Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process
Abstract
Organizational adaptation is a topic that has received only limited and fragmented theoretical treatment. Any attempt to examine organizational adaptation is difficult, since the process is highly complex and changeable. The proposed theoretical framework deals with alternative ways in which organizations define their product-market domains (strategy) and construct mechanisms (structures and processes) to pursue these strategies. The framework is based on interpretation of existing literature and continuing studies in four industries (college textbook publishing, electronics, food processing, and health care).
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A firm's structure needs to adjust to its strategy.
“The strategic management literature argues that a firm's structure needs to adjust to its strategy (e.g., Miles et al. 1978).”
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A strategic orientation toward risk-taking is associated with typologies reflecting proactive and aggressive initiatives to alter the competitive scene.
“This strategic orientation toward risk-taking has been highlighted in management under different terms (e.g., risk proclivity, entrepreneurial orientation, proactive stance) [96,97], and is associated with typologies that reflect proactive and aggressive initiatives to alter the competitive scene (e.g., prospectors) [98].”
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- Authors
- Miles, R. E., Snow, C. C., Meyer, A. D., & Coleman, H. J.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Venue
- Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1978-07
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 546-562
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-3807
- OpenAlex
- W2811485533
- Cited by
- 4,527
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 73 · 2025: 110 · 2024: 157 · 2023: 158 · 2022: 151 · 2021: 172 · 2020: 238 · 2019: 201 · 2018: 185 · 2017: 229 · 2016: 211 · 2015: 186 · 2014: 189 · 2013: 184 · 2012: 150
- FWCI
- 38.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Organizational Management and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Keywords
- organizational adaptation, organizational strategy, organizational structure, organizational processes, organizational change, electronics industry, food processing industry, health sector
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