Strategy as Discourse

Strategy as Discourse Research Group

Our research group is interested in the role of language in strategy and strategizing. This approach allows us to critically evaluate taken-for-granted assumptions in strategic management, examine the ways in which strategies are enacted in organizational storytelling and conversations, and promote new dialogical approaches to strategic management. Our work draws from discursive theories and methods with which we aim at advanving theoretical understanding but also to help managers to promote creative thinking and organization-wide participation. This work is linked with the Strategy as Practice community and the SAPIN network (LINK TO BE ADDED).

Our researchers at Hanken School of Economics are Henrika Franck, Saku Mantere, Linus Nyman, Henri Schildt, Virpi Sorsa, Eero Vaara and Mikko Vesa. Our collaboration partners include Pekka Aula, Claus Jacobs, Paula Jarzabkowski, Pikka-Maaria Laine, Ann Langley, Janne Tienari, Liisa Välikangas and Richard Whittington.

Our "Strategy as Dialogue" research project involves close collaboration with companies and public sector organizations and has been supported by the Finnish Working Environment Fund.

Some of our newest work is included in the "Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice" (eds. Damon Golsorkhi, Linda Rouleau, David Seidl and Eero Vaara), the book "Toisinajattelua strategiasta" (edited by Kimmo Suominen, Saku Mantere and Eero Vaara) and the special issue "Discourse in Strategic Management: The Potential, Challenges and Future Directions" (forthcoming in the Journal of Management Studies, edited by Julia Balogun, Claus Jacobs, Paula Jarzabkowski, Saku Mantere and Eero Vaara).

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