Exploring the long-term effect of strategy work
The case of Sustainable Sydney 2030
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10859862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Kornberger (0000-0003-1682-770X, The University of Edinburgh, UK, corresponding author), R E Meyer (0000-0003-1033-5560, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria), Markus A Höllerer (0000-0003-2509-2696, UNSW Sydney Business School, Australia) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 3316-3334 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0042098020979546 |
| OpenAlex | W3125526620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 34 |
Strategy has become an important concern and practical tool in urban management and governance, with the literature highlighting implementation as a hallmark of effective strategy. Whilst such a strategy–action link (which we label here as ‘implementation nexus’) has been well established, other long-term effects have been documented in less detail. Our study of Sustainable Sydney 2030 finds that strategy was effective to the extent to which it changed the institutional a priori of what a collective of actors engaged in city-making knows, what it can articulate and how its members relate to each other. We capture this effect as ‘institution nexus’ and theorise our findings with Ludwik Fleck’s concept of ‘thought style’ of a focal ‘thought collective’– notions that also centrally influenced Mary Douglas’ work on ‘how institutions think’. We contribute to extant research by adding the institution nexus as a long-term effect of urban strategy as well as by advancing strategy theory in urban studies to foreground its ability to shape institutions
Action (physics · Corporate governance · Economics · Extant taxon · Institution · Management · Nexus (standard · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Term (time · Work (physics · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance
Identifying Urban Heritage Facility Management Support Services Considering World Heritage Sites
Urban regeneration projects and the role of municipal officials
Power of the Vague
Performing, co-producing and strategizing for a sustainable city
Unpacking planners' views of the success and failure of planning in post-apartheid South Africa
Prefigurative legality
Remaining the same or becoming another?’ Adaptive resilience versus transformative urban change
Iconic buildings in the making of city identity
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Global Cities, Governance and Diplomacy
Strategy as performative practice
Seeking Qualitative Rigor in Inductive Research
Negotiating polyvocal strategies
On the force potential of strategy texts
Complexity and the inherent limits of explanation and prediction
The meaning of strategy in the public sector
The ‘fluid governance’ of urban public spaces. Insights from informal planning practices in Rome
Enacting governance through strategy
Contesting imaginaries in the Australian city
Successful Strategic Plan Implementation in Public Organizations
Vertical Strategic Alignment and Public Service Performance
Strategy Formation in Public Agencies
If planning is everything, maybe it's nothing
The Age of Strategy
In Praise of Bureaucracy
Models of Urban Governance
The Evolution of Public Sector Strategy
Putting the Resource‐Based View of Strategy and Distinctive Competencies to Work in Public Organizations
Does Strategic Planning Improve Organizational Performance? A Meta‐Analysis
Smartmentality
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |