by Dr . Cynthia Hardy (Editor)
Organizational success demands a capacity for effective strategic action yet much of the strategy literature continues to emphasize formulation rather than implementation. In contrast, this major textbook looks at the processes of making strategy happen through the management of strategic action.
Cynthia Hardy outlines a framework for understanding strategic action while key readings and cases examine the issues involved in moving from strategic intent to realization, through organizational alignment and change.
Part One highlights key dimensions of enacting strategic change, for example: environmental analysis and the formation of strategic intent; the relations between strategy and structure; the impact of culture; leadership; and human resource management. Part Two considers the central role of power and politics in mobilizing change, including the links between power and ethical action. Part Three explores various strategic challenges, such as mergers and acquisitions, the management of decline, new product innovation, globalization, sustainable development and the management of collaboration.
Cases address a wide range of organizational contexts and settings and are based on an action-oriented model of learning where participants are encouraged to develop their own plans of strategic action.
An instructor's manual for the text is available to accredited teachers in management on request from Sage.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 478
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 05 Jul 1994
ISBN 10: 0803989156
ISBN 13: 9780803989153
`The fact that approximately one-third of the book is dedicated to the consideration of power in strategic action means that this important concept is rendered more accessible to managers and other readers within the concept of strategy. Chapters on Power and Politics in Organizations and Power and the Organizational Life Cycle , in particular, provide useful ways of breaking down consideration of a complex phenomenon into more management pieces, and therefore do contribute to the efforts of readers in thinking about how to take strategic action .... Although this book may have been written primarily for use by students, it has significant appeal for practising managers, particularly those who through experience or reflection have come to realize that strategic planning, as has been aggressively promoted for years, has not delivered the realization of the dream.... There are several chapters which, while addressing a topic of relevance, give rise to thoughtful consideration of the topic, and encourage the reader to think more critically about this particular aspect. The chapter on Employee Empowerment is an example.... this is a useful addition to one's bookshelf. Its biggest contribution is in laying out the field , often providing directions for further thought and consideration, and providing substantive opportunity to consider further the importance of power and politics in situations facing managers today' - Management Learning
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