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Henry Mintzbergs views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys. The Observer
My favourite management book of the last 25 years? No contest. The Rise & Fall of Strategic Planning. Tom Peters, managment guru
Strategy is the most prestigious but also the most confusing part of business. Managers are constantly bombarded with new jargon and the latest fads promising the magic bullet for every strategic problem. The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines. This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management.
In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know.
Take the strategy safari your business will thank you for it.
Product Description
Henry Mintzbergs views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys. The Observer
My favourite management book of the last 25 years? No contest. The Rise & Fall of Strategic Planning. Tom Peters, managment guru
Strategy is the most prestigious but also the most confusing part of business. Managers are constantly bombarded with new jargon and the latest fads promising the magic bullet for every strategic problem. The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines. This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management.
In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know.
Take the strategy safari your business will thank you for it.
Backcover
Henry Mintzberg's views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys. The Observer
Strategy Safari gives you the big ten in the strategy jungle
In this revised edition of the original, ground-breaking Strategy Safari, Henry Mintzberg, described by Tom Peters as perhaps the worlds premier management thinker and his equally maverick co-authors continue to blaze a trail through the jungle of strategy. This provocative, jargon-free and readable guide clearly sets out and critiques each of the ten major schools of strategic management to help you grasp what you really need to know. Whether you are an ambitious manager or a bewildered student, Strategy Safari is your indispensable guide to strategy.
Take the strategy safari your business will thank you for it
SEE THE NEW COMPANION WEBSITE, INCLUDING INSTRUCTORS MANUAL, AT WWW.PEARSON-BOOKS.COM/STRATEGYSAFARI
Contents
Acknowledgements / ix
Embarkation / xi
1 And over here, ladies and gentlemen: the strategic management beast
Why ten?
A field review
Five Ps for strategy
Strategies for better and for worse
Strategic management as an academic discipline
2 The design school: strategy formation as a process of conception
Origins of the design school
The basic design school model
Premises of the design school
Critique of the design school
The design school: contexts and contributions
3 The planning school: strategy formation as a formal process
The basic strategic planning model
Sorting out the hierarchies
Premises of the planning school
Some more recent developments
Plannings unplanned troubles
The fallacies of strategic planning
The context and contribution of the planning school
4 The positioning school: strategy formation as an analytical process
Enter Porter
Premises of the positioning school
The first wave: origins in the military maxims
The second wave: the search for consulting imperatives
The third wave: the development of empirical propositions
Critique of the positioning school
Contribution and context of the positioning school
5 The entrepreneurial school: strategy formation as a visionary process
Origins in economics
The literature of the entrepreneurial school
Visionary leadership
Premises of the entrepreneurial school
Contribution, critique, and context of the entrepreneurial school
6 The cognitive school: strategy formation as a mental process
Cognition as confusion
Cognition as information processing
Cognition as mapping
Cognition as concept attainment
Cognition as construction
Premises of the cognitive school
Critique, contribution, and the context of the cognitive school
7 The learning school: strategy formation as an emergent process
Formation vs formulation
Emergence of a learning model
New directions for the learning school
From organizational learning to the learning organization
Critique of the learning school
Contribution and context of the learning school
8 The power school: strategy formation as a process of negotiation
Micro power
Upper echelons theory: strategic management at the top
Macro power
Conclusion
9 The cultural school: strategy formation as a collective process
The nature of culture
Premises of the cultural school
Culture and strategy
The Swedish wing of the cultural school
Resources as the basis of competitive advantage
Critique, contribution and context of the cultural school
10 The environmental school: strategy formation as a reactive process
Premises of the environmental school
The contingency view
The population ecology view
Institutional pressures to conform
Critique, contribution, and context of the environmental school
11 The configuration school: strategy formation as a process of transformation
&nbs
My favourite management book of the last 25 years? No contest. The Rise & Fall of Strategic Planning. Tom Peters, managment guru
Strategy is the most prestigious but also the most confusing part of business. Managers are constantly bombarded with new jargon and the latest fads promising the magic bullet for every strategic problem. The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines. This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management.
In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know.
Take the strategy safari your business will thank you for it.
Product Description
Henry Mintzbergs views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys. The Observer
My favourite management book of the last 25 years? No contest. The Rise & Fall of Strategic Planning. Tom Peters, managment guru
Strategy is the most prestigious but also the most confusing part of business. Managers are constantly bombarded with new jargon and the latest fads promising the magic bullet for every strategic problem. The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines. This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management.
In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know.
Take the strategy safari your business will thank you for it.
Backcover
Henry Mintzberg's views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys. The Observer
Strategy Safari gives you the big ten in the strategy jungle
In this revised edition of the original, ground-breaking Strategy Safari, Henry Mintzberg, described by Tom Peters as perhaps the worlds premier management thinker and his equally maverick co-authors continue to blaze a trail through the jungle of strategy. This provocative, jargon-free and readable guide clearly sets out and critiques each of the ten major schools of strategic management to help you grasp what you really need to know. Whether you are an ambitious manager or a bewildered student, Strategy Safari is your indispensable guide to strategy.
Take the strategy safari your business will thank you for it
SEE THE NEW COMPANION WEBSITE, INCLUDING INSTRUCTORS MANUAL, AT WWW.PEARSON-BOOKS.COM/STRATEGYSAFARI
Contents
Acknowledgements / ix
Embarkation / xi
1 And over here, ladies and gentlemen: the strategic management beast
Why ten?
A field review
Five Ps for strategy
Strategies for better and for worse
Strategic management as an academic discipline
2 The design school: strategy formation as a process of conception
Origins of the design school
The basic design school model
Premises of the design school
Critique of the design school
The design school: contexts and contributions
3 The planning school: strategy formation as a formal process
The basic strategic planning model
Sorting out the hierarchies
Premises of the planning school
Some more recent developments
Plannings unplanned troubles
The fallacies of strategic planning
The context and contribution of the planning school
4 The positioning school: strategy formation as an analytical process
Enter Porter
Premises of the positioning school
The first wave: origins in the military maxims
The second wave: the search for consulting imperatives
The third wave: the development of empirical propositions
Critique of the positioning school
Contribution and context of the positioning school
5 The entrepreneurial school: strategy formation as a visionary process
Origins in economics
The literature of the entrepreneurial school
Visionary leadership
Premises of the entrepreneurial school
Contribution, critique, and context of the entrepreneurial school
6 The cognitive school: strategy formation as a mental process
Cognition as confusion
Cognition as information processing
Cognition as mapping
Cognition as concept attainment
Cognition as construction
Premises of the cognitive school
Critique, contribution, and the context of the cognitive school
7 The learning school: strategy formation as an emergent process
Formation vs formulation
Emergence of a learning model
New directions for the learning school
From organizational learning to the learning organization
Critique of the learning school
Contribution and context of the learning school
8 The power school: strategy formation as a process of negotiation
Micro power
Upper echelons theory: strategic management at the top
Macro power
Conclusion
9 The cultural school: strategy formation as a collective process
The nature of culture
Premises of the cultural school
Culture and strategy
The Swedish wing of the cultural school
Resources as the basis of competitive advantage
Critique, contribution and context of the cultural school
10 The environmental school: strategy formation as a reactive process
Premises of the environmental school
The contingency view
The population ecology view
Institutional pressures to conform
Critique, contribution, and context of the environmental school
11 The configuration school: strategy formation as a process of transformation
&nbs
?Henry Mintzberg?s views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys.? The Observer
?My favourite management book of the last 25 years? No contest. The Rise & Fall of Strategic Planning.? Tom Peters, managment guru
Strategy is the most prestigious but also the most confusing part of business. Managers are constantly bombarded with new jargon and the latest fads promising the magic bullet for every strategic problem. The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines. This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management.
In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know.
Take the strategy safari ? your business will thank you for it.
?My favourite management book of the last 25 years? No contest. The Rise & Fall of Strategic Planning.? Tom Peters, managment guru
Strategy is the most prestigious but also the most confusing part of business. Managers are constantly bombarded with new jargon and the latest fads promising the magic bullet for every strategic problem. The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines. This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management.
In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know.
Take the strategy safari ? your business will thank you for it.
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