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100			_aKetokivi, Mikko
245			_aStrategic planning as an integrative device
260			_c2004
300			_ap.337-65.
362			_aSep
520			_aWhile alleviating the adverse effects of employees' pursuit of their subgroups' goals over organizational goals is important, finding ways to avoid them may be even more important. In this paper, we investigate whether strategic planning can be used to reduce organizational members' position bias, or the extent to which they direct their attention toward the immediate goals and priorities attached to their position. We examine the hypothesis that involving employees in the strategic planning process and communicating the agreed-upon priorities to them afterwards enhance goal convergence by attenuating position bias. We examine these questions in a sample of 164 manufacturing plants from five countries and three industries, where we asked middle-level managers to assess the importance of various organizational goals. We find that participation and communication function as complements to jointly reduce managerial position bias. - Reproduced.
650			_aStrategic planning
700			_aCastaner, Xavier
773			_aAdministrative Science Quarterly
909			_a64406
999			_c64406 _d64406