A process-based perspective on strategic planning : the role of alternative generation and information integration

Philip Meissner

To help bridge the gap between the emergent and rational school of strategy formation, I analyze the role of alternative generation and information integration as two process-based characteristics of the strategy process in the relationship between strategic planning and decision quality. Based on a survey of 155 top executives from German small and medium-sized companies, I show that the degree to which multiple alternatives are developed and information is integrated in the planning process mediates a large proportion of the relationship between strategic planning and decision quality. This suggests that a closer analysis of process characteristics in the analysis of strategic planning may help mitigate the divergent results in strategic planning research.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Meissner, Philip
Published in:	Business research. - Heidelberg : Springer, ISSN 2198-2627, ZDB-ID 2426376-X. - Vol. 7.2014, 1, p. 105-124
Subject:	Strategic planning \| Alternative generation \| Information integration \| Decision quality \| Strategy process \| Planned emergence \| Process-based characteristics \| Strategy process outcome \| Strategisches Management \| Strategic management \| Prozessmanagement \| Business process management \| Unternehmensplanung \| Corporate planning \| Entscheidung \| Decision