Mintzberg's Environmental School by Kathleen Magaliao & Mark Allen Rabago, University of the Philippines

1. Environmental
School of
Thought
Magaliao, Kathleen Irah B.
Rabago, Mark Allen
BA 190 - Strategic Management
University of the Philippines
Prof. Mita Angela M. Dimalanta

2. Minztberg’s
10Schools0f
Thought
(Kotelnikov, V. ,n.d. )
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ARITHMEPIC
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REACTIVE
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5. ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
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•Environment is defined as all elements that exist
outside the boundary of the organization and have
the potential to affect all or part of the
organization
•Environment is an actor, rather than a factor
•A reactive process
•Strategy as a response

6. Premises(Mintzberg, et al,1998)
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• The environment, presenting itself to the organization as a set of
general forces, is the central actor in the strategy making process.
• The organization must respond to these forces, or else be "selected
out."
• Leadership thus becomes a passive element for purposes of reading
the
environment and ensuring proper adaptation by the organization.
• Organizations end up clustering together in distinct ecological type
niches, positions where they remain until resources become scarce
or conditions too hostile. Then they die.

7. Origins of the thought
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•Biology
-adaptability and survivability
•Highly related to:
contingency theory,
the situational leadership
population ecology.

8. Limitations and Contribution
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•Contribution
•Gives a general role of the environment in strategy
formulation
•Limitations:
“It all depends”
Lack of emphasis on choice
Vague definition of environment

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VOLATILE
lALITE
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10. CONTINGENCY
THEORY
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•Stability
• Complexity
• Market diversity
• Hostility
POPULATION
ECOLOGY
•Adaptation
•Choice
•Survival

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SITUATION
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12. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP
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POLICY
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References
Minztberg, H., B. Ahlastrand and J. Lampel. (1998). Strategy Safari: A guided tour
through the wilds of Strategic management. pg 285-300. The Free Press. New York.
Mintzberg’s Ten Schools of Thought about Strategy Formation. (n.d.). Retrieved
September 9, 2016, from http://opentuition.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/group-
documents/23/1271485643-
MINTZBERGTENSCHOOLOFTHOUGHTFORSTRATEGYFORMATION.pdf
Kotelnikov, V. (n.d.) Ten Major Strategic Management Schools: A Comparative Analysis.
Accessed from
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/mgmt_inex_stategy_10schools.html.
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