Format:
1 Online-Ressource (840 pages)
ISBN:
9781350491366
Content:
Reflecting the challenges of formulating, implementing and monitoring strategy in practice, Colin White's contemporary text discusses differing theories and approaches in the context of real world experience. The book includes integrated web packages for both students and instructors
Content:
Reflecting the challenges of formulating, implementing and monitoring strategy in practice, White's contemporary text discusses differing theories and approaches in the context of real-world experience. Readers are encouraged to conceptualize and generalize business problems and to confront philosophical issues without losing sight of practical aims. Each chapter starts with a Key Strategic Challenge and sets the scene of a case study which is resolved at the end of the chapter. The text includes more than 60 Strategy in Action short case examples to illustrate how organizations apply strategy in practice along with fifteen long case studies for detailed analysis. Strategic Projects and Exploring Further sections encourage readers to investigate the subject more in detail. Strategic Management: - Acknowledges the complex reality of strategy in the real world showing students the challenges they will encounter when implementing strategy in practice. - Provides a solid theoretical grounding in the subject enabling students to develop their own strategic approaches. - Offers comprehensive and contemporary topic coverage reflecting current trends such as globalization, co-operative strategy and performance measurement. - Includes separate chapters on Implementation, Monitoring and Risk Assessment reflecting the critical role of these issues within organizations. - Provides a wide range of international case examples from well-known organizations in all regions of the world allowing students to see how strategy is implemented in practice and reflecting the global nature of strategy for multinational corporations. Integrated web packages include: - For students: Additional long case studies, integrating case study, links to further resources, searchable glossary. - For Instructors: Suggested teaching pathways and key themes, additional case study questions, comments on exercises and assignments within the text, powerpoint lecture presentations. Visit www.palgrave.com/business/white for more information
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 812-822) and index
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Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Who this book is for; How to use the book; The case studies; Companion website; Introductory reading; Part I: Introducing Strategic Management; 1 Introducing strategy and strategy making; 2 Thinking and acting strategically; 3 Adopting a global perspective; 4 Reading an uncertain future; Part II: Strategic Environments and Competitive Advantage; 5 Identifying opportunity and risk; 6 Reading the competitive environment; 7 Analysing resources, capabilities and core competencies.
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Prologue PART I: INTRODUCING STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Introducing Strategy and Strategy Making Thinking and Acting Strategically Adopting a Global Perspective Reading an Uncertain Future PART II: STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTS & COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Identifying Opportunities and Risks Reading the Competitive Environment Analysing Resources, Capabilities and Core Competencies Creating & Maintaining Competitive Advantage Reducing Cost Differentiating the Product PART III: STRATEGIC DILEMMAS Determining the Size of an Enterprise Integrating the Strategists When to Compete and when to Co-operate? Managing Risk Participating in the Global Economy Part IV: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER Formulating Strategy Implementing Strategy Monitoring Strategic Performance Part V: STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND AUDIT Long Case Studies Epilogue Glossary Bibliography Company Index Subject Index.
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8 Creating and maintaining competitive advantage9 Reducing costs; 10 Differentiating the product; Part III: Strategic Dilemmas; 11 Determining the size of an enterprise; 12 Integrating the strategists; 13 When to compete and when to cooperate; 14 Managing risk; 15 Participating in the global economy; Part IV: Bringing it all Together; 16 Formulating strategy; 17 Implementing strategy; 18 Monitoring strategic performance; Part V: Strategic Analysis and Audit; Riding t.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230554771
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403904003
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1403904006
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe White, Colin (Colin M.) Strategic management Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 ISBN 1403904006
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403904003
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-230-55477-1
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