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Environmental turbulence and the role of business functions in the manufacturing strategy debate: The case of UK-based SMEs and the Great Recession
Journal of General Management Pub Date : 2019-06-25 , DOI: 10.1177/0306307019832498
Eustathios Sainidis , Andrew Robson 1 , Graeme Heron 2
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This study provides an empirical assessment of the United Kingdom (UK) manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) sector, exploring the impact of environmental turbulence specific to the post–Great Recession (2008) era on changes to the way manufacturing strategy is formulated and implemented. The study identifies changes to the frequency, fluidity, formality and focus of manufacturing strategy review and how the various business functions play a changing role in contributing to this strategic process. A mixed-methods research approach is applied, incorporating a survey of 104 UK-based manufacturing SMEs supported by 17 in-depth interviews with senior managers. The research uses a parallel mixed analysis of the two data sources, thereby offering an alternative to the mono-quantitative approaches to manufacturing research that have dominated. The findings show that during, and emerging from, the post–Great Recession environment, the majority of manufacturing SMEs employ a fluid, highly frequent approach to manufacturing strategy review with increasing contributions from their marketing, sales and finance business functions driven predominantly by function-specific response to changes in the external environment, although internal drivers sill influence high-level strategy, finance and human resources. The implications of the study to theory, practice and general management suggest that the MSME sector is dominated by organizations experiencing continual impact from the external environment.

中文翻译:

环境动荡和业务职能在制造战略辩论中的作用:英国中小企业和大衰退的案例

本研究对英国 (UK) 制造业中小企业 (MSME) 部门进行了实证评估,探讨了后大衰退 (2008) 时代特有的环境动荡对制造业战略方式变化的影响。制定并实施。该研究确定了制造战略审查的频率、流动性、形式和重点的变化,以及各种业务职能如何在促进这一战略过程中发挥不断变化的作用。应用混合方法研究方法,结合对 104 家英国制造业中小型企业的调查,并通过对高级管理人员的 17 次深入访谈提供支持。该研究使用了两个数据源的并行混合分析,从而为制造研究的单一定量方法提供了一种替代方法。调查结果表明,在大萧条后的环境中和出现后,大多数制造业中小企业采用一种流动的、高度频繁的制造战略审查方法,其营销、销售和财务业务职能的贡献越来越大,主要由职能驱动——对外部环境变化的具体反应,尽管内部驱动因素仍会影响高层战略、财务和人力资源。该研究对理论、实践和一般管理的影响表明,中小微企业部门由经历外部环境持续影响的组织主导。在大萧条后的环境中,大多数制造业中小企业采用一种流动的、高度频繁的制造战略审查方法,其营销、销售和财务业务职能的贡献越来越大,主要由职能特定的外部环境变化响应驱动,尽管内部驱动因素仍会影响高层战略、财务和人力资源。该研究对理论、实践和一般管理的影响表明,中小微企业部门由经历外部环境持续影响的组织主导。在大萧条后的环境中,大多数制造业中小企业采用一种流动的、高度频繁的制造战略审查方法,其营销、销售和财务业务职能的贡献越来越大,主要是由职能特定的对外部环境变化的反应驱动,尽管内部驱动因素仍会影响高层战略、财务和人力资源。该研究对理论、实践和一般管理的影响表明,中小微企业部门由经历外部环境持续影响的组织主导。销售和财务业务职能主要由对外部环境变化的特定职能响应驱动,尽管内部驱动因素仍会影响高层战略、财务和人力资源。该研究对理论、实践和一般管理的影响表明,中小微企业部门由经历外部环境持续影响的组织主导。销售和财务业务职能主要由对外部环境变化的特定职能响应驱动,尽管内部驱动因素仍会影响高层战略、财务和人力资源。该研究对理论、实践和一般管理的影响表明,中小微企业部门由经历外部环境持续影响的组织主导。
更新日期:2019-06-25
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