An Enneagram Approach to Strategy
This conceptual paper examines how Enneagram as a personality typing system could be adopted as a meta-model across multiple domains. The enneagram strategy is a structural typology that many organisations and individuals use to effectively understand their business profiles and interpersonal patter...
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| author | Issam Tlemsani Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim Robin Matthews Vera Ndrecaj Rachel Mason-Jones |
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| description | This conceptual paper examines how Enneagram as a personality typing system could be adopted as a meta-model across multiple domains. The enneagram strategy is a structural typology that many organisations and individuals use to effectively understand their business profiles and interpersonal patterns, despite scholars showing concerns about its robustness and dynamism. This paper extends the argument as to how the mechanics of the Enneagram are intrinsically interrelated with (a) organisational systems and networks, (b) organisational grammar, (c) supply chains, and (d) creativity. It also emphasizes the importance/close association of the Enneagram tool with interdependence, business model, networks, statics, and system dynamics. The paper uses a combination of research methods (theoretical, exploratory, and descriptive) to evaluate the adaptability of the enneagram. The findings demonstrate that enneagram as a strategy could be applied to various business phenomena but requires more cross-domain empirical research. The enneagram can also be used to develop meta-models/toy models that can relate to the organisational outcomes by integrating tangible and intangible process assets. This paper reliably lays a set of principles/foundations to launch the enneagram approach to a complex, broad, systematic, and creative scope. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-442480d27ae2418ba7cd4ea365fab22a2023-11-17T23:59:15ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872023-04-0113511910.3390/admsci13050119An Enneagram Approach to StrategyIssam Tlemsani0Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim1Robin Matthews2Vera Ndrecaj3Rachel Mason-Jones4The Centre of International Business, Gateshead NE8 1AN, UKCardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UKDepartment of Strategy, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames KT2 7LB, UKCardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UKCardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UKThis conceptual paper examines how Enneagram as a personality typing system could be adopted as a meta-model across multiple domains. The enneagram strategy is a structural typology that many organisations and individuals use to effectively understand their business profiles and interpersonal patterns, despite scholars showing concerns about its robustness and dynamism. This paper extends the argument as to how the mechanics of the Enneagram are intrinsically interrelated with (a) organisational systems and networks, (b) organisational grammar, (c) supply chains, and (d) creativity. It also emphasizes the importance/close association of the Enneagram tool with interdependence, business model, networks, statics, and system dynamics. The paper uses a combination of research methods (theoretical, exploratory, and descriptive) to evaluate the adaptability of the enneagram. The findings demonstrate that enneagram as a strategy could be applied to various business phenomena but requires more cross-domain empirical research. The enneagram can also be used to develop meta-models/toy models that can relate to the organisational outcomes by integrating tangible and intangible process assets. This paper reliably lays a set of principles/foundations to launch the enneagram approach to a complex, broad, systematic, and creative scope.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/13/5/119enneagramcreativitymeta-modelnetworkssystemsgrammar |
| spellingShingle | Issam Tlemsani Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim Robin Matthews Vera Ndrecaj Rachel Mason-Jones An Enneagram Approach to Strategy Administrative Sciences enneagram creativity meta-model networks systems grammar |
| title | An Enneagram Approach to Strategy |
| title_full | An Enneagram Approach to Strategy |
| title_fullStr | An Enneagram Approach to Strategy |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Enneagram Approach to Strategy |
| title_short | An Enneagram Approach to Strategy |
| title_sort | enneagram approach to strategy |
| topic | enneagram creativity meta-model networks systems grammar |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/13/5/119 |
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