Power, action and constraint in strategic management: Explaining enterprise restructuring in the Czech Republic

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 607-627

  Clark, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise restructuring; Inductive method; Power; Sensemaking; Strategic management; Transforming societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542617633     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604042403     Document Type: Review

References (71)

1. Aldrich, Howard 1979 Organizations and environments. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
2. Barley, Stephen, and Pamela Tolbert 1997 'Institutionalization and structuration: studying the links between action and institution'. Organization Studies 18/1: 93-117.
3. Barry, David, and Michael Elmes 1997 'Strategy retold: Toward a narrative view of strategic discourse'. Academy of Management Review 22/2: 429-452.
4. Bourgeois, L. 1984 'Strategic management and determinism'. Academy of Management Review 9/4: 586-596.
5. Brown, Shona, and Kathleen Eisenhardt 1997 'The art of continuous change: Linking complexity theory and time-paced evolution in relentlessly shifting organizations'. Administrative Science Quarterly 42: 1-34.
6. Calori, Roland 1998 'Essai: Philosophizing on strategic management models'. Organization Studies 19/2: 281-306.
7. Carlin, Wendy, and Michael Landesmann 1997 'From theory into practice? Restructuring and dynamism in transition economies'. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 13: 77-105.
8. Chandler, Alfred 1962 Strategy and structure: Chapters in the history of the American industrial enterprise. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
9. Child, John 1972 'Organizational structure, environment and performance: The role of strategic choice'. Sociology 6/1: 1-22.
10. Child, John 1993 'Society and enterprise between hierarchy and market', in Societal Change between Market and Organization. J. Child, M. Crozier, R. Mayntz et al. (eds), 203-226. Aldershot: Avebury.
11. Child, John 1997 'Strategic choice in the analysis of action, structure, organizations and environment: Retrospect and prospect'. Organization Studies 18/1: 43-76.
12. Child, John, and André Czeglédy 1996 'Managerial learning in the transformation of eastern Europe: Some issues'. Organization Studies 17/2: 167-179.
13. Clark, Ed, and Anna Soulsby 1998 'Organization-community embeddedness: The social impact of enterprise restructuring in the post-communist Czech Republic'. Human Relations 51/1: 25-50.
14. Clark, Ed, and Anna Soulsby 1999a Organizational change in post-communist Europe: Management and transformation in the Czech Republic. London: Routledge.
15. Clark, Ed, and Anna Soulsby 1999b 'The adoption of the multi-divisional form in large Czech enterprises: The role of economic, institutional and strategic choice factors'. Journal of Management Studies 36/4: 535-559.
16. Cohen, Michael, James March, and Johan Olsen 1972 'A garbage can model of organizational choice'. Administrative Science Quarterly 17/1: 1-25.
17. Daft, Richard, and Karl Weick 1984 'Toward a model of organizations as interpretation systems'. Academy of Management Review 9/2: 284-295.
18. DiMaggio, Paul, and Walter Powell 1983 'The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields'. American Sociological Review, 48: 147-160.
19. Donaldson, Lex 1985 In defence of organization theory: A reply to critics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
20. Donaldson, Lex 1996 For positivist organization theory. London: Sage.
21. Dutton, Jane 1993 'Interpretations on automatic: A different view of strategic issue diagnosis'. Journal of Management Studies 30/3: 339-357.
22. Dyck, I. J. Alexander 1997 'Privatization in eastern Germany: Management selection and economic transition'. American Economic Review 87: 565-597.
23. Edwards, Vincent, and Peter Lawrence 2000 Management in Eastern Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
24. Eisenhardt, Kathleen 1989 'Building theories from case study research'. Academy of Management Review 14/4: 532-550.
25. Finkelstein, Sydney, and Donald Hambrick 1989 'Top-management-team tenure and organizational outcomes: The moderating role of management discretion'. Administrative Science Quarterly 35: 484-503.
26. Gabriel, Yiannis 2000 Storytelling in organizations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
27. Ghoshal, Sumantra, and Christopher Bartlett 1994 'Linking organizational context and managerial action: The dimensions of quality of management'. Strategic Management Journal 15: 91-112.
28. Giddens, Anthony 1976 New rules of sociological method. London: Hutchinson.
29. Glaser, Barney, and Anselm Strauss 1967 The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies of qualitative research. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson.
30. Granovetter, Mark 1985 'Economic action and social structure: The problem of embeddedness'. American Journal of Sociology 91/3: 481-510.
31. Hage, Jerald, and Michael Aiken 1967 'Program change and organizational properties - A comparative analysis'. American Journal of Sociology 73: 503-519.
32. Hambrick, Donald, and Phyllis Mason 1984 'Upper echelons: The organization as a reflection of its top managers'. Academy of Management Review 9: 193-206.
33. Hambrick, Donald, and Sydney Finkelstein 1987 'Managerial discretion: A bridge between polar views on organizations' in Research in organizational behavior. L. Cummings and M. Staw (eds), 369-406. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
34. Hambrick, Donald, and Eric Abrahamson 1995 'Assessing managerial discretion across industries: A multimethod approach'. Academy of Management Journal 38/5: 1427-1441.
35. Hannan, Michael, and John Freeman 1989 Organizational ecology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
36. Hickson, David, Richard Butler, David Cray, Geoffrey Mallory, and David Wilson 1986 Top decisions: Strategic decision making in organizations. Oxford: Blackwell.
37. Knights, David, and Glenn Morgan 1991 'Corporate strategy, organizations and subjectivity: A critique'. Organization Studies 12/2: 251-273.
38. Lawrence, Paul, and Jay Lorsch 1967 Organization and environment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
39. Lízal, Lubomír, Miroslav Singer, and Jan Svejnar 1995 'Manager interests, break-ups and performance of state enterprises in transition' in The Czech Republic and the economic transition in eastern Europe. J. Svejnar (ed.), 211-232. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
40. McCabe, Donald, and Jane Dutton 1993 'Making sense of the environment: The role of perceived effectiveness'. Human Relations 46/5: 623-643.
41. McDermott, Gerald 1997 'Renegotiating the ties that bind: The limits of privatization in the Czech Republic' in Restructuring networks in post-socialism: Legacies, linkages and localities. G. Grabher and D. Stark (eds), 70-106. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
42. Meyer, John, and Brian Rowan 1977 'Institutionalized organizations: Formal structure as myth and ceremony'. American Journal of Sociology 83: 340-363.
43. Miles, Robert, and Charles Snow 1978 Organizational strategy, structure and process. New York: McGraw Hill.
44. Milliken, Frances 1990 'Perceiving and interpreting environmental change: An examination of college administrators' interpretation of changing demographics.' Academy of Management Journal 33/1: 42-63.
45. Mintzberg, Henry 1990 'The design school: Reconsidering the basic premises of strategic management'. Strategic Management Journal 11/3: 171-195.
46. Mintzberg, Henry, and James Waters 1985 'Of strategies deliberate and emergent'. Strategic Management Journal 6/3: 257-272.
47. Myant, Martin 1999 'The transformation of Czech enterprises' in Industrial competitiveness in east-central Europe. M. Myant (ed.), 145-169. Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
48. Newman, Karen 2000 'Organizational transformation during institutional upheaval'. Academy of Management Review 25/3: 602-619.
49. Noda, Tomo, and David Collins 2001 'The evolution of intraindustry firm heterogeneity: Insights from a process study.' Academy of Management Journal 44/4: 897-925.
50. Oliver, Christine 1991 'Strategic responses to institutional processes'. Academy of Management Review 16/1: 145-179.
51. Papadakis, Vassilis, Lioukas, Spyros, and David Chambers 1998 'Strategic decision-making processes: The role of management and context'. Strategic Management Journal 19: 115-147.
52. Pettigrew, Andrew 1973 The politics of organisational decision making. London: Tavistock.
53. Pettigrew, Andrew 1987 'Context and action in the transformation of the firm.' Journal of Management Studies 24: 649-670.
54. Richet, Xavier 1993 Transition towards the market in eastern Europe: Privatisation, industrial restructuring and entrepreneurship'. Communist Economies and Economic Transformation 5: 229-243.
55. Sharma, Sanjay 2000 'Managerial interpretations and organizational context as predictors of corporate choice of environmental strategy'. Academy of Management Journal 43/4: 681-697.
56. Smircich, Linda, and Charles Stubbart 1985 'Strategic management in an enacted world'. Academy of Management Review 10/4: 724-736.
57. Soulsby, Anna, and Ed Clark 1996 'The emergence of post-communist management in the Czech Republic'. Organization Studies 17: 227-247.
58. Stark, David 1997 'Recombinant property in east European capitalism' in Restructuring networks in post-socialism: Legacies, linkages and localities. G. Grabber and D. Stark (eds), 35-69. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
59. Stubbart, Charles 1989 'Managerial cognition: A missing link in strategic management research'. Journal of Management Studies 26/4: 325-347.
60. Sutcliffe, Kathleen, and George Huber 1998 'Firm and industry as determinants of executive perceptions of the environment'. Strategic Management Journal 19: 793-807.
61. Thomas, James, Shawn Clark, and Dennis Gioia 1993 'Strategic sensemaking and organizational performance: Linkages among scanning, interpretation, actions and outcomes'. Academy of Management Journal 36: 239-270.
62. Tsoukas, Haridimos, and Christian Knudson 2002 'The conduct of strategy research' in Handbook of Strategy and Management. A. Pettigrew, H. Thomas and R. Whittington (eds), 411-435. London: Sage.
63. Van Maanen, John 1979 'The fact of fiction in organizational ethnography.' Administrative Science Quarterly 24: 539-550.
64. Weick, Karl 1979 The social psychology of organizing. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
65. Weick, Karl 1995 Sensemaking in organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
66. Whitley, Richard, Jeffrey Henderson, Laszlo Czaban, and Gyorgy Lengyel 1996 'Trust and contractual relations in a merging capitalist economy: The changing trading relationships of ten large Hungarian enterprises'. Organization Studies 17/3: 397-420.
67. Whitley, Richard, and Laszlo Czaban 1998 'Institutional transformation and enterprise change in an emergent capitalist economy: The case of Hungary'. Organization Studies 19/2: 259-280.
68. Whittington, Richard 1988 'Environmental structure and theories of strategic choice'. Journal of Management Studies 25: 521-536.
69. Whittington, Richard 2002 'Corporate structure: From policy to practice' in Handbook of Strategy and Management. A. Pettigrew, H. Thomas and R. Whittington (eds), 113-138. London: Sage.
70. Wiersema, Margarethe, and Karen Bantel 1992 'Top management team demography and corporate strategy change'. Academy of Management Journal 35/1: 91-121.
71. Yin, Robert 1994 Case study research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.