Crafting & Executing Strategy: Concepts and Readings - Brossura

Thompson Jr, Arthur; Peteraf, Margaret; Strickland Iii, A.; Gamble, John

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ISBN 10: 0077325176 ISBN 13: 9780077325176

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Riassunto

Overview: The 18th edition of Crafting and Executing Strategy represents one of our most important and thoroughgoing revisions ever. The newest member of the author team, Margie Peteraf, led a thorough re-examination of every paragraph on every page of the 17th edition chapters. The overriding objectives were to inject new perspectives and the best academic thinking, strengthen linkages to the latest research findings, modify the coverage and exposition as needed to ensure squarely on-target content, and give every chapter a major facelift. While this 18th edition retains the same 12-chapter structure of the prior edition, every chapter has been totally refreshed. And the chapter content continues to be solidly mainstream and balanced, mirroring both the best academic thinking and the pragmatism of real-world strategic management.

An attractive collection of 20 relevant, readable, and recent readings that amplify important topics in managing a company's strategy-making, strategy-executing process is included in this Concepts and Readings version to provide students with a taste of the literature of strategic management before tackling cases or simulation projects.

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L'autore:

Arthur A. Thompson, Jr., earned his B.S and Ph.D. degrees in economics from The University of Tennessee, spent three years on the economics faculty at Virginia Tech, and served on the faculty of The University of Alabama's College of Commerce and Business Administration for 24 years. In 1974 and again in 1982, Dr. Thompson spent semester-long sabbaticals as a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School.His areas of specialization are business strategy, competition and market analysis, and the economics of business enterprises. In addition to publishing over 30 articles in some 25 different professional and trade publications, he has authored or co-authored five textbooks and six computer-based simulation exercises. His textbooks and strategy simulations have been used at well over 1,000 college and university campuses worldwide. Dr. Thompson spends much of his off-campus time giving presentations, putting on management development programs, working with companies, and helping operate a business simulation enterprise in which he is a major partner. Dr.Thompson and his wife of 56 years have two daughters, two grandchildren, and a Yorkshire terrier.

Contenuti:

Part I: Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy

Section A: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 1: What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important?

Chapter 2: Leading the Process of Crafting and Executing Strategy

Section B: Core Concepts and Analytical Tools

Chapter 3: Evaluating a Company’s External Environment

Chapter 4: Evaluating a Company’s Resources and Competitive Position

Section C: Crafting a Strategy

Chapter 5: Five Generic Competitive Strategies--Which One to Employ?

Chapter 6: Supplementing the Chosen Competitive Strategy: Other Important Strategy Choices

Chapter 7: Strategies for Competing in Foreign Markets

Chapter 8: Diversification: Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses

Chapter 9: Ethical Business Strategies, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability

Section D: Executing the Strategy

Chapter 10: Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution

Chapter 11: Managing Internal Operations: Actions That Promote Good Strategy Execution

Chapter 12: Corporate Culture and Leadership: Keys to Good Strategy Execution

Part II: Readings

Business Models, Business Strategy, and Innovation

The Power of Vision: Statements That Resonate

Finding Your Strategy in the New Landscape

Getting into Your Competitor’s Head

Operational Capabilities: Hidden in Plain View

Orchestrating the New Dynamic Capabilities

Low-Cost Strategy through Product Architecture: Lessons from China

Innovation Strategies Combined

Managing Strategic Alliances: What Do We Know Now, and Where Do We Go from Here?

How Emerging Giants Are Rewriting the Rules of M&A

The American Model of the Multinational Firm and the "New" Multinationals from Emerging Economies

Core Competencies for Diversifying: Case Study of a Small Business

Globalfocusing: Corporate Strategies under Pressure

Making the Most of Corporate Social Responsibility

Business as Environmental Steward: The Growth of Greening

Recurring Failures in Corporate Governance: A Global Disease?

Creative Execution

Only the Right People Are Strategic Assets of the Firm

Six Sigma at Your Service

The Story Is the Message: Shaping Corporate Culture

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0077325176
• ISBN 13: 9780077325176
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 417