Open strategy intermediaries? A framework for understanding the role of facilitators in open strategy-making

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Morton, Josh and Amrollahi, Ali. (2018). Open strategy intermediaries? A framework for understanding the role of facilitators in open strategy-making. European Conference on Information Systems. United States of America: Association for Information Systems. pp. 1 - 11
AuthorsMorton, Josh and Amrollahi, Ali
Abstract

Open strategy is an emerging phenomenon, and has received significant interest by researchers in both information systems (IS) and strategy fields. The term open strategy represents how strategymaking is becoming a more inclusive and transparent process in organizations, often enabled by information technology (IT). Despite the notable attention paid to the role of IT in the facilitation of open strategy, those practitioners who are also central in such socio-technical processes of change have received scant attention to date by scholars. This paper therefore seeks to examine the role of facilitators in IT-driven open strategy. We term these ‘open strategy intermediaries’. Using a strategyas-practice lens and drawing on several empirical cases of IT-driven open ‘strategizing’, the article highlights six emerging practices by open strategy intermediaries which we call: (i) Initiation, (ii) Provision, (iii) Infrastructure and design, (iv) promotion and communication, (v) mediation and moderation, and (vi) strategy analysis and development. In concluding the paper, we detail how we intend to continue the research evident in this ongoing work.

KeywordsOpen strategy; intermediaries; facilitation; IT-enabledness; practice theory
Year2018
JournalProceedings of the Twenty-Sixth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85061329281
Web address (URL)http://ecis2018.eu/
Open accessOpen access
Publisher's version
Page range1 - 11
ISBN9781861376671
Research GroupPeter Faber Business School
Place of publicationUnited States of America
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