Everyday Strategic Preparedness

The Role of Practical Wisdom in Organization

By: Matt Statler, Johan Roos

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Hardcover | 15 August 2007 | Edition Number 1

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In a world characterized by increased complexity and uncertainty, organizations today struggle to be strategically prepared for unexpected change. Of course, the strategist's job has traditionally involved an attempt to anticipate changes in the environment and to develop capabilities that will allow the organization to continue to thrive under new and different circumstances. But what if change cannot be anticipated with any degree of certainty? And what if change is so complex that its effects and implications can never be fully understood, much less anticipated? What, if anything, can organizations do to become more strategically prepared for unexpected change? This book explores the overall response to these difficult questions and argues that people in organizations become more strategically prepared for the unexpected when they cultivate practical wisdom.

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List of Figures	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Background and Motivation	p. 1
Strategy and Unexpected Change	p. 11
An Ontological Shift	p. 13
Static Ontology	p. 14
Dynamic Ontology	p. 16
Defining the Problem	p. 21
The Problem in Practice	p. 25
The Infinite Need for Preparedness	p. 27
The Unthinkable	p. 32
The Impossible	p. 35
Dealing with the Practical Problem	p. 39
Strategy 1 - Lower the Level of Threat	p. 39
Strategy 2 - Optimize Resources	p. 41
Facing Tactical Risks	p. 45
Tactical Risk 1 - Diminishing Returns	p. 46
Tactical Risk 2 - Blowback	p. 50
Tactical Risk 3 - Squander	p. 55
Zones of 'Acceptable' Risk	p. 60
Making Value Judgments	p. 65
Re-framing the Strategic Response to Unexpected Change	p. 69
A Genealogy of Practical Wisdom	p. 73
Ancient Roots	p. 73
Modern Vestiges	p. 11
An Interpretative Framework	p. 85
The Balance Theory	p. 86
A Dynamic Model	p. 90
Reflecting on the Model: Implications	p. 99
Developing Practically Wise Habits	p. 103
On the Front Lines: The Center for Castastrophe Preparedness and Response (CCPR) at New York University (NYU)	p. 107
Storytelling: 'A Million Casualties'	p. 109
Dialogue with Diverse Groups	p. 110
Integrated Experience	p. 111
First-order Reflections: Learning from the Front Line	p. 114
Second-order Reflections: Encouraging the Habit	p. 115
The Importance of Play in Organizations	p. 119
Again, Ancient Roots	p. 119
Again, Modern Vestiges: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence	p. 122
Play and Practical Wisdom	p. 125
Seeking New Directions in Management Education	p. 127
Practical Wisdom as Everyday Strategic Preparedness	p. 135
Reflecting on the Field of Management and Organization Studies	p. 137
Recommendations for the Field of Preparedness	p. 147
The Front Lines	p. 147
Business Leaders and Strategists	p. 148
Management Education and Training	p. 150
Organizing in a Complex and Uncertain World	p. 151
References	p. 153
Index	p. 167
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