Strategy Making and the Search for Authenticity |
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Authors: | Jeanne Liedtka |
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Institution: | (1) Darden Business School, University of Virginia, Box 6550, Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550, USA |
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Abstract: | Recent work in the business ethics field has called attention to the promise inherent in the concept of authenticity for enriching
the ways we think about core issues at the intersection of management ethics and practice, like moral character, ethical choices,
leadership, and corporate social responsibility Driver, 2006; Jackson, 2005; Ladkin, 2006]. In this paper, I aim to extend
these contributions by focusing on authenticity in relation to a set of organizational processes related to strategy making;
most specifically an organization’s strategic intent, arguing that these provide an ideal venue for particularising this exploration,
as they represent the key processes through which an organization defines the self it aspires to be. In order to do this,
I examine specifically what a shift from “business as usual” to the search for the creation of a more authentic corporate
self might look like in practice, contending that such a shift offers the possibility for improving both the moral good and
the business outcomes of an institution simultaneously. I conclude with assessment of the risks inherent in undertaking such
a search for more authentic strategic intention in business organizations today. |
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Keywords: | strategy authenticity collaboration Heidegger |
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