STRATEGIC THINKING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES - TRANSITIONS AND META-DECISIONS

Prescriptions for strategic decisions ultimately rest upon forms of ra tionality. But which forms? More than 40 may now be identified within the socioeconomic sciences. At the same time, in contemporary theories of strategy and policy, there is much ambiguity concerning the nature and identity of strategic-entities. Morphological analysis reveals a need for meta-decision analysis, i.e., choosing rationalities, models, and categories, together with transitional methodologies to help stra tegic entities overcome the status quo bias in meta-decisions.