Strategic Management

by JamesCCraig (Author), R.MGrant (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.23

  By clearly demonstrating the fundamental concepts, frameworks and ideas about strategic management necessary for effectively guiding the company, this text provides managers with their key to future success. The book will show managers: the role of strategy and strategy formulation; how to define goals and missions; how to analyze the key success factors in any organization; how to analyze an organization's resources; the role of international and global strategies; the problems of forcasting and the limitations of corporate planning; and current issues in contemporary strategic management. By careful use of examples from the UK, the rest of Europe and further afield, the authors link concepts and frameworks with the practicalities of the real business world.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.23

  Detailing the fundamental concepts, frameworks and ideas necessary to guide a company, division or department to success, this manual links academic theory with the practicalities of the real business world. The work covers all the need-to-know topics, including: the nature of strategic management; analyzing industry and competition; resources, capabilities and competitive advantage; strategies for cost advantage and differentiation advantage; emerging industries and the management of technology; vertical integration; diversification; and global industries. This second edition has been updated and expanded to cover areas such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate parenting, defining business purpose and contrasting schools of thought. It features high-profile international case studies and instructive exercises and checklists, and is accompanied by a free CD-ROM containing a slide presentation and additional case study.