Two distinguished academicians – Robert Burgelman of Stanford University and Adam Kingl London Business School answer queries from readers on Advanced Management Programmes
Query: If you look at most of the AMP sessions, they are based on strategy per se – the ‘how’ and ‘what’ of it. That is strategy for the sake of strategy-making. But strategy needs to be taught from a practitioner's point of view that covers all managerial functions. I think this is where AMPs lack. What they follow is the import of Porter-Kaplan gifts to strategy framework. This is why organisations face strategy-execution dilemmas. I think strategy gurus should focus their research on the "why", ‘how’ and ‘what’ of strategy. I would like to pass my question to Prof Robert Burgelman. What does your experience say about that? - Amulya Pokhrel