Some Thoughts on the Development of Disciplines, with Particular Attention to Behavioral Strategy

摘要: Abstract The earliest contributors to discussions of strategy were advisors military leaders, and that model was carried into early business schools, where the teachers were, for most part, people with extensive experience as executives or them. The key course materials anecdotes cases, standard intellectual discourse organized around recollected episodes in organizational history. central contributions teaching consciousness complications introduced by complexity, competition, attention second-order surprises intentional action. There neither a pretense theory nor significant involvement research. Although it shared onus general academic skepticism about legitimacy research on business, “discipline” sought emulate attributes more established disciplines. new field typified an open interdisciplinary flavor facilitated differentiation field, subsequent refinement restricted access. By start twenty-first century, this process had run much its course, taken place reasonably respectable specialty. history emphasis real organizations situations led openness anchors drawn from sources other than conventional economics. These included particularly games, evolutionary firm, behavioral organizations. The struggle respectability economics repeatedly frustrated difficulty discovering formulation honored litany while fitting observations making. future seems likely be same, combination efforts secure recognition through emulation standards barriers entry characterize disciplines, exploratory gambits are mostly destined forgotten. optimal balance is elusive domains.