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We identify four strategic profiles based on environmental, contextual, and structural conditions and relate them to administrative philosophy or goal orientation. A growth-oriented organization, for example, operates in an interdependent environment, has a vertical structure, and seeks to achieve economies of scale. By integrating administrative philosophy and conditions, analysts can account for more strategic phenomena than is possible using exclusively a business policy or business strategy approach.
Jauch et al. (Wed,) studied this question.