Pdf implications of theory and research on strategic leadership. Strategic leadership competencies involve issues commonly addressed by. Not all leadership requires a forward view to be effective. The relationship between strategic leadership and strategic alignment in highperforming companies in south africa by lorraine wendy lear submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of doctor of business leadership at the university of south africa graduate school of business leadership promoter professor ernst neuland. This paper aims to provide an understanding of the nature and dimensions of strategic leadership.
As we discussed in the example of tdindustries, the employees were invested in. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. The effect of strategic leadership on the performance of. Ab this book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. Our title, becoming a strategic leader, underscores a central les son weve learned in this work. The book is a tribute to the success of hambricks upper echelons research agenda from a demographic perspective. Influence of strategic leadership style on academic. Four strategic leadership patterns are identified through facet analysis using the smallest space analysis technique. Strategic leadership has an impact on organizationwide outcomes, such as the financial performance of a small manufacturing company or the strategic change of a large strategic leadership 299 11rowe45233.
First, call a moratorium on the use of demographic variables as surrogates for psychosocial constructs. Chatmanc, margaret lapizd, william selfc a graduate school of business, stanford university, united states b leavey school of business, santa clara university, united states c haas school of business, university of california, united states. Strategic leadership refers to a managers potential to express a strategic vision for the organization, or a part of the organization, and to motivate and persuade others to acquire that vision. Finkelstein 1987 imply that the amount of discretion enjoyed by top managers will moderate the relationship between their strategic choices and organizational outcomes.
Strategic leadership, is an ability by the leader to anticipate, prepare and position for the future. In this regard, since strategic leadership is a requirement for an organisations success, firms competing in the 21 st. The relationship between strategic leadership and strategic alignment in highperforming companies in south africa by. Theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards by finkelstein, hambrick and canella. Strategic leadership is unrelated to the size of the organisation, but is more likely to occur in a turbulent business environment. Post doctoral fellow, london business school, sussex place, regents park, london, nw1 4sa, uk tel. It involves managing through subordinates, and helps organisations to cope.
The chapter traces the historical ebbs and flows in scholarly interest in senior leaders, and it elaborates on the. Its about a process of neverending individual, team, and organizational learning. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Theory and research on executives, top management teams. He is also faculty director of the flagship tuck executive program, as well as a consultant for companies around the world. Hughes and katherine colarelli beatty isbn 0787968676.
Likewise hughes and beatty 2005, note that strategic leadership leads to achievement of the objectives of the organization. The context is that so many of my clients are being challenged to think more strategically and be less operational in their focus to become more than just leaders. The 10 top leadership books to read updated 2019 cmoe. An introduction to strategic leadership leadership. Strategic work takes place over long periods of time. Below, cmoe has compiled a list of the 10 top leadership books to help teach your. The strategic leader operates with a farreaching timetable, integrating shortterm results and a longterm focus. The taxonomy is developed empirically using data from 27 business cases. Theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards bert cannella, sydney finkelstein, and donald c. This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic. Theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards, authorsydney finkelstein and donald c. Theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards. Strategic leadership is the ability to influence others to make decisions for the longterm success of the company. A thorough, indepth treatment of strategic leadership that highlights knowledge creation and practical insight.
It is therefore the capability of the leadership to keep on reinventing motives for the organizations sustained presence. Pdf strategic leadership of corporate sustainability. It considers the nature of strategy in its broadest sense and puts forward a model of a. The general objective of this study was to investigate the influence of strategic leadership on the implementation of strategy in the commercial banks in kenya. The most important contribution of this study is based on the testing of successful. Leadership researchers strategic management define as a complex process that includes thinking, action and influence skills through the organizations longterm prosperity beatty and quinn, 2002. Introduction to strategic leadership 3 in strategic leadership, we will help you develop that bigpicture understanding of how to guide your actions. Using a handbook for strategic planning, the senior leadership team can complete most of the. Integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations.
Concepts, skills, style and process article pdf available in journal of management development 101. The authors have been at the forefront of research and writing in this field. Strategic leadership can also be defined as utilizing strategy in the management of employees. Product differentiation and cost management were also directly linked to strategic leadership. Several leadership styles are relevant to strategic leadership, particularly those that focus on leader behavior and that have. Article information, pdf download for strategic leadership. But we will also encourage you to take responsibility and initiative for how you implement those strategies on a daytoday tactical level. The book synthesizes what is known about strategic leadership and indicates new research directions.
These tmt positions, commonly referred to as chief sustainability officers, have found their way into the upper echelons of many of the worlds largest. Strategic leadership definition and qualities of a. The effects of leaders alignment on strategy implementation charles a. And also for further studies, to identify the effects of leadership styles on firm performance more precisely, the number of leadership styles may be increased. Developing strategic leadership competency is a distinct area of leadership development. A good leadership strategy takes all of these factors into account. In affirmation to this argument, kirimi and minja 2010 observe that strategic leadership is no doubt important to all organizations.
Effect of strategic leadership styles on firm performance. It describes how the domain of strategic leadership fits with, but is still distinct from, the prevailing literature on leadership. This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. We suggest that strategic leadership theory researchers should do four things. Strategic leadership and corporate sustainability have recently come together in conspicuously explicit fashion through the emergence of top management team tmt positions with dedicated corporate sustainability responsibilities.
Professor finkelstein has conducted extensive research on strategic. Quality leadership tql coordinators, and strategic planning facilitators in leading the strategic management process. This chapter provides an overview of the important effects that top executives have on organizational outcomesboth strategy and performance. Relationship between strategic leadership and school. Theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards bert cannella. It is different from the general notion of leadership which is more concerned with the leadership of direct subordinates and work groups 1.
Strategic leadership top executives and their effects on organizations. This paper examines the phenomenon of strategic leadership of organizations, and presents a taxonomy through which it can be studied. Strategic leadership management oxford bibliographies. By leaving out connected leadership and leadership culture, we have overlooked what makes leadership come alive in organizations and the factors that often determine whether strategies and plans will actually be achieved. Developing a leadership strategy a critical ingredient for. Readers wanting to know more about leadership, even strategic leadership from perspectives other than demography, will have to look elsewhere. Very good operational leaders manage daytoday functions effectively and are. Sydney finkelstein is the steven roth professor of management at the tuck school at dartmouth college, where he teaches courses on leadership, top management teams, and managing mergers and acquisitions. I have been rereading one of the best books on strategic leadership that i have yet come across. The seven critical components of strategic leadership studied were strategic direction, core competencies, human capital, social capital, corporate culture, ethical practices and strategic controls.
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