Evolutionary Selection Processes

Ewa Stańczyk-Hugiet is the Dean of the Faculty of Management, Computer Science, and Finance, and the Chair and full Professor in the Department of Strategy and Management Methods at the Wrocław University of Economics. Katarzyna Piórkowska, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Management, Computer Science and Finance, the Department of Strategy and Management Methods at the Wroclaw University of Economics in Poland. Sylwia Stańczyk, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy and Management Methods at the Wrocław University of Economics. Janusz Strużyna is a full Professor in the Department of Organizational Relationships Management at the University of Economics in Katowice.

• Chapter 1. Evolutionary Approaches and Organisation and Management Theory (OMT): Common Ground Chapter 2. Organizational Routines (OR)Chapter 3. Selection Processes: Towards Multilevel ApproachChapter 4. Integrating Selection and Strategic FitChapter 5. Intra-Organizational Mechanisms of Selection

This book applies an evolutionary perspective to organizing and focuses on theorizing the strategy process and practices and the dynamics of organizational evolution. It concentrates on the selection aspect of the classic evolutionary mechanism and proposes that selection is explained by interaction with the external environment and internal factors. It details a multilevel selection mechanism that integrates both factors and describes the dynamics of organizational evolution, as well as a managerial intervention and its effects on the adaptation mode and explanations of inter-organizational level selection. It discusses evolutionary approaches in organization and management theory, organizational routines, selection processes in organizations, integrating selection and strategic fit, and intra-organizational mechanisms of selection.