10 Schools of Strategy

1. The Design School: strategy formation as a process of conception.
2. The Planning School: strategy formation as a formal process.
3. The Positioning School: strategy formation as an analytical process.
4. The Entrepreneurial School: strategy formation as a visionary process.
5. The Cognitive School: strategy formation as a mental process.
6. The Learning School: strategy formation as an emergent process.
7. The Power School: strategy formation as a process of negotiation.
8. The Cultural School: strategy formation as a reactive process.
9. The Environmental School: strategy formation as a reactive process.
10. The Configuration School: strategy formation as a process of transformation.

Sources

Strategy Safari – Your complete guide through the wilds of strategic management, H. Mintzberg, B. Ahlstrand, J. Lampel (2009)