The development of strategies is considered a central task of corporate management. In this introduction, Reinhart Nagel and Rudolf Wimmer describe the fundamentals of systemic strategy development and its advantages over traditional expert-oriented strategy development. After discussing the conceptual understanding and the significance of strategy in the context of corporate management, the authors provide an overview of the development strands in the relevant literature. Against this background, they outline the essential characteristics of systemic strategy development and the underlying understanding of organizations. Using practical examples from concrete strategy work, typical variations of strategy processes are presented, and a pragmatic process architecture is designed. The book concludes with a presentation of the specifics of.