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  • 1.  Perceptual Measures of Strategy

    Posted 05-19-2011 06:23

    Hi all,

     

    I have a DBA student that is interested in examining how mid-level managers perceive differences in strategy (business-level strategy, product range or networking) between an acquiring firm and an acquired firm.  Any suggestions?

     

    Thanks,   

     

    Michael Young

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management

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    Phone (852) 3411 7565

    Fax (852) 3411 5583

    http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~bus/busstafflist/cvstaff.php?peopleid=167

     



  • 2.  Perceptual Measures of Strategy

    Posted 05-19-2011 20:55

    Michael

    Your student might like to consider using George Kelly's Personal Construct Theory and the associated 'repertory grid'  which provides an effective way to elicit from managers their constructs relating to aspects of strategy (and other things).  It is good for idiographic work and there are techniques available for looking at the way small groups think about issues. Dr Robert Wright at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has written on this and I would be happy to talk to the student if that helped.

    Regards

    Errol Muir

    Adjunct Professor

    School of Management, RMIT University

    Melbourne

    Phone 61 418 334 371

     

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    Hi all,

     

    I have a DBA student that is interested in examining how mid-level managers perceive differences in strategy (business-level strategy, product range or networking) between an acquiring firm and an acquired firm.  Any suggestions?

     

    Thanks,   

     

    Michael Young

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management

    Hong Kong Baptist University

    Phone (852) 3411 7565

    Fax (852) 3411 5583

    http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~bus/busstafflist/cvstaff.php?peopleid=167