This study investigates how new categories of experts can contribute to strategydevelopment in public organizations. Interplay between managers and experts wasanalysed using principal-agent theory, stewardship theory, and partnership theory,each assigning the experts different kinds of strategic contribution. Results show thatexperts may contribute to an iterative and emergent strategy process as stewardsthrough a consultative process method that lets the means guide the goals. Experts’knowledge of what other actors in the organization perceive as important guides theexperts’ application of the technical methods and processing.
Published online: 13 Apr 2020
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