Readings in strategy and strategic planning
By: edited by Harry Costin.
Contributors: Costin, Harry Ivan.
Series: Dryden Press series in management
Publisher: Dryden Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Strategic planning.
Description: The readings [in this management text] describe and illustrate diverse ways to conceptualize and apply strategy. The premise in the selection of the readings was that, given the rich literature on strategy in fields as diverse as military history, public policy, and business, important opportunities for conceptual cross-fertilization exist.... Part 1 includes excerpts from the well-known strategic classics by Sun Tzu and Clausewitz.... Part 2 introduces representative selections from some of the best-known business strategy authors and scholars.... Part 3 introduces the reader to the implementation of the process of strategic planning and to concepts that help us understand (describe) and frame (influence) the process.... Part 4 builds on the political dimension of strategic planning introduced in some of the readings in Part 3.... Part 5 introduces tools and models widely used in the process strategy formulation.... Part 6 focuses on strategic resources, [and] Part 7 explores international business strategies, impact of globalization, and attempts to speculate about likely future trends and their impact on businesses and individuals. -Pref.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Classics on strategy: Art of war, strategic assessment / S. Tzu; On war, strategy / C. von Clausewitz; title: Defining strategy: How competitive forces shape strategy / M.E. Porter; Market driven strategy, managing in turbulent markets; / G. Day; Managing on the edge, the fit/split paradox / R.T. Pascale; title: Strategic planning: Six theories of planning, myths and realities / G. Benveniste; Strategic change, logical incrementalism / J.B. Quinn; title: Political strategy: Of secretaries to Princes / T.S. Axworthy; Toward a methodology of stakeholder analysis / T. Welsh and N. McGinn; title: Tools for strategic analysis and planning: Benchmarking, how to achieve effective goals and objectives / R.C. Camp; Strategic tools and techniques / R. Koch; Decision and planning tools / G.D. Hoffherr and N.W. Young; title: Sources of competitive advantage: Resource-based theory of competitive advantage, implications for strategy formulation / R.M. Grant; Time, the next source of competitive advantage / G. Stalk, Jr.; title: Global strategies and the future: Winning in global markets / R.M. Kanter; How competition for the future is different / G. Hamiel and C.K. Prahalad.