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An Emerging Strategy of "Direct" Research.
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Mintzberg, Henry – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1979
Discusses seven basic themes that underlie the author's "direct research" activities. These themes include reliance on research based on description and induction instead of prescription and deduction, and the measurement of many elements in real settings, supported by anecdote, instead of few variables in perceptual terms from a…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Organizations (Groups), Research Methodology
Strategy Formation in an Adhocracy.
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Mintzberg, Henry; McHugh, Alexandra – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
This paper identifies and tracks the strategies pursued by a single-project organization, the National Film Board, across almost four decades of its history. Findings focus on three themes: the emergent nature of the organization's strategies, its cycles of behavior, and the organization's quest for "adhocracy." (TE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, National Organizations, Organizational Change
The Structure of "Unstructured" Decision Processes
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Mintzberg, Henry; And Others – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1976
The structure underlying "unstructured" processes is described in terms of 12 elements: 3 central phases, 3 sets of supporting routines, and 6 sets of dynamic factors. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Models, Organization, Organizations (Groups)