The stable core and dynamic periphery in top management teams

Author: Roberto, Michael A.

Source: Management Decision, Volume 41, Number 2, 2003 , pp. 120-131(12)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

This study explores how top management teams make strategic decisions. The findings indicate that the top management team performs a variety of monitoring and control functions within most firms, but that a single team with stable composition does not make strategic choices in most organizations. Instead, different groups, with members from multiple organizational levels, form to make various strategic decisions. A stable subset of the top team forms the core of each of these multiple decision-making bodies. The findings offer a possible explanation for inconsistent findings in the top management team literature, and suggest several new directions for future senior team research.

Keywords: Leadership; Strategic planning; Teams; Top management

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740310457560

Publication date: 2003-03-01

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