Critical Review Of Five Journal Articles On Business Strategy And Corporate Social Responsibility

Carroll, A.B., 2016. Carroll’s pyramid of CSR: taking another look. International journal of corporate social responsibility, 1(1), p.3.

Title of the Article

Carroll’s pyramid of CSR: taking another look

Title of the Journal

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility

Date of Publication/Volume and Issue

Date of Publication – 5 July 2016

Volume number – 1

Issue number – 1

Author/s Names and Job Titles

Archie B. Carroll faculty at Terry College of Business, University of Georgia.

Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the journal article?

The article that is being discussed aims to hold a discussion on the numerous factors that are observed to be related to the matters that pertain to one of the most popular models that are used to develop an understanding of the several factors and the implications of the corporate social responsibility within an organization. The model that is being referred within the article in discussion is the model of the Corporate Social Responsibility or the CSR model as put forth by Archie B. Carroll. In this article, the concerned author is observed to have been addressing the summarization of the various factors of the four-part definitional framework that serves to be the basis of the creation of the Corporate Social Responsibility or the CSR pyramid. The author, through this article tends to describe the various features of the concerned framework that had not been discussed within the previous publications of the concerned model. The author in this article further discusses the popularity that has been gained by the concerned model in discussion.

Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework related to Business Strategy?

The article that is being discussed attempts to review one of the most popular models that are used to develop an understanding of the several factors and the implications of the corporate social responsibility within an organization, the model of the Corporate Social Responsibility or the CSR model as put forth by Archie B. Carroll. In this article, the author discusses the factors that are related to the implementations of the concerned ethical factors that serve to be the basis of the creation of the Corporate Social Responsibility or the CSR pyramid. The article also throws light on the matters that pertain to the several other frameworks that might have been functional alongside the ethical practices in the creation of the Corporate Social Responsibility or the CSR pyramid.

Methodology: What methodology have the authors used to collect data?

The discussed article tends to throw light of the various factors that pertain to the matters that deal with the explanation of one of the most popular models that are used to develop an understanding of the several factors and the implications of the corporate social responsibility within an organization. The model that is being referred within the article in discussion is the model of the Corporate Social Responsibility or the CSR model as put forth by Archie B. Carroll.

Findings and conclusion What were the findings and conclusion of the article?

The findings of the concerned article attempt a discussion on the various factors that are related to the implications of the concerned model in the future researches on the Corporate Social Responsibility.

What were the academic and managerial contributions made by the journal article?

The article that is discussed tends to provide the future researchers as well as the students with a proper insight into the matters that are related to the insight on the concept of the corporate social responsibility and the implication of the concept within the various functional areas of the business organisations.

Marx, T. G. 2015. The impact of business strategy on leadership. Journal of Strategy and Management, 8(2), pp.110-126.

Title of the Article

The impact of business strategy on leadership

Title of the Journal

Journal of Strategy and Management

Date of Publication/Volume and Issue

Date of Publication – 18 July 2015

Volume number – 8

Issue number – 2

Author/s Names and Job Titles

Thomas G. Marx Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the journal article?

The concerned article in discussion as penned down by Thomas G. Marx attempts a discussion on the matters that pertain to the examination of the proposition that makes an attempt in stating the fact that the various skills, the styles, the traits as well as the functionalities of the leadership within an organisation might be affected in a vast manner by the business strategies that might have been adopted by the business organisation that might be discussed. The article tends to proceed further in the dealings with the various implications of the several practices that are related to the strategic planning as well as the strategic leadership within an organisation.

Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework related to Business Strategy?

The concerned article in discussion as penned down by Thomas G. Marx makes an attempt to deal with the numerous factors that might pertain to the several factors that are related to the impacts of the numerous business strategies that are adopted by the concerned members of the organisational management on the varied leadership styles that have been demonstrated by the various leaders of the given business organisation as well as the various leadership traits that have been observed within the operations of the concerned business organisations that are taken into consideration. The article in discussion aims to deal with the discussion on the various differences that might have been existent among the various managerial staff and the leaders who have been associated with concerned organisation in discussion.

Methodology: What methodology have the authors used to collect data?

The authors of the article had taken into consideration the responses that were provided by 450 respondents. These responses were collected through the various online surveys that were conducted by the author of the article, Thomas G. Marx.  The regression analysis tool was implemented in order to deal with the factors that pertain to the examination and the analysis of the impacts of the numerous business strategies that are adopted by the concerned members of the organisational management on the varied leadership styles that have been demonstrated by the various leaders of the given business organisation as well as the various leadership traits that have been observed within the operations of the concerned business organisations that are taken into consideration.

Findings and conclusion What were the findings and conclusion of the article?

The article reveals through the findings the presence of the huge amounts of the evidence that defend the presence of a strong relationship that exists among the various strategies adopted by the organisation like the Product strategies, Best value strategies and the Blue Ocean strategies as well as the various effects of the strategies on the leadership style within the organization in discussion. The article further aims to throw light on the matters that pertain to the limited effects of the numerous marketing strategies that are adopted by the concerned organization on the leadership styles followed within the organization in discussion.

What were the academic and managerial contributions made by the journal article?

The article aims to assist the managerial staff as well as the future researchers on the various aspects of the leadership that needs to be maintained within the concerned organisation and the impacts of the several critical strategies that have been adopted by the organisational management.

Bapat, D. and Mazumdar, D., 2015. Assessment of business strategy: implication for Indian banks. Journal of Strategy and Management, 8(4), pp.306-325.

Title of the Article

Assessment of business strategy: Implication for Indian banks

Title of the Journal

Journal of Strategy and Management

Date of Publication/Volume and Issue

Date of Publication – 16 November 2015

Volume number – 8

Issue Number – 4

Author/s Names and Job Titles

Dhananjay Bapat – National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, India

Deepa Mazumdar – Department of Human Resources, National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, India

Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the journal article?

The concerned article as penned down by Dhananjay Bapat and Deepa Mazumdar sheds light on the matters that pertain to the various strategies that have been undertaken by the concerned members of the multitude of the financial institutions including the banks that have been operating within the territorial boundaries of the various countries all over the world. The authors of the article attempt to deal with the discussion on the various factors that have been pertaining to the matters that are related to the orientation processes that are followed by the various financial institutions operating under the banking industry existing within the territorial boundaries of the various countries all over the world. The country that have been chosen for the analysis in this case is India. The authors, through the article attempts to solve the various queries that might arise in the matters pertaining to the strategic archetypes that are being followed within the given industry, the Indian banking sector.

Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework related to Business Strategy?

The concerned article as penned down by Dhananjay Bapat and Deepa Mazumdar tends to review the existing literature on the matters that are related to the orientation of the strategies existent within the multitude of the financial organizations that have been functional all over the global market. The authors of the concerned article aim to highlight the fact that the analysis of the concern business sector, the Indian banking sector, reveal that the Indian banking sector should have held a position within the world economy that is higher and more important than the position that it holds in the present times.

Methodology: What methodology have the authors used to collect data?

The conduction of the proper literature review had led to the revelation of the fact that there are fourteen factors that tend to affect the various strategies that are related to the orientation of the various financial institutions, majorly the banks, that are operational within the Indian territories. The article is observed to have taken into consideration the responses that were provided by 330 officials who have been serving at the various departments of the numerous banks that are operational within the Indian territories.

Findings and conclusion What were the findings and conclusion of the article?

The results deduced from the responses that were provided by 330 officials who have been serving at the various departments of the numerous banks that are operational within the Indian territories have led to the revelation of the fact that the several new products and the market share that is held by the multitude of the banks and other institutions that have been related to the banking sectors are rated highly by the respondents. These rating were followed by the ratings that were provided to the bank costs, the competition faced within the banking sector and the other banking services.

What were the academic and managerial contributions made by the journal article?

The article aims to help the managerial staff of the banking institutions in order to deal with the formulation of the various strategies that need to be adopted by the concerned banks in order to ensure the operational smoothness within the organisation.

Cavaleri, S. and Shabana, K., 2018. Rethinking sustainability strategies. Journal of Strategy and Management, 11(1), pp.2-17.

Title of the Article

Rethinking sustainability strategies

Title of the Journal

Journal of Strategy and Management

Date of Publication/Volume and Issue

Date of publication – 19 February 2018

Volume number – 11

Issue number – 1

Author/s Names and Job Titles

Steven Cavaleri and Kareem Shabana, Department of Management and Organization, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the journal article?

The authors of the concerned article aimed to deal with the various matters that pertain to the conceptual frameworks that might help to relate the various strategies that are adopted for the sustainability within the organisations with the generic strategies that were put forth by Michael Porter. The authors through the establishment of this relation aim to impose the various factors that are related to the sustainability of the organisation as a matter that is equivalent to the various strategic processes that are adopted by the concerned organisation in discussion. The author aims to relate the sustainability of the concerned organisations with the factors that are related to the other mediating variables that are taken into consideration by the various business organisations.

Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework related to Business Strategy?

The authors of the article tend to discuss the various factors that are related to the matters that pertain to the establishment of a relationship between the strategies that are adopted for the sustainability within the organisations with the generic strategies that were put forth by Michael Porter, better known as the Porter’s generic strategies. The article that is being analysed tends to propose the implementation of two different strategies that are related to the establishment of a linkage among the matters that pertain to the establishment of a relationship between the strategies that are adopted for the sustainability within the organisations with the generic strategies that were put forth by Michael Porter, better known as the Porter’s generic strategies. The proposed models find their roots in the proper understanding of the components of the models that have been suggested by Michael Porter.

Methodology: What methodology have the authors used to collect data?

The authors of the article attempt a literature review of the concepts of sustainability strategies that might be adopted by an organisation as well as the several factors that are discussed within the generic strategies that were put forth by Michael Porter, better known as the Porter’s generic strategies. The authors attempted a formulation of the two conceptual frameworks as proposed within the article on the basis of the data that was derived from the literature that was reviewed.

Findings and conclusion What were the findings and conclusion of the article?

The results that were derived from the article reveal the fact that the increments in the improvement of the practices of the sustainability within the organisation might lead to the conditions that involve the posing of the various strategic risks on the basis of the core strategy that is adopted by the concerned business organisation. The article further reveals the fact that the innovation in the various sustainability practices might help to bring about a lowering of the risks that are faced by the concerned organisation.

What were the academic and managerial contributions made by the journal article?

The concerned article aims to help the future researchers and the students to gather more knowledge on the effects of the various sustainability practices on the variations in the risks that are faced by the concerned organisation.

McManus, J., 2011. Revisiting ethics in strategic management. Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, 11(2), pp.214-223.

Title of the Article

Revisiting ethics in strategic management

Title of the Journal

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Date of Publication/Volume and Issue

Date of Publication – 4 December 2011

Volume number – 11

Issue Number – 2

Author/s Names and Job Titles

John McManus is an eminent professor of Leadership and Development at York St John University, York, UK.

Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the journal article?

The discussed article tends to focus on the matters that pertain to the several challenges that the concerned company might encounter on the matters that pertain to the implementation of the various factors that are related to the incorporation of several factors that pertain to the ethics within the strategic management processes within the given organisations. The author of the article that is being discussed tends to point out the importance of the various factors that are present within the given organisations that are functional within the concerned market. The author of the article further tends to discuss the factors that are related to the matters that pertain to the sustenance of the concerned shareholders of the organisation and the confidence in the operations within the concerned business organisation that has been considered for the discussion.

Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework related to Business Strategy?

The author in this article tends to shed light on the matters that pertain to the several challenges that are faced by the concerned company through the implementation of the ethical strategies as well as the incorporation of the concerned strategies in the matters that pertain to the practical operations within the various business organisations that are responsible for the proper contributions to the economy of the concerned country wherein these organisations might have been operating, especially within the territorial limits of the countries that are situated in North America, Europe and Asia.

Methodology: What methodology have the authors used to collect data?

The author of the article had composed the concerned article on the basis of the data collected from the review of the existing literature and the issues that were derived from the various surveys that were conducted within the various organisations. The article tends to review a vast literature in order to identify the various factors that might affect the implementation of the ethical strategies as well as the incorporation of the concerned strategies in the matters that pertain to the practical operations within the various business organisations that are responsible for the proper contributions to the economy of the concerned country wherein these organisations might have been operating, especially within the territorial limits of the countries that are situated in North America, Europe and Asia.

Findings and conclusion What were the findings and conclusion of the article?

The findings reveal the existence of a gap among the implementation of the ethical strategies as well as the incorporation of the concerned strategies in the practical operations within the various business organisations responsible for the proper contributions to the economy of the concerned country wherein these organisations might have been operating.

What were the academic and managerial contributions made by the journal article?

The discussed article might help in the matters that pertain to the implementation and the incorporation of the ethical practices within the organisation.