Strategy and Leadership for Grand Societal Challenges: Bridging Theory and Practice

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Alice Erthal Douglas Wegner

Strategy and Leadership for Grand Societal Challenges

Bridging Theory and Practice

Alice Erthal, Douglas Wegner

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Routledge
08 September 2025

Public administration; Business strategy; Management: leadership & motivation; Sales & marketing; Organisational theory & behaviour

Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

Strategy and Leadership for Grand Societal Challenges: Bridging Theory and Practice offers a thorough examination of grand challenges (GCs), addressing the origins and impacts of these global issues while outlining practical solutions.

Through a blend of theoretical exploration and real-world case studies, this book reveals how businesses, governments, and organizations can strategically approach GCs to foster societal progress. It presents a toolkit for addressing GCs, focusing on key areas like multi-stakeholder collaboration, innovative business models, and responsible innovation. Readers will gain insights into ethical and transformative leadership and the importance of open strategizing, which prioritizes transparency, inclusivity, and socially aligned decision-making. Practical guidance and theoretical frameworks equip leaders to navigate the complex and sometimes paradoxical aspects of GCs, helping them drive meaningful, sustainable impact.

This book is essential reading for academics, researchers, and advanced students in the fields of business management, leadership studies, and public policy, especially those focused on addressing complex societal issues through strategic frameworks. It also offers valuable insights for scholars investigating the intersections of ethics, responsible innovation, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. While practitioners and policymakers may find actionable strategies within its pages, scholars and professionals alike will benefit from its rigorous theoretical foundation and empirical case studies.

Edited by: Alice Erthal, Douglas Wegner
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781041033677
ISBN 10: 1041033672
Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 08 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction to Grand Challenges in Management 2. Building a Responsible Future: The Intersection of Grand Challenges and Responsible Innovation 3. Collaborative Networks for Addressing Grand Challenges 4. Grand Challenges in Focus: Leveraging Open Strategizing for Collaborative Solutions 5. Facing Grand Challenges with Global Mindset and Humility 6. Ethical Leadership in times of Grand Challenges: Toward a Relational Approach 7. Individual Agency in Addressing Grand Challenges: Understanding Multi-level Pressures and Driving Change 8. All-out war on SMEs: The Forgotten Grand Challenge 9. Navigating Digital Transformation in Latin American Cities to Address Grand Challenges 10. Health Systems Financing: Addressing Grand Challenges for Sustainable Universal Health Coverage 11. Tackling Grand Challenges and the Social Contract for Business

Alice Erthal is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership at Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil. Douglas Wegner is Professor of Collaborative Strategies at Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil.