Richard Whittington (academic)
Encyclopedia
Richard Whittington is a prominent academic in the area of Corporate Strategy. Currently at the Saïd Business School
of the University of Oxford
, Whittington has been influential in the Strategy-as-Practice approach, a more sociologically and less managerial approach to the study of business strategy.
Saïd Business School
Saïd Business School is the business school of the University of Oxford in England, located on the north side of Frideswide Square on the former site of Oxford Rewley Road railway station. It is the University's centre of learning for graduate and undergraduate students in business, management...
of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, Whittington has been influential in the Strategy-as-Practice approach, a more sociologically and less managerial approach to the study of business strategy.
Works
- Whittington, R. (1996). Strategy as Practice. Long Range Planning, 731-735.
- Whittington, R. (2001). What is Strategy- and does it matter? (2nd ed.). London: Thomson Learning.
- Whittington, R. (2002). Practice Perspectives on Strategy: Unifying and Developing a Field.