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Article: A multi-level model of group cognitive style in strategic decision making.
- Article from:
- Journal of Managerial Issues
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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Management teams and other groups play a key role in strategic decision making. These groups include top management teams (Hambrick and Mason, 1984), boards of directors (Forbes, 1999; Pettigrew, 1992), and planning task forces (Van de Ven, 1980). The acknowledgement of the importance of groups in strategic decision making has led to a stream of research termed organizational demographics (Hambrick and Mason, 1984). This research focuses on examining the relationships between certain group composition factors and both the strategic decision-making process that is used and ultimately organizational performance (Haleblian and Finkelstein 1993; Hambrick and Mason, 1984; Hurst ...