Corporate strategy in construction
Subtitle: understanding today's theory and practice
By: Steven McCabe.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781405159128
Subjects: Construction industry -- Management; Strategic planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Strategic management theory : its origins, development, and relevance to contemporary organisations; title: A short socio-historical analysis of the development of the British construction industry; title: Understanding the environment : markets and competition; title: Strategy and its connection with consumers and customers : the keys to success; title: Developing and maintaining organisational resources : the basis for delivering strategy; title: "Organisation[al] matters" : a strategic perspective of the importance of how to manage people; title: Knowledge, innovation, and technology : the "keys" to the future; title: Change : the only constant in strategy; title: Considering the development of strategic options; title: Implementing the strategy : issues, dilemmas, and delivery of strategic outcomes; title: Turning theory into practice : some empirical examples of strategy in construction organisations.