Strategic lenses-June 2013 Q1 (b)

MMiley9y ago

Dear sir, I have trouble understanding one sentence in the second paragraph of past paper answer about " strategy as experience" . The sentence is as follows: ” as ....suggest, this is " strongly driven by the taken-for granted assumptions and ways of doing things embedded in the culture of the organization."" I just wonder the meaning of the sentence, sorry for my poor understanding as English is not my first language. Your favorable help will be highly appreciated. Miley

MMiley9y ago#1

Dear Sir, Does the take-for-granted assumptions mean ignore the mission or objective of the organization, such as ignoring the mission of seeking profits for private companies.

kengarrettTutor9y ago#2

'Take for granted' means that you use current assumptions and ways of doing business as though they were self-evidently correct and that there were no other approaches that might work or be better. This is in line with the strategy as experience: stick to what you know. A more innovative look at how to do business is often needed so that new ideas are considered.

MMiley9y ago#3

Thanks a lot. I got it.