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H. Igor Ansoff Critical Evaluations in Business and Management 2 vol

Edited by John C Wood, Michael C Wood

Published June 28th 2007 by Routledge – 850 pages

Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

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The visionary theories of H. Igor Ansoff (1918–2002) on strategic business management have inspired worldwide acclaim. Called ‘the father of strategic management’ by Henry Mintzberg, he proposed that long-term profitability for a company results only from a commitment to understanding the political and social fabric of its community.

With a new introduction and extensive bibliography, this two-volume collection provides a thorough critical evaluation of Ansoff’s contributions. It is an invaluable research resource for both student and scholar.

Contents

Volume I

Introduction (John Cunningham Wood, Michael Cunningham Wood)

Annotated Bibliography (Dr Roberta Cowan)

Part One: Ansoff: The Man

1. John Peters (1993) ‘On Gurus (Influential Theorists in the Strategic Management Field)’, Management Decision, 31, 6: 9–13.

2. Jack Williams (2002) ‘H. Igor Ansoff, 83; Educator Drew Worldwide Acclaim’, The San Diego Union Tribune (16 July), 16.

Part Two: Strategic Management

3. Henry Mintzberg and Joseph Lampel (1999) ‘Reflecting on the Strategy Process’, Sloan Management Review, Spr: 21–30.

4. H. I. Ansoff (1958) ‘A Model For Diversification’, Management Science, 4, 4: 392–414.

5. H. Igor Ansoff and Richard C. Brandenberg (1967) ‘A Program of Research in Business Planning’, Management Science, 13, 6, series B, Managerial: B219–B239.

6. Jay W. Forrester (1968) ‘Industrial Dynamics: A Response to Ansoff and Slevin’, Management Science, 14, 9: 601–18.

7. H. I. Ansoff and Richard C. Brandenberg (1971) ‘A Language for Organization Design: Part I’, Management Science, 17, 12, Application Series: B705–B716.

8. H. I. Ansoff and Richard C. Brandenberg (1971) ‘A Language for Organization Design: Part II’, Management Science, 17, 12, Application Series: B717–B731.

9. W. M. A. Brooker (1972) ‘On Concepts of Organizational Language’, Management Science, 19, 4, Application Series, Part 1: 464–6.

10. H. Igor Ansoff (1973) ‘Management in Transition’, in T. C. Board (ed.), Challenge to Leadership: Managing in a Changing World (New York: The Free Press), pp. 22–63.

11. H. Igor Ansoff (1975) ‘Managing Strategic Surprise by Response to Weak Signals’, California Management Review, 18, 2: 21–33.

12. J. I. Moore (1992) ‘Igor Ansoff’, Writers on Strategy and Strategic Management: The Theory of Strategy and the Practice of Strategic Management at Enterprise, Corporate, Business and Functional Levels (Harmondsworth: Penguin), pp. 15–33.

13. Gerald Watts, Jason Cope, and Michael Hulme (1998) ‘Ansoff’s Matrix, Pain and Gain Growth Strategies and Adaptive Learning Among Small Food Producers’, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 4, 2: 101–11.

14. Ilmari O. Nikander and Eero Eloranta (2001) ‘Project Management by Early Warnings’, International Journal of Project Management, 19, 7: 385–99.

15. Henry Mintzberg (1990) ‘The Design School: Reconsidering the Basic Premises of Strategic Management’, Strategic Management Journal, 11, 3: 171–95.

16. H. Igor Ansoff (1991) ‘Critique of Henry Mintzberg’s "The Design School: Reconsidering the Basic Premises of Strategic Management"’, Strategic Management Journal, 12, 6: 449–61.

17. Henry Mintzberg (1991) ‘Learning 1, Planning 0: Reply to Igor Ansoff’, Strategic Management Journal, 12, 6: 463–6.

18. Terence P. Osburn and Deborah L. Klimaszewski (2005) ‘The Future of Quality in Indianapolis’, Quality Progress, 38, 10: 39–44.

19. George S. Yip (1982) ‘Diversification Entry: Internal Development Versus Acquisition’, Strategic Management Journal, 3, 4: 331–45.

20. Richard P. Rumelt, Dan Schendel, and David J. Teece (1991) ‘Strategic Management and Economics’, Strategic Management Journal, 12: 5–29

21. Michael E. Porter (1991) ‘Towards a Dynamic Theory of Strategy’, Strategic Management Journal, 12: 95–117.

22. Michael E Porter (1996) ‘What is Strategy?’, Harvard Business Review, 74, 6: 61–78.

23. Henry Mintzberg (1971) ‘Managerial Work: Analysis from Observation’, Management Science, 18, 2, Application series: B97–B110.

24. Henry Mintzberg (1978) ‘Patterns in Strategy Formation’, Management Science, 24, 9: 934–48.

25. Henry Mintzberg (1987) ‘Crafting Strategy’, Harvard Business Review, 65, 4: 66–75.

26. Henry Mintzberg (1993) ‘Twenty-five Years Later … The Illusive Strategy’, in A. G. Bedeian (ed.), Management Laureates: Collection of Autobiographical Essays (vol. 2), pp. 321–74 (Stamford CT: JAI Press).

27. Henry Mintzberg (1994) ‘The Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning’, Harvard Business Review, 72, 1: 107–14.

28. Paul Meising and Joseph Wolfe (1985) ‘The Art and Science of Planning at the Business Unit Level’, Management Science, 31, 6: 773–81.

29. John C. Camillus and Deepak K. Datta (1991) ‘Managing Strategic Issues in a Turbulent Environment’, Long Range Planning, 24, 2: 67–74.

30. William P. Barnett and Robert A. Burgelman (1996) ‘Evolutionary Perspectives on Strategy’, Strategic Management Journal, 17: 5–19.

31. V. K. Narayanan and Liam Fahey (1982) ‘The Micro-Politics of Strategy Formulation’, Academy of Management Review, 7, 1: 25–34.

32. Jane E. Dutton and Robert B. Duncan (1987) ‘The Creation of Momentum for Change Through the Process of Strategic Issue Diagnosis’, Strategic Management Journal, 8, 3: 279–95.

33. J. G. Wissema, H.W van der Pol, and H. M. Messer (1980) ‘Strategic Management Archetypes’, Strategic Management Journal, 1, 1: 37–47.

34. Peter J. Williamson (1999) ‘Strategy as Options on the Future’, Sloan Management Review: 117–26.

Volume II

Part Three: Strategy Reflecting the Organization

35. Ellen Earle Chaffee (1985) ‘Three Models of Strategy’, Academy of Management Review, 10, 1: 89–98.

36. Carl Shapiro (1989) ‘The Theory of Business Strategy’, Rand Journal of Economics, 20, 1: 125–37.

Part Four: Strategy and Information

37. Russell L. Ackoff (1967) ‘Management Misinformation Systems’, Management Science, 14, 4: B147–B156.

38. Peter H. Antoniou and H. Igor Ansoff (2004) ‘Strategic Management of Technology’, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 16, 2: 275–91.

Part Five: Case Studies

39. H. Kurt Christensen and Cynthia A. Montgomery (1981) ‘Corporate Economic Performance: Diversification Strategy Versus Market Structure’, Strategic Management Journal, 2, 4: 327–43.

40. Liam Fahey (1981) ‘On Strategic Management Decision Processes’, Strategic Management Journal, 2, 1: 43–60.

41. David B. Jemison (1987) ‘Risk and the Relationship Among Strategy, Organizational Processes, and Performance’, Management Science, 33, 9: 1087–101.

42. Eli Segev (1987) ‘Strategy, Strategy Making and Performance: An Empirican Investigation’, Management Science, 33, 2: 258–69.

43. Gary Hamel and C .K. Prahalad (1989) ‘Strategic Intent’, Harvard Business Review, 67, 3: 63–76.

44. Michael Goold (1992) ‘Design, Learning and Planning: A Further Observation on the Design School Debate’, Strategic Management Journal, 13, 2: 169–70.

45. George Stalk, Philip Evans, and Lawrence E. Shulman (1992) ‘Competing on Capabilities: The New Rules of Corporate Strategy’, Harvard Business Review, 70, 2, pp. 57–69.

46. Sonny Nwankwo and Bill Richardson (1996) ‘Quality Management Through Visionary Leadership’, Managing Service Quality, 6, 4: 44–7.

Part Six: Strategic Thinking: The Past

47. Edward H. Bowman (1990) ‘Strategy Changes: Possible Worlds and Actual Minds’, in J. W. Frederickson (ed.), Perspectives on Strategic Management (New York: Harper Business), pp. 9–37.

48. Donald C. Hambrick (1990) ‘The Adolescents of Strategic Management, 1980–1985: Critical Perceptions and Reality’, in J. W. Frederickson (ed.), Perspectives on Strategic Management (New York: Harper Business), pp. 237–53.

49. Bruce E. Kaufman (2001) ‘The Theory and Practice of Strategic HRM and Participative Management: Antecedents in Early Industrial Relations’, Human Resource Management Review, 11, 4: 505–33.

Part Seven: Strategic Management: The Future Considered

50. Francisco J. Arcelus and Norbert V. Schaefer (1982) ‘Social Demands as Strategic Issues: Some Conceptual Problems’, Strategic Management Journal, 3, 4: 347–57.

51. Richard Reed and George A. Luffman (1986) ‘Diversification: The Growing Confusion’, Strategic Management Journal, 7, 1: 29–35.

52. Ari Ginsberg (1988) ‘Measuring and Modelling Changes in Strategy: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Directions’, Strategic Management Journal, 9, 6: 559–75.

53. Alan E. Singer (1994) ‘Strategy as Moral Philosophy’, Strategic Management Journal, 15, 3: 191–213.

54. Gary Hamel (1996) ‘Strategy as Revolution’, Harvard Business Review, 74, 4: 69–71, 74–82.

55. Henry Mintzberg (1996) ‘Musings on Management’, Harvard Business Review, 74, 4: 62–7.

56. Raymond Caldwell (2005) ‘Things Fall Apart? Discourses on Agency and Change in Organizations’, Human Relations, 58, 1: 83–114.

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