Alignment of Strategy-Managerial Characteristics and Performance at the Functional Level in Dubai Local Government

Ali Sebaa (), James Wallace () and Nelarine Cornelius ()
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Ali Sebaa: School of Management, University of Bradford
James Wallace: School of Management, University of Bradford
Nelarine Cornelius: School of Management, University of Bradford

Chapter Chapter 20 in Business Performance Measurement and Management, 2010, pp 311-324 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Demographic managerial characteristics are an important influence on strategy (Miller and Toulouse, 1986; Govindarajan, 1989). Building on previous research, this study is novel in that it investigates the models of executive influence at the level of functional managers. The Miles and Snow (1978) typology is applied to the functional strategy for a public sector organisation, to investigate whether functional units pursuing strategies are led by functional managers with dissimilar attributes, and whether the strategy-manager alignment is related to performance of the functional unit. Findings from 294 Dubai local Government employees showed that several demographic managerial characteristics are associated with strategy types and effect performance.

Keywords: Strategy Type; Strategic Orientation; Defender Strategy; Functional Strategy; Functional Manager (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04800-5_20

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