1st Edition
Strategic Review The Process of Strategy Formulation in Complex Organisations
Biography
Robert F. Grattan was for thirty years an officer in the Royal Air Force, retiring in the rank of Group Captain. He subsequently held senior management posts in industry and worked as a consultant. Having obtained a BA degree with the Open University in the UK and an MSc. in Business Administration from the University of Bath, Robert earned his PhD at the University of the West of England for his comparative study of the strategy process, embracing military and business. The study was published in 2002 by Palgrave-Macmillan. Dr Grattan has lectured in the School of Strategy and International Business at UWE and is now a Visiting Research Fellow there and a Visiting Teaching Fellow at the University of Ballarat, in Australia. He has written two books and authored a number of journal articles and conference papers and is a member of the review panels of the Journal of Management History and the Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development.
The author illustrates the strategy formulation processes in complex organisations by focusing on the Strategic Defence Review in the UK as a case study. He offers some powerful insights into strategy formulation and vividly illustrates the connection between theory and practice. A fascinating book - and a must for all those involved in strategy formulation in both the public and private sectors.' - Nicholas O’Regan, Professor of Strategy/ Enterprise and Innovation, Bristol Business School, UK
