Strategy: Theory and Practice

About Andrea WhittleChristos PitelisJochen SchweitzerStewart R Clegg

Stewart Clegg is Professor in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for leadership at the University of Sydney as well as an Emeritus Professor of Management and Organization Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Stavanger Norway; University of Johannesburg South Africa and Universidade Nova School of Business and Economics. He has published widely in the management organizations and politics literatures in many of the leading journals. Widely acknowledged as one of the most significant contemporary theorists of power relations he is also one of the most influential contributors to organization studies recognized by his being chosen as an EGOS Honorary Member a Distinguished Fellow of EURAM and ANZAM as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Management. Jochen Schweitzer is an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Trained as both an engineer and a social scientist his research on issues of strategy entrepreneurship and innovation with a particular interest in design thinking and emerging technologies. Jochen also serves as the Faculty Director of UTS's Executive MBA and Bachelor in Entrepreneurship (Honours) programs. He was Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) School of Design Thinking at Potsdam University. Jochen is a winner of the Strategic Management Societies' Best Paper Award and he received Honourable Mention by the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management. Jochen is a passionate educator who has taught at universities in the UK Japan China the US Germany Netherlands and New Zealand. Before becoming an academic Jochen was Principal at PwC's European Strategy Consulting practice. Andrea Whittle is Professor of Management at Newcastle University Business School. Andrea's academic interest in strategy started without any plan or intention like many strategies also emerge. First in her doctoral research she became fascinated with the social political material and discursive practices through which the group of management consultants she was studying sought to influence the strategic direction of the firm. Since then she has conducted research on strategic change in a number of organizational settings as well as studying how the strategies of firms are scrutinized by the media and politicians. The common theme in her research is the role of discourse in shaping how people and societies make sense of organizations and the strategies they pursue. Christos Pitelis is Head of Department of International Business Professor of International Business and Sustainable Competitiveness University of Leeds and Life Fellow Queens' College University of Cambridge. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics a member of the Cambridge Political Economy Society and the literary executor of the collected papers of Edith Penrose. He has also coordinated projects taught consulted trained and designed policies for international organizations national governments and regions NGOs and businesses. He was International Expect of the European Commission Networking for Innovation (NETWIN) program on innovation clusters.