Hypothesis Driven Approach to Strategy Consulting
An hypothesis is a testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables or a proposed explanation for some observed phenomenon. It can include the initial assumptions, or it may be ...
Paradoxes in Management
As pointed by Eisenhardt, a Paradox is the simultaneous existence in the organization of two (seemingly) inconsistent states, such as empowerment and conformance: old and new (Eisenhardt 2000:...
Consequences of a Dialectical Worldview
The essential characteristic of the dialectical method is that it considers historical and social phenomena in continuous movement. It explains the laws that govern economic and social structures, the...
Paradoxical Leadership
An interesting recent article on dialectics argues that good leaders should not focus so much on being consistent in their decision making, sticking to their commitments, and remaining on message. The...
Dealing with Paradoxes in Organizations
Organizations are paradoxical in lots of ways and executives have to decide what to do with the intrinsically contradicting nature of many managerial issues.
It's useful to distinguish two (paradoxic...
Reflective Urgency: Critical Thinking AND Acting Quickly
The best way to respond to situations depends. One should avoid:
Responding (too) quickly to particular situations bears the risk of overseeing important information that could generate collater...
Dialectics Business Case: Toyota
3 professors of Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy in Tokio claim that the immense succes of Toyota is as much due to its ability to embrace contradictions as ...
What is Dialectic Ability? Definition
Is the ability to hold 2 seemingly opposing ideas in mind, and to combine and to resolve them in an unexpected, creative way innate, or can it be learned?...
Integrative versus Convential Thinkers, Differences in Decision-making In "The Opposable Mind: How Succesful Leaders Think" in HBR (June 2007, Vol 85, Nr 6), Roger Martin describes a 4-stage ...
Setting Strategic Priorities How do you make sure you manage the RIGHT seemingly contradicting forces (tensions)? Marakon consultants Dodd and Favaro...
Strategy Formation, Strategic Alliances and Co-Opetition It's important that people involved in strategy formulation and in establishing, negotiating or closing a Co-opetition a...
Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis According to Miguel Pina E Cunha a.o. managers are increasingly living in a world of paradox. For instance, they are tol...
Decision Making Process, Groupthink, Decision Making Styles, Vroom-Yetton Method Presentation about Decision Making by groups and individuals. The presentation includes the following sections:
1. Know...
Initial Understanding of Integrative Thinking, Trainings, Workshops Video with brief opinions about what Integrative Thinking is and what are its main benefits....
Reconciliating Complex Forces Download and edit the 12manage PowerPoint model for limited personal, educational and business use.
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