The Passion and Discipline of Strategy [electronic resource] /
Obloj, Krzysztof.author.
Utilises the experiences of the best companies and leaders in emerging and mature markets to highlight the necessary linkage of passion and discipline in an effective strategy process. Passion motivates and maintains a manager's focus, whilst discipline is necessary to make passion productive and effective.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1 What Is Strategy Anyway?""; ""At the fair of definitions and concepts""; ""Changing nature of strategy""; ""2 Passion and Strategic Choices""; ""Dreams and ideas""; ""Passions as promise, not guarantees""; ""At the outset of passion there is hypothesis""; ""So what? Passion and decisions""; ""Inertia and exclusion""; ""3 Discipline of Strategy Execution: Sensemaking and Territory""; ""Who is the decision-maker?""; ""Sensemaking of an environmental dynamics â€? a rule of hinge""
""Defining company boundaries â€? a rule of territory""""4 Discipline of Strategy Execution: Goals and Business Model""; ""Where do goals come from?""; ""Strategic goals â€? a rule of minimum""; ""Complementing strategic goals with priorities""; ""Company business model â€? a rule of an envelope""; ""5 The Effect of Passion and Discipline â€? Competitive Advantage""; ""Advantage is always local and temporary""; ""Resource-based view on competitive advantage""; ""Practice of competitive advantage""; ""What should be included in the company strategy statement?""
""6 What Makes a Good Strategy?""""Difficult simplicity""; ""Internal consistency""; ""External coherence""; ""Constant challenge""; ""7 Company Adrift â€? Inertia, Organizational Games and Unsure Leaders""; ""Inertia, or why companies donâ€?t adapt easily""; ""Games for power and resources""; ""Unsure leaders""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Utilises the experiences of the best companies and leaders in emerging and mature markets to highlight the necessary linkage of passion and discipline in an effective strategy process. Passion motivates and maintains a manager's focus, whilst discipline is necessary to make passion productive and effective.
Leadership.
Management.
Small business.
Entrepreneurship.
Economics.
Management science.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Management.
Small Business.
Entrepreneurship.
Economics, general.