Book contents
- Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
- Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Introduction: What Is Strategy as Practice?
- Part I Ontological and Epistemological Questions
- Part II Theoretical Resources: Social Theory
- Part III Theoretical Resources: Organization and Management Theories
- Part IV Methodological Resources
- Part V Substantive Topic Areas
- Chapter 33 Strategic Planning as Practice
- Chapter 34 Meetings and Workshops as Strategy Practices
- Chapter 35 The Role of Materiality in the Practice of Strategy Revisited
- Chapter 36 Participation in Strategy Work
- Chapter 37 Open Strategy as a New Form of Strategizing
- Chapter 38 The Role of Emotions in Strategizing
- Chapter 39 Temporality in Strategy as Practice
- Chapter 40 Multimodality in Strategy-as-Practice Research
- Chapter 41 The Role of Play in Strategizing
- Chapter 42 Feminist Perspectives on Doing Strategy-as-Practice Research
- Chapter 43 At the Interface of Extreme Contexts and Strategy as Practice
- Index
- References
Chapter 39 - Temporality in Strategy as Practice
from Part V - Substantive Topic Areas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2025
Book contents
- Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
- Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Introduction: What Is Strategy as Practice?
- Part I Ontological and Epistemological Questions
- Part II Theoretical Resources: Social Theory
- Part III Theoretical Resources: Organization and Management Theories
- Part IV Methodological Resources
- Part V Substantive Topic Areas
- Chapter 33 Strategic Planning as Practice
- Chapter 34 Meetings and Workshops as Strategy Practices
- Chapter 35 The Role of Materiality in the Practice of Strategy Revisited
- Chapter 36 Participation in Strategy Work
- Chapter 37 Open Strategy as a New Form of Strategizing
- Chapter 38 The Role of Emotions in Strategizing
- Chapter 39 Temporality in Strategy as Practice
- Chapter 40 Multimodality in Strategy-as-Practice Research
- Chapter 41 The Role of Play in Strategizing
- Chapter 42 Feminist Perspectives on Doing Strategy-as-Practice Research
- Chapter 43 At the Interface of Extreme Contexts and Strategy as Practice
- Index
- References
Summary
Nina Granqvist and Ari Kuismin focus on temporality in strategy as practice research. They offer an overview of prior research on time-related topics and then move on to develop an understanding of the ways in which strategy as practice scholars can approach temporality. This can involve process approaches that concentrate on temporally situated strategic activity over time, practice-based approaches that focus on time as a key element in the way strategy is worked on, and narrative approaches that deal with how pasts and futures are discursively constructed. They conclude with an agenda for future research on the role of temporality in strategizing.
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