Dr Sotirios E. Paroutis BA (Athens University of Economics and Business), MSc (Warwick Business School), PhD (School of Management, University of Bath) Associate Professor of Strategic Management Room C2.31, Scarman Road Warwick Business School The University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK +44 (0)24 7657 5340 Sotirios.Paroutis@wbs.ac.uk

Research Interests

Strategy Practice and Process; Strategic Discourse; Strategy Tools; Strategy Directors/Chief Strategy Officers; Strategy Teams; Strategic Change; Multi-business firms.

Expertise

Sotirios teaches in the Masters, MBA, and Executive programmes at the Warwick Business School (WBS). He is recipient of multiple annual WBS Outstanding MBA Teacher Awards and has been involved in training for a number of organizations including IBM, E.On, UBS, CapGemini and Transport for London.

Previously he worked as Junior Associate at McKinsey & Company (London), Financial Analyst at Procter & Gamble (Athens) and Credit Analyst at Eurobank EFG Bank (Athens).

He holds a Doctorate in Strategy and Organisation from the School of Management, University of Bath, a Masters degree (with Distinction) in Management Science and Operational Research from the Warwick Business School and a Bachelor (Hons) in Management from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He was awarded the McKinsey & Company scholarship for doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Andrew Pettigrew and the Bodossaki Foundation scholarship for postgraduate study at the Warwick Business School.

Sotirios serves as officer for the Strategizing, Activities and Practice (SAP) Interest Group at the Academy of Management and Chair of the judging committee for the Best Paper for Practice Implications award at the Strategic Management Society (SMS). In 2011, he served as chairperson for the Strategy Practice Interest Group in SMS. He is the recipient of the 2008 SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications and the Outstanding Reviewer Award for the BPS division at AoM for 2008. He is a reviewer for a number of journals including: Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Human Relations, British Journal of Management, California Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Long Range Planning and Scandinavian Journal of Management. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, the European Group for Organizational Studies, the European Academy of Management, the British Academy of Management and the British Operational Research Society.

Research

Sotirios works on a number of research projects at the intersections of strategy practice and process: discourse (with Loizos Heracleous), tools and cognition (with Robert Wright and Daniela Blettner), strategy directors (with Duncan Angwin and Markus Menz), workshops (with Alberto Franco), CEO language (with Max McKeown and Simon Collinson).

His broader research interests lie in the study of the strategy processes and practices in challenging and complex organizational settings in the UK and globally.

New Name and Domain Statement for the SMS Strategy Practice Interest Group 

Contribute to the SMS Strategy Practice IG Collaborative Site (Wiki) and LinkedIn Group 

The AoM, Strategizing, Activities and Practice (SAP) IG Website and NEWSLetter

:: Future Events ::

The Second SAP-R group meeting, Warwick University (24 May 2012) Call at the SAP-In site 

SMS Prague Annual International Conference (October 2012) Call for Papers for the Practice IG

AOM Boston Annual Meeting (August 2012)

:: Past Events ::

Research Visit - ST. Gallen University (November 2011)

SMS Miami Annual International Conference (November 2011): Strategies for a Multi-polar World Systems Perspective to Strategy Process Research (Sunday 11:15-12:30)

SAP-Review Group Inaugural Meeting, New College, Oxford (October 2011) Report Facebook Site

AOM St. Antonio Annual Meeting (August 2011): West Meets East (SAP IG Call for Papers) 

Lancaster Centre for Strategic Management Seminar, Lancaster Business School (19 January 2011)

SMS Rome Annual International Conference (September 2010): Strategic Management at the Crossroads Program Committee Strategy Practice IG Sessions Showcase Plenary on Research Directions at the Intersections of Strategy Process and practice

Business, Organisation and Society (BOSS) Seminar, Henley Business School (25 March 2010):

Talking about Strategy: Explorations in the Sociology of Strategizing

SMS Finland Special Conference (March 2010):Intersections of Strategy Processes and Strategy Practices Program Committee Program Booklet

SMS Washington DC Annual International Conference (October 2009): Strategies in an Uncertain World Program Committee See the slides and insights we generated during our IG Sunday sessions in our Wiki Page

AOM 2009 (August 2009): PDW on Managing Change in Extreme Contexts

Athens University Of Economics & Business (1st June 2009): Department of Business Administration Seminar Series

Open University Business School (20th May 2009): OUBS Seminar Series

EURAM 2009 (May 2009): Track 35: Strategy as Practice - New Methodological Approaches and Challenges

:: Other News ::

Press Release (May, 2010): WBS Research Wins International Recognition 

Press Release (October, 2008) : WBS Research With Practical Implications See Also The Spring 2009 Issue of Nexus

News In Brief: External Recognition and Awards for WBS Staff

Interview: The Warwick MBA - Greek Insight (in greek)

Publications

Journal Articles

Paroutis, S. & Al Saleh, A. (2009) Determinants of Knowledge Sharing using Web 2.0 Technologies. Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 13, No 4, 52-63. Download from Publisher Download

Angwin, D., Paroutis, S. & Mitson, S. (2009) Connecting Up Strategy: Are Senior Strategy Directors (SSDs) a Missing Link? California Management Review, Volume 51, No 3, Spring, 74-94. Download 

Nichols, C. & Paroutis, S. (2008) Engaged Strategy Participation: Going beyond Buy-in. Critical Eye Review.

Angwin, D. & Paroutis, S. (2008)The Strategy Director: front-line soldier or reserve general? Strategic Innovators, April Issue.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2007) Strategizing in the Multi-business Firm: Strategy Teams at Multiple Levels and over Time. Human Relations 60(1): 99-135. Special Issue on Strategizing: The Challenges of a Practice Perspective. Download from Publisher Download Contents of the Human Relations Special Issue

Book

Paroutis, S., Heracleous, L. & Angwin, D. (2012) Practicing Strategy: Text and Cases. Sage: London (forthcoming).

Book Contributions

Paroutis, S. (2012). Strategy process. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. (2012). Matrix structure. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. (2012). Structuring organizations. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. (2012). Learning organization. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, 3rd edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. & Robertson, D. (2007) Macro Environment Analysis: PESTLE. DLMBA, Strategic Advantage, Lesson 3.

Paroutis, S. (2006) Classic and New Forms of Organizing. DLMBA, Strategy and Practice, Lesson 5 (update).

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2005) Making Strategy in the Multi-business Firm in Innovating Strategy Processes, Floyd S. W., Roos J., Jacobs C. & Kellermanns F.W. (Eds.), 97-110, Blackwell, Oxford. Part of the SMS book series edited by Hitt, M. Introduction

Conference Papers

Franco, A. & Paroutis, S. (2011) Boundary Objects in Dialogues: Exploring How Strategy Tools Shape Workshop Outcomes. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) 31st Annual International Conference, 6-9 November, Miami, United States.

Menz, M., Paroutis, S. & Angwin, D. (2011) Corporate Strategy, Chief Strategy Officer Type and Firm Perfomance: A Knowledge Based View. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 12-16 August, St Antonio, United States.

Wright, R., Paroutis, S. & Blettner, D. (2010) Managerial Cognitions of Strategic Tools Usefulness: A Strategy-as-Experiential Practice Perspective. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 6-10 August, Montreal, Canada.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2010) First-Order Strategy Discourse: The Strategy Meaning-making Process in Practice. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society Finland Special Conference on the Intersections of Strategy Processes and Practices, 17-20 March, Finland. Recognized as Honorable Mention of the Special Conference Finland Best Paper Award.

Rompas, S. & Paroutis, S. (2009) Firm Behavior and the Strategic Action of Acquiring External Resources in the Biopharmaceuticals Industry: A Multi-Level Conceptual Framework. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) 29th Annual International Conference, 11-14 October, Washington DC, United States.

Angwin, D. & Paroutis, S. (2009) Understanding the Role of Senior Strategy Directors: Connecting Strategy in Large Firms. Paper presented at the 25th EGOS Colloquium, 2-4 July, Barcelona.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Institutionalizing Strategy: Gaining Legitimacy through Meaning-Making in Complex Organizational Settings. Paper presented at the workshop on 'The Craft of Discourse Analysis in Strategy as Practice Research', 11-12 November, University of St. Gallen.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Strategists on Strategy: Understanding the Meaning of Strategy in Complex Organizational Settings. Paper presented at the AIM workshop on 'Actions, Practices and Institutions', 22 October, Aston Business School.

Paroutis, S. & Angwin, D. (2008) The Roles of Strategy Directors and Strategy Teams in Large Firms. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) 28th Annual International Conference, 12-15 October, Cologne, Germany. Winner of the SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications. Certificate 

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Strategic Meaning-Making in Practice: Insights from Managers in FTSE-100 Firms. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) 28th Annual International Conference, 12-15 October, Cologne, Germany.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Institutionalizing Strategy: Gaining Legitimacy through Meaning-Making in Complex Organizational Settings. Paper presented at the International Conference on the 'Trajectories, Paths, Patterns and Practices of Strategising and Organising', 23-25 September, St Anne's College, University of Oxford.

Paroutis, S. & Angwin, D. (2008) On the Role and Capabilities of Strategy Directors and Strategy Teams: Supporting Upper Echelons in Complex Organizational Settings. Paper Symposium on ‘The Questions We Ask about Upper Echelons Research’ sponsored by the BPS, OMT and ENT divisions at the Academy of Management Conference, 8-13 August, Anaheim, California.

Wright, R., Paroutis, S. & Blettner, D. (2008) Building Stronger Models Through Strategy-as-Practice: The Case of Strategic Tools Usefulness. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 8-13 August, Anaheim, California.

Mckeown, M. & Paroutis, S. (2008) The Constrained Variety of CEO Sequences of Action to Overcome Inertia and Accomplish Innovation in Response to Rare Events & Welcome Crises: Some Propositions & Observations. Paper presented at the 24th EGOS Colloquium, 10-12 July, Amsterdam.

Paroutis, S. (2007) Strategizing Capabilities: Conceptual and Empirical Insights from a Multi-Method Study. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) 27th Annual International Conference, 14-17 October, San Diego, CA. Full Text

Caldart, A., Paroutis, S. & Robertson, D. (2007) Investigating How Different Exploitation Strategies Could Affect the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation in Teams. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, 11-13 September, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Mckeown, M. & Paroutis, S. (2007) When Is Strategy? The Central but Neglected Role of Time in Strategic Management Research. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, 11-13 September, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Paroutis, S. (2007) The Micro-foundations of Strategy: Exploring the Practices of Strategy Teams in Multi-business Firms. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 3-8 August, Philadelphia, PA.

Caldart, A., Paroutis, S. & Robertson, D. (2007) How Different Exploitation Strategies Affect the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation in Teams. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 3-8 August, Philadelphia, PA.

Paroutis, S. (2007) The Relationship between Organizing and Strategizing: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from a Multi-Method Study. Paper presented at the 23rd EGOS Colloquium , 5-7 July, Vienna, Austria.

Paroutis, S. & Palmer, G. C. A. (2007) Developing Capabilities for Practice: Do We Really Teach MBAs Hot to be Effective Strategists? Paper presented at the third Organization Studies Summer Workshop, 7-9 June, Crete, Greece.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2006) Strategy Teams in Multibusiness Firms: Studying Strategizing Practices across Levels. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) 26th Annual International Conference, Vienna, Austria. Finalists for the ninth annual SMS Best Conference Paper Prize.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2005) Strategizing in Multibusiness Firms: Making and Executing Strategy across Multiple Levels and Over Time. Paper presented at the 21st EGOS Colloquium, Berlin, Germany. Full Text(login required)

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2005) Studying Strategizing and Organizing within the Multibusiness Firm: Capabilities, Evidence and Learning. Paper presented at the first Organization Studies Summer Workshop, Santorini, Greece.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2003) Making Strategy in the Multibusiness Firm: Some Early Findings. Paper presented at the Mini SMS conference, Connecticut, United States.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2001) Practicing Strategy and Developing Strategising Capabilities: A Research Prospect. Paper presented at the 17th EGOS Colloquium, Lyon, France.

Thesis

Paroutis, S. (2006) Strategizing in the Multi-business Firm. School of Management, University of Bath. Supervisor: Professor Andrew Pettigrew.

Cases

Paroutis, S. and Sutcliffe N. (2012) When Strategists Hit the 'Perfect Storm': Marconi (A), (B) and Teaching Note. Warwick Business School (ECCH).

Paroutis, S. (2006) Hugo Boss, Warwick Business School.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2003) The Challenges of Making and Executing Strategy in a Multibusiness Firm, Warwick Business School.

Paroutis, S. Vlismas, H. & Rokkas, A. (1999) Competition in the Greek Mobile Market.

Magazine Articles

Angwin, D. & Paroutis, S. (2009) Down, but not out! - M&A during recession? Business & Economy, Planman Media.

Reports

Paroutis, S. (2007) The Concept of 'Research-led' Teaching: Critique and Reflections in the Context of Business Education.

Paroutis, S. (2000) Complexity Theory, System Dynamics and Strategy. Dissertation supervised by Professor John Mingers, University of Warwick.

Paroutis, S. (1999) Special Consumer Markets-Networks. Report prepared for Procter & Gamble Hellas SA (in Greek).

Paroutis, S. (1999) The Means of e-Transactions in the 21st Century. Essay awarded in the 5th Greek Student Competition by the Alpha-Credit Bank and the Industrial & Economic Review magazine (in Greek).