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ERIC Number: EJ323593
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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Strategy Formation in an Adhocracy.
Mintzberg, Henry; McHugh, Alexandra
Administrative Science Quarterly, v30 n2 p160-97 Jun 1985
This paper identifies and tracks the strategies pursued by a single-project organization, the National Film Board, across almost four decades of its history. Findings focus on three themes: the emergent nature of the organization's strategies, its cycles of behavior, and the organization's quest for "adhocracy." (TE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, National Organizations, Organizational Change, Organizational Communication, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Objectives, Organizational Theories, Organizations (Groups), Policy Formation, Systems Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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