Naveed Yazdani2011-08-032011-08-032010Oxford Business & Economics Conference Program, June 28-29, pp 7-28, 2010978-0-9742114-1-9https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/179This theoretical paper views Henry Mintzberg’s ‘Strategy Safari’ as representing a strategy continuum along which different styles/modes of strategy making and implementing are spread, with Prescriptive/Planning style of strategizing at one end and the Descriptive/Learning mode of strategizing at the other end. The paper attempts to highlight some of the reasons behind the traditional ‘hype’ created for the Prescriptive/Planning mode, its impact on the teaching behavior of the teachers of strategic management and, the underlying philosophical and theoretical assumptions behind the two extreme end of the strategy continuum. Based on these underpinnings, the paper presents some propositions and calls for launching research efforts to test and verify these propositions. The paper proposes to include the strategy continuum view for the teaching of Strategic Management courses at graduate and under-graduate levels in the business schools.enStrategyPrescriptive Schools of StrategyDescriptive Schools of StrategyStrategic ManagementStrategy-ContinuumConference Paper