Values and the foundations of strategic management
R. Edward Freeman, Daniel R. Gilbert Jr., Edwin Hartman
Journal of Business Ethics · 1988 · Volume 7 · Issue 11
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of values in strategic management. We discuss recent criticisms of the concept of strategy and argue that the concept of value helps reconcile these criticisms with traditional models of strategy. We show that Andrews' model of corporate strategy rightly takes morally significant values to be essential to effective management. We show how the notion of value can be clarified and used in research into various conceptions of corporate morality.
Keywords
Economic Growth, Effective Management, Strategic Management, Traditional Model, Recent Criticism
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