Stratejı̇k Karar Alma Üzerı̇nde Çevresel Etkı̇ler: Bı̇r İnceleme ve Araştırma Gündemı̇

Year 2024, , 131 - 156, 30.11.2024

F. Oben Ürü

https://doi.org/10.54733/smar.1553260

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, stratejik karar alma süreci (SKAS) özellikleri üzerindeki çevresel etkileri ortaya koymak ve stratejik karar alma süreci özelliklerinin stratejik kararın uygulama başarısı üzerindeki rolünü belirlemektir. Çalışmanın amacı doğrultusunda, stratejik karar alma sürecinin özellikleri, çevresel determinizm perspektifi ve stratejik kararların uygulama başarısı ile ilgili literatür incelenmiştir. Bu çalışma, SKAS özellikleri üzerindeki çevresel etkilerin ve SKAS özelliklerinin stratejik kararın uygulama başarısındaki rolünün kuramsal temellerini ortaya koymakta ve geliştirilen araştırma önermeleri ışığında kavramsal bir model sunmaktadır. Başka bir deyişle, bu nitel araştırmada metodoloji, literatürün sentezini içermekte ve çevresel faktörlerin SKAS üzerindeki doğrudan etkilerini ve SKAS özelliklerinin stratejik kararların uygulama başarısı üzerindeki rolünü araştıran bir çerçeve önermektedir. Bu çalışma aynı zamanda kuramsallaştırma, metodoloji ve yönetimsel çıkarımlarla ilgili olarak gelecek araştırmalara fayda sağlaması beklenen bir dizi alana değinmektedir.

Keywords

stratejik karar alma süreci, çevresel determinizm perspektifi, dış kontrol, stratejik kararların uygulama başarısı, nitel çalışma

Environmental Influences on Strategic Decision-Making: A Review and Research Agenda

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to reveal the environmental influences on strategic decision-making process (SDMP) characteristics, and to determine role of the strategic decision-making process characteristics on strategic decision’s implementation success. In line with the aim of this study, literature on SDMP characteristics, environmental determinism perspective and strategic decision’s implementation success are reviewed. This paper reveals the theoretical underpinnings of the environmental influences on SDMP characteristics and the role of SDMP characteristics in strategic decision’s implementation success and presents a conceptual model in the light of research propositions developed. In other words, in this qualitative research, the methodology involves a synthesis of literature and proposes a framework that explores the direct effects of environmental factors on SDMP, and the the role of the SDMP characteristics on strategic decisions’ implementation success. This study also addresses a number of areas about theorizing, methodology, and, managerial implications, that is expected to benefit further research.

Keywords

strategic decision-making process, environmental determinism perspective, external control, implementation success of strategic decisions, qualitative study

Ethical Statement

İlgili çalışma etik kurul raporunu gerektirmemektedir.

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