On the Issue of Implementation of Agile and Strategy as a Practice Mixed-Method in Strategic Planning

P. 127–139.

Serova E., Kalmykov O.

This research is aimed to discuss the issue that lies in the intersection of strategic management, operational management, and organizational behavior. The study discovers a new research field and brings scientific contributions, such as a combination of the main advantages of Agile and Strategy-as-Practice (SasP) implementation. This research is theoretical and empirical in equal measure. The paper contains the overview and analysis of theoretical and empirical foundations related to the research problem and based on academic and professional literature, overview of the best international business practices in this field. The results are based on Russian IT-companies case-study, qualitative interviews, and quantitative survey.

Keywords: Strategy-as-Practice approach, Strategic planning process, Strategists, Practitioners, Strategizing episodes, Agile planning

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Eurasian Business Perspectives. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics

Vol. 16. Issue 2. , Springer, 2021.