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Strategic alignment in decentralized organizations — The case of Svenska Handelsbanken
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- Cäker, Mikael, 1972 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Redovisning,Department of Business Administration, Accounting
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- Siverbo, Sven (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Handelshögskolan (from 2013),Forum För Redovisning
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- Elsevier BV, 2014
- 2014
- English.
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0956-5221 .- 1873-3387. ; 30:2, s. 149-162
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- Recent research emphasizes technocratic controls to support the self-management aspect of empowerment. Strategic alignment is ascribed to socio-ideological controls. However, the indirect nature of socio-ideological controls pose a question regarding monitoring of strategic alignment in organizations with empowerment-oriented controls. We adopt a holistic approach in exploring the role of and interaction between organization structure, socio-ideological control and technocratic control through a qualitative case study. Our study confirms the essential role of socio-ideological controls in ensuring strategic alignment, but highlights the role of trust in experienced-based advice-giving from superiors to subordinates. Technocratic controls contain information that provide visibility of local actions and are used in hierarchical communication. The interrelationship between socio-ideological and technocratic controls is dependent on the organization structure design through time and proximity. A high capacity to communicate is thereby established, enabling monitoring without impairing empowerment.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Strategic alignment;Empowerment
- Business Administration
- Företagsekonomi
- Strategic alignment; Empowerment; Management control; Socio-ideological control; Technocratic control; Capacity to communicate
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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