"Books and articles come and go, endlessly. But a few do stick, and this
book is such a one. Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process
broke fresh ground in the understanding of strategy at a time when
thinking about strategy was still in its early days, and it has not been
displaced since."
--David J. Hickson, Emeritus Professor of International Management &
Organization, University of Bradford School of Management
Originally published in 1978, Organizational Strategy, Structure, and
Process became an instant classic, as it bridged the formerly separate
fields of strategic management and organizational behavior. In this
Stanford Business Classics reissue, noted strategy scholar Donald
Hambrick provides a new introduction that describes the book's
contribution to the field of organization studies. Miles and Snow also
contribute new introductory material to update the book's central
concepts and themes.
Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process focuses on how
organizations adapt to their environments. The book introduced a
theoretical framework composed of a dynamic adaptive cycle and an
empirically based strategy typology showing four different types of
adaptation. This framework helped to define subsequent research by other
scholars on important topics such as configurational analysis,
organizational fit, strategic human resource management, and multi-firm
network organizations.
