ks are the influence of the external environment on strategy, the influence of organizational variables on strategy, the influence of performance variables on strategy, and the influence of strategy on organizational structure, systems, and style.
Applying the Contingency Approach to the Management of Organizations
Strategy development, whether the contingency approach or some other approach to management is employed, is heavily dependent upon environmental conditions and upon the strategic planning process (Gibbons, 1992, pp. 1 18). Strategic planning is a process that generates specific actions which are required to carry out a particular strategy. The entire strategic process within an organization is a set of highly interrelated components that function within a dynamic environment.
Strategic planning and the contingency approach to strategic management are closely associated with an organization's external environment (Gibbons, 1992, pp. 1 18). It is thus necessary for the strategic cont
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