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Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent Author(s): Henry Mintzberg and James A. Waters Source: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1985), pp. 257-272 Published by: John Wiley & Sons Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2486186 Accessed: 12/08/2009 04:53
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Strategic Managemtent

Journal, Vol. 6, 25 7-2 72 (1985)

Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent
HENRYMINTZBERG
Faculty of Management, Canada McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,

JAMES A. WATERS
Faculty of Administrative Ontario, Canada Studies, York University, Toronto,

Summary
Deliberate and emnergent strategies mnay be conceived as twvo ends of a continuumn along which real- world str ategies lie. This paper seeks