Crafting and executing strategy : text and readings / Arthur A. Thompson, Jr., A.J. Strickland III, John E. Gamble.
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TextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2010.Edition: 17th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780077247690 (alk. paper)
- 0077247698 (alk. paper)
- HD30.28 .T53
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Includes index
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 Two. Readings in Crafting and Executing Strategy
Readings
1. Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?
2. Enabling Bold Visions
3. Location, Location: The Geography of Industry Clusters
4. Identifying Valuable Resources
5. The Battle of the Value Chains: New Specialized versus Old Hybrids
6. Playing Hardball: Why Strategy Still Matters
7. Hitting Back: Strategic Responses to Low-Cost Rivals
8. Limited Potential Niche or Prospective Market Foothold? Five Tests
9. Value Innovation: A Leap into the Blue Ocean
10. Racing to Be 2nd: Conquering the Industries of the Future 11. Globalization Is an Option, Not an Imperative. Or, Why the World Is Not Flat
12. The Challenge for Multinational Corporations in China: Think Local, Act Global
13. How to Win in Emerging Markets
14. Why Is Synergy So Difficult in Mergers of Related Businesses?
15. Corporate Social Responsibility: Why Good People Behave Badly in Organizations
16. Competing Responsibly
17. The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution
18. Some Pros and Cons of Six Sigma: An Academic Perspective
19. Linking Goals to Monetary Incentives
20. The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives
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