1st Edition

Strategic Thinking Today’s Business Imperative

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

There are many strategy books available in the marketplace for today’s student or business professional; most of them view strategy from the 10,000 foot level, while Strategic Thinking looks at this important business topic through a different lens. Written from the perspective of a manager, this book builds on theories of managerial and organizational cognition that have had a powerful... Read more

1. Managerial Decision Making and Strategic Management  2. Competitive Advantage  3. Managers and the Strategic Decision Making in Business Firms  4. Frameworks for the Analysis of Industry Environments  5. A Dynamic Model of Industry Structuring  6. Business Definition and Positioning  7. Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage  8. Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage in Emerging Industries and for Online Businesses  9. The Challenges of Mature Industry Environments and Competition in Manufacturing and Service Sectors  10. Corporate Strategy and Diversification  11. Organizational Structure and the Implementation of Strategy  12. The Management of Strategic Change

Biography

Irene M. Duhaime, Senior Associate Dean and Professor at Georgia State University.

Larry Stimpert, Professor of Economics and Business at Colorado College. 

Julie A. Chesley, Assistant Professor of Organization Theory and Applied Behavioral Science at the Graziadio School of Business, Pepperdine University.