Mintzberg's Schools of Strategic Management - Explained
What are Mintzberg's School of Strategic Management?
Written by J. Mance Gordon
Updated at April 21st, 2024
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What are Mintzberg’s Schools of Strategic Management?
Prof. Henry Mintzberg proposed that the practice of strategic management observes three main perspectives (or ―streams). Within these streams there are a total of ten different schools of thought concerning how strategist perceive the creation of strategy.
- The Prescriptive Perspective
- Prescriptive Design School
- Planning School
- Positioning School
- The Describing Perspective
- Entrepreneurial School
- Cognitive School
- Learning School
- Power School
- Cultural School
- Environmental School
- The Configuration Perspective
- Configuration School
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- Design School
- Planning School
- Positioning School
- Entrepreneurial School
- Cognitive School
- Learning School
- Power School
- Culture School
- Environmental School
- Configuration School
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- Business Activity Monitoring
- Gap Analysis
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