McKinsey 7S model of organizational diagnosis and planned change, Best Western Italy case analysis’, Journal of International Business and Management, 11(4), pp. 1–8.doi:10.37227/JIBM-2021-09-1438Source page
- Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y. and Tucci, C.L. (2005) ‘Clarifying business models: origins, present, and future of the concept’, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 16, pp. 1–25.doi:10.17705/1CAIS.01601Source page
- Osterwalder, A. and Pigneur, Y. (2010) Business model generation. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.No DOISource page
- Porter, M.E. (1979) ‘How competitive forces shape strategy’, Harvard Business Review, 57(2), pp. 137–145.No DOIhbr.orgCited in 1 article
- Porter, M.E. (1980) Competitive strategy: techniques for analyzing industries and competitors. New York: Free Press.No DOICited in 1 article
- Porter, M.E. (2008) ‘The five competitive forces that shape strategy’, Harvard Business Review, 86(1), pp. 78–93.No DOIhbr.orgCited in 1 article
- Teece, D.J. (2007) ‘Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance’, Strategic Management Journal, 28(13), pp. 1319–1350.doi:10.1002/smj.640Source page
- Tufte, E.R. (2001) The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.No DOISource page
- Waterman, R.H., Peters, T.J. and Phillips, J.R. (1980) ‘Structure is not organization’, Business Horizons, 23(3), pp. 14–26.doi:10.1016/0007-6813(80)90027-0Source page
- Weihrich, H. (1982) ‘The TOWS matrix: a tool for situational analysis’, Long Range Planning, 15(2), pp. 54–66.doi:10.1016/0024-6301(82)90120-0Source page
- Whittington, R. et al. (2023) Exploring strategy: text and cases. Harlow: Pearson.No DOISource page
- Wilson, J.M. (2003) ‘Gantt charts: a centenary appreciation’, European Journal of Operational Research, 149(2), pp. 430–437.doi:10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00769-5Source page
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