Mintzberg’s Modes of

Strategic Decision making

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Henry Mintzberg’s mode

• Entrepreneurial Mode

• Adaptive Mode

• Planning Mode

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Entrepreneurial Mode

• Strategy is made by one powerful

individual

• Focus is on opportunities & problems are

secondary

• Dominant goal is growth of the

corporation.

e.g.., Satyam computers

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Adaptive Mode

• Focus on existing problems rather than

proactive search for new opportunities.

• Strategy is fragmented & is developed to

move the corporation forward

incrementally.

e.g.., large hospitals, universities

,governmental agencies, “encyclopaedia

Britannica”

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Planning Mode

• This mode involves the systematic

gathering of appropriate information for

situation analysis.

• It includes both the proactive search for

new opportunities & the reactive solution

of existing problems

e.g.., Hewlett-Packard

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