Conclusions
This chapter has dealt with the processes of strategic management as they are to be
found in organisations: it is therefore descriptive not prescriptive. There is no suggestion here that, because such processes exist, this is how strategy should be managed.However, it is important to understand the reality of strategy making in organisations, not least because those who seek to influence the strategy of organisations must do so within that reality. There is little point in formulating strategies which may be elegant analytically without having an understanding of the processes which are actually at work.