Learning to strategise: problems of practice

Working paper

This paper introduces a pilot study from a wider research project on how company directors learn to strategise. The problem of strategy learning is framed within a conceptualisation of strategy practice as both micro and macro phenomena. This dual framing helps explain both the formalistic nature of strategists' learning and their difficulties in putting their learning into practice. The paper concludes by outlining a proposal for further research and inviting suggestions.

Authors: Whittington, R

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)
• Series: SKOPE Research Paper
• Place of publication: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/publications
• Publication date: 2001-01-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• ISSN: 1466-1535
• Paper number: 20, Autumn 2001
• Language: English
• Keywords: strategy
• Subjects: Education