THE DIMENSIONS OF THE MANAGERIAL THINKING
      STRATEGIC   SCHOOLS AND THEIR DEFFINITORY
    CHARACTERISTICS FOR ELABORATING THE STRATEGY

          Assistant professor PhD Student Mălina Cordoş, malina_cordos@yahoo.com
                             ”1 Decembrie 1918”,Faculty of Science

       Abstract: What is strategy? We can say with certitude there is no unique
universally accepted definition. The specialized literature is rich in studies, books and
perspectives over the strategy, but this abundance proves the relevance and the
complexity of this subject. And this complexity makes it hard to find a single good answer
in developing a strategy. As Whittington (2001) said, the different conceptions about the
strategy have radically different implications over the strategy’s elaboration process1.
       Henry Mintzberg identified 10 schools of managerial thinking – three prescriptive
and seven descriptive. In this article I will try to make some considerations regarding the
dimensions of these schools and their deffinitory characteristics for elaborating the
strategy.

        Key words: strategy, strategic schools, strategy’s elaboration process
        JEL code: M10