Strategic Management
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Strategic Management

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This highly popular introduction to strategic management has now been revised to take account of the latest developments in the field.

  • New edition of a highly popular introduction to strategic management.
  • Provides a clear framework for understanding the issues in corporate strategy, supported by current case examples.
  • Revised to take account of the latest development in the field.
  • Now features twelve new cases.
  • Includes new chapters on issues relating to the resource-based view of the firm, innovation, learning, and the 'new economy'.
  • Includes a new concluding chapter looking at present and future issues in strategic management.
  • Continues to combine the latest management concepts with and emphasis on current business applications and implementation.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
9781405142366
Edition
2
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Decision Making
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. FIGURES
  2. TABLES
  3. EXHIBITS
  4. PREFACE
  5. 1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT?
  6. What is Strategy?
  7. Two Approaches to Strategy
  8. Elements of Strategy
  9. Our Model of Strategy
  10. The Growth Vector
  11. Mission Statements
  12. Identity
  13. Theory of the Business
  14. Strategy Evaluation
  15. The Book in Brief
  16. 2 SITUATION ANALYSIS: THE FIRM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
  17. What do we mean by ‘Environment’?
  18. How does one Analyse the Environment?
  19. The Nature of the Environment
  20. Structural Analysis of the Competitive Environment
  21. Identifying the Firm’s Competitive Position
  22. The Internal Environment: Resources and Capabilities
  23. SWOT Analysis
  24. Conclusion
  25. 3 BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGY
  26. Strategic Choice
  27. Competitive Strategies
  28. Gaining Competitive Advantage
  29. Competitive Advantage through Resources and Capabilities
  30. Market Turbulence and Hypercompetition
  31. Dealing with the Opposition
  32. Conclusion
  33. 4 CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY
  34. Strategic Considerations
  35. Directional Strategies
  36. Methods of Development
  37. Portfolio Strategies
  38. Parenting Strategies
  39. Selecting Appropriate Strategies
  40. Corporate Objectives
  41. 5 ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGY
  42. Organizational Issues and Strategy
  43. Peters and Waterman’s Excellent Organizations
  44. Japanese Organizations and Strategic Management
  45. Strategic Human Resource Management
  46. Magic Kingdoms?
  47. Critical Voices
  48. New Perspectives on Excellence: Built to Last and Good to Great
  49. Organization Design: Strategy and Structure
  50. Structuring for Complexity
  51. Parenting
  52. Competition and Co-operation
  53. 6 THE MANAGEMENT OF STRATEGIC CHANGE
  54. Triggers for Change
  55. Radical Change
  56. The Incremental Approach to Change
  57. Radical and Incremental Change Compared
  58. Strategy Subsystems
  59. Managing Change
  60. The Innovating Organization
  61. Organizational Development and Strategy
  62. Change in Service Environments
  63. Strategic Management and Leadership
  64. Leaders on Leadership
  65. Leadership means Change
  66. 7 THE FUTURE OF STRATEGY: COMPETENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY
  67. Competence
  68. Competence, Organization and Human Resources
  69. Future Excellence
  70. The Future of Strategy
  71. Software Wars: Davids v. Goliath
  72. Strategy and Responsibility
  73. Epilogue
  74. Final Thought
  75. 8 CASE STUDIES
  76. What Business are we in? Boots: the Journey to Well-being
  77. The Sad Fate of the Dodo
  78. Home Depot in the midst of Transformation
  79. The National Health Service: a case of too many trusts?
  80. Nokia: a Great Company in a Turbulent Market
  81. Rexam: a Classic Transformation
  82. Sainsbury: Stuck in the Middle Again
  83. Sony: Idei’s Vision
  84. GE: the Leadership Practices of Jack Welch
  85. Xerox: Capabilities Discovered but not Developed
  86. REFERENCES
  87. INDEX