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Title:
Management of Strategic and Operational Change, 1958-1988

Subject Categories:
Management and organisation - Industry and management

Depositor(s):
Pettigrew, A., University of Warwick. School of Industrial and Business Studies

Principal Investigator(s):
Pettigrew, A., University of Warwick. School of Industrial and Business Studies

Sponsor(s):
Economic and Social Research Council

Grant Number:
WF20250006

Abstract:
This research examinines the what, why and how of managing strategic and operational changes in firms in mature industries and links between the capability to affect change and the maintenance and improvement of competitive performance.

Given the substantial changes in the economic, political, and business environment of large firms over the past two decades, a critical factor affecting the relative competitive position of British firms is the capability of firms to adjust and adapt to major changes in their environment - hereby improving their competitive performance. The importance of these adjustment and adaptation processes suggests that the nature of management itself is a crucial aspect of the competitiveness issue. Part of the management task is to identify and assess changing economic, business, and political conditions; then to develop and implement new strategies to improve the firm's competitive performance. Such managerial processes of assessment, choice, and change were studied in eight in-depth case studies. A longitudinal approach was used with the history of each firm over thirty years being examined. The research was carried out in two firms from a number of sectors, including finance, publishing, and automobile manufacture.

This project was part of the competitiveness and regeneration of British industry initiative.


Main Topics:
Management; operational change; competition; industry

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1958-1988
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: No Spatial Unit
Observation Units: Institutions/organisations; In-depth interview transcript
Kind of Data: Textual data

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:A high and lesser performing company in four sectors of industry

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Longitudinal/panel/cohort
Sampling Procedures: Purposive selection/case studies
Number of Units: Eight cases studies
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting: No weighting

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: Host Archive conditions apply,
Availability: These data are available from a service other than ESDS, UK Data Archive - Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry
Contact: Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk

Copyright:
Copyright Andrew Pettigrew