BibTex RIS Cite

A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM

Year 2016, , 125 - 138, 01.06.2016
https://doi.org/10.19129/sbad.301

Abstract

Ten strategy schools developed by Mintzberg and accepted in strategic management literature have variously contributed to the studies in the field of strategy since 1960s. These schools which contribute to the field of strategic management with the help of different points of view and the concepts they put forward are analyzed under two categories as prescriptive schools and descriptive schools. Learning school which is handled by this study is among descriptive schools; and the sentence which explains the philosophy of the school is “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. (Mintzberg, Ahlstrand and Lampel, 1998, p.355). First representative of the learning school is Charles Lindblom, an economist. Then, James Brian Quinn, K.E. Weick and Henry Mintzberg have contributed to the development of this school with the help of their studies. This study aims at asserting whether or not theorists are consciously/unconsciously affected by their own lives and experiences in their studies of suggesting or developing theories. With reference to the biographies of Lindblom and Mintzberg who are among the writers contributing to the emergence of the school, their lives and contributions to the school will be analyzed and it has been researched whether or not there are similarities between the lives of these two writers and the concepts which they contribute to.

References

  • Chaffe, E.E. (1985),“Three Models of Strategy”, Academy of Management Review. 10.1, 89-98.
  • Bakoğlu, R. ve Özcan, E. (2010), “İşletme Düzeyinde Strateji Paradokslarının Mintzberg‟in On Stratejik Yönetim Okulu Açısından Değerlendirilmesi”, Öneri Dergisi, 9.34, 57-69.
  • Barca, M.(2005), “Stratejik Yönetim Düşüncesinin Evrimi: Bilimsel Bir Disiplinin Oluşma Hikâyesi”, Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt:5, Sayı:1.
  • Darity, W.A. (2008), International Encyclopedia of TheSocialSciences, 2nd Edition, s. 452-454.
  • http://homepages.rpi.edu/~woodhe/docs/Lindblom%20in%20Intl%20Ency%20Soc% 20Sci.pdf
  • Dinçer, Ö. (1998), Stratejik Yönetim ve İşletme Politikası,Beta Basım, İstanbul.(5.Baskı)
  • Heijden, K.(1996), “Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation”, John WileyandSons, Chichester. s.23-52.
  • Kipley,D. (2009), “A TricotomicExamination of the Planning School Learning School, andPositioning School RelativetoAchieving Optimal Financial Performance in DiscontinuousEnvironmentalTurbulenceLevels”, Journal of Management Research, 1.2, 1-16.
  • Quaye, I.,A. Oesi, A. Sarbah ve E. Abrokwah (2015), “TheApplicability of the Learning School Model of StrategyFormulation (StrategyFormulation as an EmergentProcess)”. Open Journal of Buisnessand Management, 3, 135-154.
  • Lindblom, C.E. (1959), “TheScience of „Muddling Through‟”, Public Administration Review, 19: 79-88.
  • Lindblom, C. E.(1968), “ThePolicy-MakingProcess” , EnglewoodCliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall.
  • Lindblom, C. E. (1979), “StillMuddling, Not Yet Through”, Public Administration Review, November/December, s. 517-526.
  • Mintzberg, H.(1993), TheIllusiveStrategy....25 YearsLater, Arthur Bedeian Management Laureates: A Collection of AutobiographicalEssays,(JAI Press, Volume II).
  • Erişim: http://www.mintzberg.org/sites/default/files/page/25years.pdf
  • Mintzberg, H. (1978a), “Patterns in StrategyFormation”, Management Science, 24.9, 934-948.
  • Mintzberg, H.(1978b), Ten YearsLater: SomePersonalReflections on Management andMethodology (WorkingPaper, l978)
  • Mintzberg, H. (1990),StrategyFormation: Schools of Thought. J.W. Fredericson (Ed.), Perspectives on Strategic Management: 105-235. London: HarperBusiness.
  • Mintzberg, H. ve J. Lampel(1999), “Reflecting on theStrategyProcess”,Sloan Management Review. 40.3, 21-30.
  • Mintzberg, H. , B.Ahlstrand ve J. Lampel(1998), Strategy Safari: A GuidedTour Through TheWilds of Strategic Management. TheFreePress ,New York.
  • Özdemirci, A.(2010), “Strateji Sürecinin Planlılık Düzeyi, Liderlik Stilleri ve Çevresel Koşulların Örgütsel Uyumlanma Üzerindeki Etkisi: İso‟ya Bağlı İşletmeler Üzerinde Bir Araştırma”, Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
  • Pindur, W., S.E. Rogers ve P.S. Kim (1995), “TheHistory of Management: A Global Perspective”, Journal of Management History, 1.1, 59-77.
  • Sarvan, F., Arıcı, E., Özen, J., Özdemir, B., İçigen, T.(2003). “On Stratejik Yönetim Okulu: Biçimleşme Okulunun Bütünleştirici Çerçevesi”. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi, 6. 73-122.
  • Wrapp, H.E. (1967), “GoodManagersDon‟tMakePolicyDecisions”, Harvard Business Review, 45.5, 91-99.
  • Whittington, R.(2001), What is strategyanddoes it matter? London: FerdinnandPageworks.
  • https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=PP6IMSkbYWoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=W hat+is+strategy+and+does+it+matter%3F&hl=tr&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepa ge&q=What%20is%20strategy%20and%20does%20it%20matter%3F&f=false

A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM

Year 2016, , 125 - 138, 01.06.2016
https://doi.org/10.19129/sbad.301

Abstract

Mintzberg tarafından geliştirilen ve stratejik yönetim yazınında kabul gören on strateji okulu 1960‟lardan günümüze kadar strateji alanındaki çalışmalara çeşitli şekillerde katkı sağlamışlardır. Stratejik yönetim alanına farklı bakış açılarıyla ve ortaya attıkları kavramlarla katkı sağlayan bu okullar öngörücü okullar (prescriptiveschools ve tanımlayıcı okullar (descriptiveschools) olarak iki ana başlık altında incelenmektedir. Çalışmaya konu olan öğrenme okulu tanımlayıcı okullar arasında yer almakta olup okulun felsefesini açıklayan cümle ise; “İlkinde başarılı olamadıysan,denemekten vazgeçme” (If at firstyoudon’tsucceed, try, tryagain) dir (Mintzberg, Ahlstrand ve Lampel,1998, s.355).Öğrenme Okulu‟nun ilk temsilcisi ekonomist Charles Lindblom‟dur. Daha sonraları James BrianQuinn, K.E. Weick ve Henry Mintzberg‟in çalışmaları okulun gelişmesine katkı sağlamışlardır. Çalışmanın amacı, teorisyenlerin, teori ortaya koyma ya da geliştirme çalışmalarında bilinçli/bilinçsiz kendi hayatlarından, yaşadıkları olaylardan etkilenip etkilenmediklerini ortaya koymaktır. Okulun ortaya çıkmasını sağlayan ya da katkıda bulunan yazarlardan Lindblom ve Mintzberg‟in biyografilerinden hareketle yaşamları ve okula sağladıkları katkıları irdelenecek olup, bu iki yazarın hayatları ile katkıda bulundukları kavramlar arasındaki benzerlikler olup olmadığı araştırılmıştır.

References

  • Chaffe, E.E. (1985),“Three Models of Strategy”, Academy of Management Review. 10.1, 89-98.
  • Bakoğlu, R. ve Özcan, E. (2010), “İşletme Düzeyinde Strateji Paradokslarının Mintzberg‟in On Stratejik Yönetim Okulu Açısından Değerlendirilmesi”, Öneri Dergisi, 9.34, 57-69.
  • Barca, M.(2005), “Stratejik Yönetim Düşüncesinin Evrimi: Bilimsel Bir Disiplinin Oluşma Hikâyesi”, Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt:5, Sayı:1.
  • Darity, W.A. (2008), International Encyclopedia of TheSocialSciences, 2nd Edition, s. 452-454.
  • http://homepages.rpi.edu/~woodhe/docs/Lindblom%20in%20Intl%20Ency%20Soc% 20Sci.pdf
  • Dinçer, Ö. (1998), Stratejik Yönetim ve İşletme Politikası,Beta Basım, İstanbul.(5.Baskı)
  • Heijden, K.(1996), “Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation”, John WileyandSons, Chichester. s.23-52.
  • Kipley,D. (2009), “A TricotomicExamination of the Planning School Learning School, andPositioning School RelativetoAchieving Optimal Financial Performance in DiscontinuousEnvironmentalTurbulenceLevels”, Journal of Management Research, 1.2, 1-16.
  • Quaye, I.,A. Oesi, A. Sarbah ve E. Abrokwah (2015), “TheApplicability of the Learning School Model of StrategyFormulation (StrategyFormulation as an EmergentProcess)”. Open Journal of Buisnessand Management, 3, 135-154.
  • Lindblom, C.E. (1959), “TheScience of „Muddling Through‟”, Public Administration Review, 19: 79-88.
  • Lindblom, C. E.(1968), “ThePolicy-MakingProcess” , EnglewoodCliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall.
  • Lindblom, C. E. (1979), “StillMuddling, Not Yet Through”, Public Administration Review, November/December, s. 517-526.
  • Mintzberg, H.(1993), TheIllusiveStrategy....25 YearsLater, Arthur Bedeian Management Laureates: A Collection of AutobiographicalEssays,(JAI Press, Volume II).
  • Erişim: http://www.mintzberg.org/sites/default/files/page/25years.pdf
  • Mintzberg, H. (1978a), “Patterns in StrategyFormation”, Management Science, 24.9, 934-948.
  • Mintzberg, H.(1978b), Ten YearsLater: SomePersonalReflections on Management andMethodology (WorkingPaper, l978)
  • Mintzberg, H. (1990),StrategyFormation: Schools of Thought. J.W. Fredericson (Ed.), Perspectives on Strategic Management: 105-235. London: HarperBusiness.
  • Mintzberg, H. ve J. Lampel(1999), “Reflecting on theStrategyProcess”,Sloan Management Review. 40.3, 21-30.
  • Mintzberg, H. , B.Ahlstrand ve J. Lampel(1998), Strategy Safari: A GuidedTour Through TheWilds of Strategic Management. TheFreePress ,New York.
  • Özdemirci, A.(2010), “Strateji Sürecinin Planlılık Düzeyi, Liderlik Stilleri ve Çevresel Koşulların Örgütsel Uyumlanma Üzerindeki Etkisi: İso‟ya Bağlı İşletmeler Üzerinde Bir Araştırma”, Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
  • Pindur, W., S.E. Rogers ve P.S. Kim (1995), “TheHistory of Management: A Global Perspective”, Journal of Management History, 1.1, 59-77.
  • Sarvan, F., Arıcı, E., Özen, J., Özdemir, B., İçigen, T.(2003). “On Stratejik Yönetim Okulu: Biçimleşme Okulunun Bütünleştirici Çerçevesi”. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi, 6. 73-122.
  • Wrapp, H.E. (1967), “GoodManagersDon‟tMakePolicyDecisions”, Harvard Business Review, 45.5, 91-99.
  • Whittington, R.(2001), What is strategyanddoes it matter? London: FerdinnandPageworks.
  • https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=PP6IMSkbYWoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=W hat+is+strategy+and+does+it+matter%3F&hl=tr&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepa ge&q=What%20is%20strategy%20and%20does%20it%20matter%3F&f=false
There are 25 citations in total.

Details

Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Mehtap Aras

Publication Date June 1, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016

Cite

APA Aras, M. (2016). A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11(2), 125-138. https://doi.org/10.19129/sbad.301
AMA Aras M. A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM. SBAD. June 2016;11(2):125-138. doi:10.19129/sbad.301
Chicago Aras, Mehtap. “A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 11, no. 2 (June 2016): 125-38. https://doi.org/10.19129/sbad.301.
EndNote Aras M (June 1, 2016) A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 11 2 125–138.
IEEE M. Aras, “A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM”, SBAD, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 125–138, 2016, doi: 10.19129/sbad.301.
ISNAD Aras, Mehtap. “A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 11/2 (June 2016), 125-138. https://doi.org/10.19129/sbad.301.
JAMA Aras M. A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM. SBAD. 2016;11:125–138.
MLA Aras, Mehtap. “A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 11, no. 2, 2016, pp. 125-38, doi:10.19129/sbad.301.
Vancouver Aras M. A BIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO LEARNING SCHOOL: A STUDY on MINTZBERG and LINDBLOM. SBAD. 2016;11(2):125-38.


Creative Commons Lisansı
Bu eser Creative Commons Atıf 4.0 Uluslararası Lisansı ile lisanslanmıştır.