A company uses the planned emergence approach in the development of its strategies. Which of the following is an implication of this?
A) The employees will be isolated from the process of setting the company's vision and mission.
B) The lower-level employees will be restricted to the tasks involved in strategic implementation.
C) The company's organizational structure and systems will be designed to support bottom-up strategic initiatives.
D) The top management will create a strategy that is based on hard data alone, rather than an inspiring vision.

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Taken together, a firm's realized strategy is frequently a combination of top-down strategic intent and bottom-up emergent strategies. This type of strategy process is called planned emergence. In that process, organizational structure and systems allow bottom-up strategic initiatives to emerge and be evaluated and coordinated by top management.

A Company Uses the Planned Emergence Approach in the Development