For strategists working in and for firms, acquiring knowledge about the business world is dependent on a rational process of collecting, organizing, and interpreting information. As such, these individuals are best conceived not as knowers, but as self-directing learners who are motivated to acquire, create, and apply new knowledge. To facilitate these processes, in this paper an axiomatic foundation for strategic thinking is established regarding the nature of the object of strategic thinking, the nature of strategic thinking, and the nature of knowledge. Next, four boundary references set by these axioms are used to establish a new conceptual frame of reference for strategic rationality. Interconnections between the boundary references are subsequently used to infer six canons for strategic rationality. It is concluded that strategic rationality may be found where all references overlap. Finally, to contribute towards greater rationality in strategic management practice, an actionable definition of strategic rationality is formulated that includes all references and canons.

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战略实践中理性的六项可操作准则

对于在公司工作和为公司工作的战略家而言，获取有关商业世界的知识取决于收集、组织和解释信息的合理过程。因此，最好不要将这些人视为知识分子，而是将其视为有动力获取、创造和应用新知识的自主学习者。为了促进这些过程，在本文中，关于战略思考对象的性质、战略思考的性质和知识的性质，建立了战略思考的公理基础。接下来，由这些公理设置的四个边界参考用于为战略理性建立一个新的概念参考框架。随后使用边界参考之间的互连来推断战略合理性的六个标准。结论是，可以在所有参考文献重叠的地方找到战略合理性。最后，为了在战略管理实践中实现更大的合理性，制定了一个可操作的战略合理性定义，其中包括所有参考资料和规范。