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A clear, concise textbook on strategic planning using an interactive process from a leadership perspective that covers business, not-for-profits, and public entities.

In today's complex business world, strategic planning is indispensable to achieving superior management. George A. Steiner's classic work, known as the bible of business planning, provides practical advice for organizing the planning system, acquiring and using information, and translating strategic plans into decisive action. An invaluable resource for top and middle-level executives, Strategic Planning continues to be the foremost guide to this vital area of business management.

The strategy is the best plan opted from a number of plans, in order to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. This book explores the fundamental principles and practices of strategic planning and policy development. It offers practical insights and tools that can help organizations to develop effective strategies and policies that align with their goals and objectives. With its clear and concise writing style and real-world examples, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in strategic planning and policy development.

Strategic management is a field that has diversity in approach and scope, but relative homogeneity in pedagogy. This book, a refreshed edition of its successful predecessor, brings something different to the field, by concisely introducing it with a focus on doing business in the Middle East and North Africa.Supplemented by online case studies and other resources, the reader is exposed to a plethora of concepts, theories, practical implications, and experiential exercises in the strategic management process. The updated text explores key regional issues, including the'Arab Spring', economic recession, corporate social responsibility, the role of women in business and the rise of emerging economies. The reader is encouraged to look at the world in light of the challenges many organizations are facing around the globe. Features like'Stop and Think Critically'and'Focus'points throughout each chapter encourage and inspire a thoughtful reading of the text.This is a book designed to aid undergraduate and graduate students, as well as managers in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. The authors guides the reader through both new and ongoing issues in the field of strategic management, and allow them to foster a greater understanding of this ever-developing field.

This book shows how systematic strategic planning (SSP) can be used on real-world projects for professionals at any skill level. It illustrates how this systematic methodology and its analysis tools—using workshop and brainstorming approaches—can be easily understood and universally applied to any type of business. Rather than explaining the methodology and its tools, the author succinctly shows how to use the simplified version of his methodology for developing strategic plans. But, perhaps more importantly, the reader is shown how to identify which circumstances require the use of particular tools and also how to target them directly to achieve effective results. The SSP methodology and the use of a workshop approach, real-world strategic planning projects, and working forms are presented to guide the reader through preparing the strategic plan for existing or future business.The first part of the book provides an overall framework and briefly describes some of the sections of the systematic pattern of strategic planning. In addition, it explains the use of a workshop approach for strategic planning based on SSP principles. The second part details case studies of strategic planning projects from real-world organizations across a variety of industries. Most of the organizations used both the simplified version of the SSP methodology and the techniques, while others benefited strictly from customizing the SSP methodology.

The Strategic Planning Workbook is an invaluable, ready-to-use guide to creating and implementing a strategic plan. Refreshingly free of the usual grand business models peddled by consultants, this book provides the concepts needed to do the thinking, the tools to gather the necessary information, the techniques to make your decisions and the frameworks to translate conclusions into action plans. With a strong focus on matching the right kind of strategy to your business and the all-important implementation of your plan, this fully updated new edition includes supporting videos to help you think like a strategist, understand your customers, analyse your competitors, understand the pressures and define your company's mission, vision and values.In a clear and accessible style Neville Lake draws on a mixture of his own diagnostic tools, analytical techniques and decision-making processes, guiding readers through the key stages involved in strategic planning.

This book presents a strategic decision-making process (i.e., scenario planning) to help managers build supply chain infrastructures that can adapt to uncertain shifts in the business environment. The authors detail the process for developing and applying scenarios for strategic planning in organizations playing three different roles in supply chains. Using three cases in which the process was applied in association with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, this primer also explains how companies can monitor their business environments to decide when to take the necessary steps to adapt their supply chain strategies and assets. The lessons learned are applicable globally: in first-world free-market economies, emerging countries and poorer nations, as well as the states where the government plays a strong role in the economic activity. For companies looking to assess the numerous drivers shaping their supply chains and use that information to makeliving strategic plans, this book will teach you how to build adaptable and agile supply chains. It will explain how to approach long-term investments in your organization.

The Strategic Planning and Deployment Excellence System (SPADES) provides a path to long-term success in the environment of rapidly changing technology and business systems. It combines the best of Hoshin Kanri, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), and other proven management and leadership tools and techniques. This book presents a set of tools and techniques for developing and deploying a long-term plan for achieving sustained success. These concepts ensure graphically tracing the strategic planning process from the foundation of organizational principles to the enterprise vision and to the organization's long-term goals.The Scientific Method is the foundation upon which the tools and techniques of SPADES are applied. The Scientific Method begins with an observation of a phenomenon which leads to development of a hypothesis to explain the phenomenon. The hypothesis is then tested and, based on the analysis of the results, then accepted or adjusted as necessary. The testing may then be repeated to verify conclusions. The Deming-Shewhart Cycle of plan-do-check-act (PDCA) is the application of the Scientific Method for control and continual improvement of processes and products. SPADES is the integrated evolution of the PDCA Cycle and QFD to answer the challenges of how to stay competitive, year after year, in a dynamic environment of rapidly changing customer requirements and technology.

The book is based on practical experience gained during the planning and execution of e-governance projects in India coupled with extensive research based on six national/multi-state-level agriculture related projects. It assesses e-governance projects in terms of desired project outcomes and analyzes performance from the viewpoints of three key groups – planners, implementers and beneficiaries. It highlights six constructs: extent of planning, comprehensiveness of strategy formulation, effectiveness of strategy implementation, changing situation, stakeholder competence levels and flexibility of processes, which are applied to reveal shortfalls in the existing planning and implementation system for e-governance projects in India. It also identifies a set of significant strategic variables influencing performance based on three independent opinion surveys of stakeholders located across the country, and uses these variables as the basis of strategic gap analyses of some major ongoing agriculture related projects. Furthermore it presents lessons learned from cross-case quantitative and qualitative analyses in the form of a generalized strategic framework for improving performance. Offering an overview of major e-governance projects, it uses several illustrative examples to address the underlying issues and to support the study findings and recommendations. It also presents a novel approach of building strategic alliances across related departments to achieve effective e-governance. The book will be of interest to the practitioners in government as well corporates who are engaged in planning and implementation of e-governance projects spanning across various layers of government. In Indian context, the learning issues are likely to trigger appropriate corrective measures for generating better value from the several flagship projects envisaged under the Digital India Programme. Further, it will interest the academic audience workingon the strategic framework and constituting constructs. It will also benefit business students and application software architectures who aspire for a consulting career in the area of e-governance.

Get ahead of the competition with some expert planning As any business manager knows, success doesn't just happen. It takes hard work and planning to get the desired results. Strategic planning is the discipline that helps businesses build on their present success by analyzing all the factors that can impact the future and take measures to anticipate them. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Strategic Planning offers clear and concrete discussions about: • Defining business goals in mission statements • Proven methods to gather the information necessary to formulate a strategy • Anticipating the competition • Executing a strategic plan

The scale and complexity of research and practices of open innovation mandate a correspondingly sophisticated form of decision making. Strategic Planning Decisions brings together a number of tools that ease the decision process in technology companies, providing both conceptual frameworks and practical applications.Innovative approaches are presented such as an ontology-based model where all the relevant aspects of a potential technology are interrelated to provide a comprehensive and logically connected data pool for decision makers. Divided into two sections, Strategic Planning Decisions describe both strategic approaches using the decision tools, and tactical approaches. Some of these tools are expanded while some others are embedded in a model that will lay the ground for practical application. These include:bibliometric analysis, ontology, roadmapping, lead user, six sigma, and multi-actor & multi-objective decision making methodsRecent research and relevant theory are balanced with up–to–date practical applications and hands–on techniques making Strategic Planning Decisions ideal for engineers who wish to keep up–to–date with current ideas in the field of TM. It also provides workable methods for practising managers from all levels who wish to apply a more rigorous approach in their work and consultants concerned with technology assessment and its management.

A completely revised and updated version of this book was published in 2015 under the title'The Strategy Planning Process'.A company's strategies define its future direction, specifying not only target market positions for many years to come, but also the key competitive advantages both at the level of market offers and of resources. Developing future strategies is an important and complex task, which is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning, a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into eight steps, and for each of these steps, detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved.

In this definitive and revealing history, Henry Mintzberg, the iconoclastic former president of the Strategic Management Society, unmasks the press that has mesmerized so many organizations since 1965: strategic planning. One of our most brilliant and original management thinkers, Mintzberg concludes that the term is an oxymoron -- that strategy cannot be planned because planning is about analysis and strategy is about synthesis. That is why, he asserts, the process has failed so often and so dramatically. Mintzberg traces the origins and history of strategic planning through its prominence and subsequent fall. He argues that we must reconceive the process by which strategies are created -- by emphasizing informal learning and personal vision -- and the roles that can be played by planners. Mintzberg proposes new and unusual definitions of planning and strategy, and examines in novel and insightful ways the various models of strategic planning and the evidence of why they failed. Reviewing the so-called'pitfalls'of planning, he shows how the process itself can destroy commitment, narrow a company's vision, discourage change, and breed an atmosphere of politics. In a harsh critique of many sacred cows, he describes three basic fallacies of the process -- that discontinuities can be predicted, that strategists can be detached from the operations of the organization, and that the process of strategy-making itself can be formalized. Mintzberg devotes a substantial section to the new role for planning, plans, and planners, not inside the strategy-making process, but in support of it, providing some of its inputs and sometimes programming its outputs as well as encouraging strategic thinking in general. This book is required reading for anyone in an organization who is influenced by the planning or the strategy-making processes.

No school district becomes excellent without a strategic plan, but many remain mediocre with them. What makes the difference? This book has been written to describe what it means to engage in serious long-range or “strategic” planning and to provide solutions to the inadequacies and inconsistencies found in the way school districts approach this process. The book is intended to be as practical as possible, meaning that by understanding the design and following the suggested strategic planning team activities found in each chapter, you could facilitate this process in your district. All key components are described and multiple examples are used to help the reader understand the intent of each component and how the components fit together. In addition, questionnaires and surveys are included to simplify facilitation. The basic reference used to refine the Stakeholder-Driven Strategic Planning process is the Strategic Planning Category of the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence.

​Various e-strategies have been developed since the late'90s in an attempt to describe the governmental vision for administrative and for societal change, the objectives and priorities with regard to the development of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at national and at supranational levels. Terms such as the European “Information Society”, the U.S. “Information Highways” and the Korean and Chinese “Informatization” try to describe social transformation that occurs due to the ICT, and to determine means with which governments will capitalize the ICT to improve social life and to support economic growth. This book focuses on the e-strategic management approaches that are followed worldwide, addresses the gaps that appear between e-strategic updates, and presents alternative strategic management methods adopted or to use strategic management methods as a means to describe the e-strategic evolution in their geographic areas. Each chapter evaluates e-strategic management approaches, to define multi-criteria decision-making systems for e-strategic transformation and Indicative methods for e-strategic analysis. This book also illustrates experiences from national and supranational cases, which come from different geographic areas regarding e-strategic planning and management, and demonstrates e-strategic initiation and development across different countries and continents, and the association between policies and ICT. It also seeks to perform a systematic analysis of various representative cases, in order to capture the realized e-Strategic transformation. It will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers in public administration, management, and information technology. ​

A company's strategies define its future direction specifying not only target market positions for many years to come, but also the key competitive advantages both at the level of the market offers and for resources. Developing future strategies is an important and complex task which is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into seven steps and for each of these steps detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples.

A company's strategies define its future direction specifying not only target market positions for many years to come, but also the key competitive advantages both at the level of the market offers and for resources. Developing future strategies is an important and complex task which is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into seven steps and for each of these steps detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved and contains new material.

A company's strategies define its future direction, specifying not only target market positions for many years to come, but also the key competitive advantages both at the level of market offers and of resources. Developing future strategies is an important and complex task, which is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning, a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into seven steps, and for each of these steps, detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved and contains new material.

A company's strategies define its future direction specifying not only target market positions for many years to come, but also the key competitive advantages both at the level of the market offers and for resources. Developing future strategies is an important and complex task which is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into seven steps and for each of these steps detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved and contains new material.

A company's strategies define its future direction specifying not only target market positions for many years to come, but also the key competitive advantages both at the level of the market offers and for resources. Developing future strategies is an important and complex task which is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into seven steps and for each of these steps detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved and contains new material.

Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement: Develop & Measure a Winning Strategy, provides a clear and concise roadmap for designing, implementing and measuring strategy. The focus is on strategic factors, which are defined in a unique way as the criteria on which an organization or business unit has to do well in order to succeed. For organizations to be successful, they must take a stakeholder perspective of their performance – stakeholders such as customers, suppliers, employees and owners. The book cites many case studies including: 7-Eleven, Roche, K-mart, McDonald's, Levi Strauss, Accor Hotels, Gallo Wines, Daimler Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Mont Blanc, Tag Heuer, Lexus, Semco, Bright Horizons, Burns Philp, Scania Trucks and British Airways.This book provides a quantum leap forward in improving organizational performance. Management practitioners across the globe will find immediate and practical applications of its methods.

Strategic Planning for Local Government, second edition, outlines the strategic planning process in local government and helps local government leaders anticipate and shape the future of their communities. It covers practical ways of obtaining information, analyzing that information, and developing a vision for the community that can be translated into programs and line items in a budget. Videos highlight the role professional local government managers play in building communities we're proud to call home.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, many business leaders question the need for strategy and the value of strategic planning and management in today's environment. This book will demonstrate that our approach to strategy development and implementation needs to change to be able to help organizations change. The proposed new approach in this book can provide insights and perspectives to keep strategy relevant by'Putting Strategy in Action'through developing a'Making the Future Happen Today'way of thinking and living.Many strategy books focus on the perspective of large multinational corporations that have the capacity and capabilities to develop and implement a strategy using very structured methodologies and tools. This book will add a new dimension by focusing on the use of Strategy-as-Practice (SaP), intuition, and serendipity as important complements that can be used by large corporations as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs to develop and implement winning strategies. This is an important dimension to support the strategic decision-making process that is frequently undermined in traditional strategic planning and management-focused books.The author theorizes that developing into a Strategy Savvy professional is about embracing two of the most important concepts in strategy development—Proactivity and Sustainability. This book addresses the opportunities and threats presented by VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) and how we can capitalize on those opportunities to create unprecedented growth opportunities in Society 5.0 that is shaping new economies, such as the Digital Economy, the Experience Economy, the Sharing Economy, the GIG Economy, the Purpose Economy and the Circular Economy. The author also proposes a new approach to strategy development and implementation that mixes formal planning with practice and intuition that is helped by serendipity. He presents a strategy that is driven by four propellers—insights, culture, operations, and digitization—to ensure arrival at a better future.

As a leader of a small to mid-sized business with 20 to 500 employees, do you find yourself falling short of goals you set at the start of the year? Do you believe that strategy is an important element in achieving your goals, but you've avoided strategic planning because you think it's too time-consuming and too complicated? Have your previous goal-setting efforts resulted in a strategic plan that collects dust on the shelf? In The Chemistry of Strategy: Strategic Planning for the Not-Yet-Fortune 500, strategic planning expert John W. Myrna offers a practical and proven formula that helps small and mid-sized companies like yours create and execute a successful strategy so you can turn your company vision into reality. Success requires that your vision be shared and understood. This book explains the three key elements in the author's'chemistry of strategy,'all critical for first creating, then effectively communicating your strategy to people beyond the executive team, dramatically improving the odds of achieving your vision. Based on author John W. Myrna's 20 years of experience facilitating strategic planning for hundreds of organizations, The Chemistry of Strategy helps business executives work as a team and: Understand what role strategy and strategic planning can and should play in a not-yet-Fortune 500 company, even if your company has limited resources and staff compared to the companies usually featured in so many strategic planning books. Understand why your company would want to utilize the chemistry of strategy to dramatically increase the value of the organization and your personal success. Apply practical, proven methodologies that show how smaller organizations like yours can develop, implement, and sustain a strategic planning process that focuses daily actions and turns vision into reality.

Strategic planning is an essential task that helps companies adapt to changes in the environment and to develop proactively. Accordingly, the goal of strategic planning is to ensure companies'survival and long-term success. The strategy-planning process proposed in this book is based on the authors'many years of experience as consultants and board members. The book shows how to carry out sound analyses, how to define concrete strategic objectives, how to develop and assess strategic options and how to determine which implementation projects are necessary. Numerous practical examples serve to illustrate the proposed approach. For the third edition, the sections on corporate strategy and business strategy development have been redesigned and expanded. Throughout the book, many aspects have been clarified and simplified. The book provides practitioners the knowledge they need to develop their own strategies. In addition, it offers a valuable textbook on the complex task of strategic planning.

This book provides students with the fundamental concepts and stages of strategic management and planning in organizations with essential tools to make decisions in order to remain competitive in the business world of today. It offers an introduction to the key topics and themes of organizational and competitive strategies and provides a panoramic view of the changing corporate environment. The author draws on insights from various typical functional courses, such as marketing, finance, and accounting, to help students understand how top executives and managers make the strategic decisions that drive successful businesses. Students learn how to conduct a case analysis, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses. The book features learning objectives, glossaries, and real cases related to the content of each chapter. The book also features discussions on the execution and evaluation of organizational performance; environment,social, and governance (ESG); and decision and risk analysis. This book is useful for upper undergraduate and graduate level courses in strategic planning and management, business administration, decision making, and business strategy.

Universities are being buffeted by multiple disruptive trends, including increased competition for both funding and students, as well as from new institutions that are nimbler and more responsive to the external environment. To survive this reality, university leaders must engage in effective strategic planning that cascades from the president or vice-chancellor's office to individual faculty and staff. Outcomes of an effective institutional strategy are the alignment of resource allocation with strategic goals, and the facilitation of clear and transparent decision-making for new program development, research capacity growth, and infrastructure investment. With increasing expectations for university leaders to engage in strategic planning, Strategic University Management: Future Proofing Your Institution provides a practical framework for managing the process and delivering results. This book illustrates that the inherent weaving of strategic planning and organizational culture through engaged consultation facilitates a culture of responsiveness, rather than complacency. Providing an in depth overview of the value strategy can create in universities, it provides a framework for initiating, implementing and assessing strategic planning in a university setting that will make it valuable to researchers, academics, university leaders, and students in the fields of strategic planning, organizational studies, leadership, and higher education management.

This book focuses on the implementation of Hoshin Kanri. It is a response to most books on strategic planning that tend to downplay the implementation and only describe the fully implemented planning process. The power of this book originates from a project in which a team of five professionals over a period of three years implemented Hoshin Kanri in 14 companies; results were drawn from 130 workshops with leadership teams. The project team subsequently ran several accelerators inside large and small companies as well as public institutions. All these experiences together form the implementation focus of the book.Moreover, the organization of the book mirrors the message of its scientific thinking, which is also the basic principle of Hoshin Kanri: Chapter 1 focuses on the basic analysis—Is Hoshin Kanri something for your organization? Chapter 2 addresses the ambition—What is the vision for strategy work in your organization? Chapter 3 presents the conditions needed for effective strategic work. Chapter 4 discusses the choice of implementation strategy and your role as the change agent. Chapter 5 describes how Hoshin Kanri works when implemented. Chapter 6 addresses coaching/mentoring and the Kata philosophy. Chapter 7 presents important analytical tools. Appendix 1 describes the journey made by a medium-sized construction company. Essentially, this book describes in a concrete and structured way how you—the change agent—can use Hoshin Kanri in your organization to tackle large and complex challenges.

This book examines how leaders can use strategic thinking to transform their followers, organizations, and industries in the wake of societal shocks like COVID-19 that require re-balancing both leadership and business models. It is organized around a new triumvirate of strategic thinking concepts for the better normal, explained in a 3S Model: Style, Situation, and Strategic Orientation. The environment (situation) creates or deters opportunities that are pursued by leaders with the propensity (style) and the potential (strategy) to develop them. In the face of ongoing crises such as COVID-19, natural disasters, political upheaval, and climate change, the author proposes that the field of strategic management needs to rethink and update traditional frameworks in order to offer business models more applicable in a rapidly changing environment. Addressing topics such as sustainability and diversity, this pivotal text fills a gap in strategic thinking and presents illustrative examples and case studies about organizations grappling with making decisions in a dynamically different “new normal.”

Develop your strategic thinking, tackle real-world challenges and develop the skills to think and behave like a manager. With over a million copies sold worldwide, Exploring Strategy by Whittington, Angwin, Regnér, Johnson, and Scholes is the essential introduction to strategy for managers of today and tomorrow, tackling the hottest and most up-to-date issues regarding the operation of organisations. The latest 13th edition is renewed and revised according to the latest developments in the field, continuing the exploration surrounding the big questions about organisations: How does an organisation prosper today How do organisations grow How do they innovate and change? From entrepreneurial start-ups to multinationals and charities to government agencies, this industry-leading text includes extensive case studies and features to help you get a deeper understanding of the concepts and topics from theory to practice. This text and cases edition includes a wealth of additional case studies to help you get an even deeper insight into the manager-way of thinking. New to this edition: Think strategically and carry out case analyses and strategy assignments with the new chapter,'Working with Strategy'Gain better insight into the three highlighted core themes: sustainability, non-profits, and digital strategy Learn from case studies of well-known global organisations, including Alibaba, Airbnb, Amazon, Alphabet, IKEA, and Uber. This Text and Cases version also covers a range of events and organisations such as Siemens, Mars, Formula 1, Glastonbury, and the Indian Premier League.

Roadmapping is a structured visual approach for supporting strategic technology and innovation management, providing strategic navigational support (hence the “roadmap” metaphor) for technologists, designers, entrepreneurs, programme managers, executives, policy makers, other stakeholders involved in the formulation and implementation of strategy. This book brings together the latest developments in roadmapping, covering a range of practical issues and conceptual aspects. First, the book delves into the critical topic of strategic alignment within organizations, encompassing the interdependencies and synchronization of horizontal and vertical systems, connecting innovation priorities to strategic objectives, and the integration of key performance indicators. Then, the book concentrates on practical techniques and tools for roadmapping, including a template-based approach for technology venture funding. Social and digital aspects of roadmapping are explored, including workshop methods, considering how quantitative (analysis) and qualitative (expert) knowledge can be combined for improved strategic planning. Finally, a series of new case studies focusing on energy systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey illustrate the practical application of technology roadmapping and also provide useful insights. Roadmapping continues to evolve, as it is adapted to apply to new domains and strategic challenges, propagates to new sectors, and as new digital technologies such as AI emerge that radically affect strategy and innovation processes. The need for structured and engaging approaches such as roadmapping for navigating towards the future is essential.

Develop your strategic thinking, tackle real-world challenges and develop the skills to think and behave like a manager. With over a million copies sold worldwide, Exploring Strategy by Whittington, Angwin, Regnér, Johnson, and Scholes is the essential introduction to strategy for managers of today and tomorrow, tackling the hottest and most up-to-date issues regarding the operation of organisations. The latest 13th edition is renewed and revised according to the latest developments in the field, continuing the exploration surrounding the big questions about organisations: How does an organisation prosper today? How do organisations grow? How do they innovate and change? From entrepreneurial start-ups to multinationals and charities to government agencies, this industry-leading text includes extensive case studies and features to help you get a deeper understanding of the concepts and topics from theory to practice. New to this edition: Think strategically and carry out case analyses and strategy assignments with the new chapter,'Working with Strategy'Gain better insight into the three highlighted core themes: sustainability, non-profits, and digital strategy Learn from case studies of well-known global organisations, including Alibaba, Airbnb, Amazon, Alphabet, IKEA, and Uber.

Essential reference and test prep for the strategic management college course for students, and a great tool for business professionals. This handy six page reference is perfect for students and a must-have for anyone striving for success in business. Quickly reference the concepts, terms, and principles of a sound business strategy for communication in and across teams or for personal business planning and development. Author, professor and business consultant Dr. Kyle Allison uses his multi-faceted knowledge and experience from teaching and consulting to give you succinct need-to-know facts in our famous QuickStudy format that offers more answers per page than any other source. Color coded sections bulleted for easy access are developed to see the whole scope of how the pieces fit together for a price that cannot be beat for the knowledge gained. Adopt this tool for your students, or add it to your business team toolbox. 6 page digital guide includes: What is Strategy? Pillars of Strategy Plan vs. Strategy Definitions Business Strategy Types Strategic Thinking Advantages Strategic Vision Steps Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) Strategic Visionaries Strategic Planning The Environment Defining an Industry Remote (Macro) Environmental Factors Task (Immediate, Operating) Environmental Factors Internal Strategic Analysis Departments & Factors of Analysis Match of Strategy & Structure Resource-Based Analysis Types Factors Corporate Level: Portfolio Analysis PESTEL Analysis Porter's Five Forces Financial Analysis External Analysis Trade-Offs & Decision-Making Trade-Offs Decision Making Managerial Data Driven Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean vs. Red Ocean Strategy Implementation Types Structural Organizational Leadership Functional Methods Challenges Strategy Evaluation Foundation Quantitative Criteria Stage Criteria Performance Metrics

According to a Foundation for Community Association Research report, “Strategic planning is the cornerstone of every common-interest community.” Strategic planning enables your business or organization to define and reach its goals. In this book, author Steven C. Stryker offers an accessible guide to developing and implementing a strategic plan. You learn quickly and easily how to:Identify opportunities for growthDiscover strengths and weaknesses within your organizationAssess your organization's ability to utilize your strengths Formulate goals for your organization to achieve successUnderstand the tools and processes required to meet those goalsPrepare for any challenges that may arise and overcome themCommunicate your goals and plans to all members of your organizationMake strategic planning an integral part of your organization's developmentBusinesses and organizations of all types and sizes can use the information presented in this book. It offers practical advice on all stages of strategic planning, from formulating goals, to implementing the plan, to measuring its success. This is an essential guide for all organizations looking to take advantage of their strengths and opportunities for growth and success.

Managers are facing unprecedented complexity, volatility, and ambiguity, quickly adapting their decision-making, leadership, vision, and strategies. Megatrends and forces of change have profound implications for business models, processes, and organizational structures, calling into question current paradigms and designing future change. Additionally, unprecedented disruptions, unforecastable in their nature, have increased the need for resilience and strategic flexibility.The book aims at tackling the potential interrelations among environmental transformations, strategic decisions, and leadership to better understand the role of external and internal factors on the effectiveness of managers. The book defines “change”: its extent, nature, and characteristics. Then, it focuses on decision-making, the role of potential cognitive biases, and how the interaction with the perception of determined environmental events affects the way in which decision-makers decide to implement specific strategies. Finally, in the light of waves of strategic change, it reviews theories on leadership and transformation by looking at the role and traits of leaders.Since environmental transformations have the potential to “disrupt” not only strategies but also decision-making processes and leadership, the book provides a review on the issue and propose an integrative framework which can be useful for both scholars and managers, especially in the fields of decision-making and strategy.

Strategy is essentially about achieving organisational success. Growth, Adaptation, Resilience, and Competition (GARC) is a general framework that helps organisations think creatively about attaining success and acknowledges the reality that there is no one single criteria for success. What drives and defines organisational success? Using the path- breaking GARC framework, this book provides an answer to this important question. Combining practice with theory, the reversal of the conventional ‘theory with practice'idea being intentional, one of the standout features of this book is that it articulates business heuristics for each of the drivers of success along with guidelines on how to use them. To illustrate the empirical grounding of the theoretical aims, the authors connect multiple real- life business cases to each of the four GARC dimensions. This book will therefore be of value to researchers, academics, practitioners, and advanced students in the fields of strategy, organisational studies, and management.

This helpful resource contains tools and tricks to help companies excel in dynamic markets and provide groundbreaking products and services.The authors refer to this as “innovation” rather than “strategic planning,” but the truth is somewhere in-between: through a proven five-phase discovery process --for staging, aligning, exploring, creating, and mapping--strategic innovation will become a company-wide competency.In The Power of Strategy Innovation, you'll learn how to:apply innovative thinking to your company's business model to bridge the gap between strategy and product development;how to remain flexible, future-oriented, and responsive to market changes and your clients'changing needs;and how to create a perpetual flow of viable new business opportunities.Informative interviews with corporate leaders dispersed throughout the book provide further insight into different industries and the ways they have committed to taking a more innovative approach. Through these shared methodologies, The Power of Strategy Innovation will forever transform the way you do business--and help you rise to become a leader in your industry.

Plan to Pivot shares firsthand stories that demonstrate the urgency and uniqueness of current operating conditions, and a new way to design and lead organizations.In a total career pivot to higher education, in an executive role at one of the world's finest public universities, Gerry Starsia was surprised to find that in general, there was little interest in planning or systems or measuring operating performance. This reality drove him to focus his academic research and writing in the realms of planning and strategy, measurement, and performance. Gerry's hope is to combine the lessons learned in the corporate and academic worlds with first person case studies, so others can learn from his successes, missteps, wins and losses.The speed of information flow, globalization, massive amounts of data, artificial intelligence, economic forces, and changing demographics are all factors that need attention and consideration as organizations decide what to do, how to do it, and when to stop doing what they are doing and pivot towards opportunities and success. By applying the principles of agile project management to strategic planning, implementation, measurement, and strategy adjustment laid out in Plan to Pivot, organizations develop the muscle memory necessary to observe markets and consumer demands, connect deeply with customers, and bring products and services to consumers in order to deliver value more efficiently than competitors.

In an era of rapid technological change and growing uncertainties, this book equips managers and engineers with vital risk management tools. Addressing challenges such as pandemics, supply chain disruptions, and political tensions, it blends qualitative and quantitative approaches to modern risk management. The first half explores enterprise risk management, including business continuity, compliance, and crisis management. The second half focuses on quantitative methods, featuring a mathematical bootcamp on probability, statistics, and Monte Carlo simulations, with detailed case studies. Designed for beginners and intermediate professionals, it also benefits students seeking a comprehensive overview of risk management. The book draws on the author's extensive experience as a manager, trainer, and auditor, offering practical, tested solutions. While tailored to the needs of SMEs, the concepts are applicable to all organizations. This book stands out for its balanced treatment of both qualitative and quantitative aspects, providing numerous examples and complete solutions for practice.

This book explores the intricate interplay between humility, humor, and hope in the context of Christian leadership. Drawing upon biblical foundations and contemporary leadership theories, it provides a comprehensive understanding of how these three qualities synergize to enhance the effectiveness of Christian leaders. By examining their individual significance and exploring their combined impact, this volume advances the field of organizational leadership, particularly in addressing the challenges of leadership in a manner consistent with Christian principles. The authors illuminate the crucial roles of humility, hope, and humor in Christian leadership, making this a valuable resource for researchers interested in leadership within the context of faith. This contribution will aligns with existing literature on how Christians can leverage their faith for improved leadership capabilities.

The modern working world, characterized by a VUCA-world, digitalization, and demographic change, is transforming the way of working, offering benefits like increased flexibility but also bringing uncertainty, constant change, and new tasks. These developments pose new challenges to leaders and employees, reflected in rising sick days in Germany. Given the financial damage of presenteeism and absenteeism for individual companies and the German economy, organizations must find ways to maintain their employees'mental and physical health. Despite the growing importance of health in the corporate context, in Germany the potential of workplace health promotion is not yet fully exploited. This book highlights how modern behavioral economic incentive systems, using psychological insights on people's real decision-making behavior, can enhance corporate health promotion. Jennifer Potthoff designed the MIND-THE-GAP-toolbox for organizations to motivate their employees to eat healthier, improve physical activity, and reduce stress at work. Additionally, the book discusses how leaders can support employee health through a health-oriented leadership style characterized by self-care, mindfulness, staff-care, appreciation, empathy, trust, communication, fairness, and a balance between scope for action and task orientation.

Dieser Sammelband beschreibt die Grundlagen selbstorganisierten Arbeitens, v.a. Werte, Haltungen, Organisationsmodelle, Führungsansätze und Zusammenarbeitstechniken. Er zeigt konkrete Umsetzungswege auf, die von Einrichtungen der Sozialwirtschaft beschritten wurden. Dabei wird ein vielfältiges Spektrum gezeichnet: Von der Gestaltung eines energiestiftenden Auftakts des Organisationsentwicklungsprozesses, über konkrete Veränderungen in den Bereichen Kundenorientierung, Führung, Zusammenarbeit, arbeitsorganisatorische Maßnahmen hin zu wichtigen Detailthemen wie Wertschätzung und Feedback mündet der Band in einer kritischen Reflexion, wieviel Ausdauer der Weg in Richtung „mehr Selbstorganisation“ erfordert. Den Abschluss bildet ein Interview mit Führungskräften aus den Unternehmen der Sozialwirtschaft, die im Buch beispielhaft illustriert werden, und die von ihren persönlichen positiven wie auch herausfordernden Erfahrungen berichten. Die praktischen Beispiele zeigen, dass die Wege in Richtung Selbstorganisation vielfältig sind. Sie sollen Einrichtungen der Sozialwirtschaft anregen, ihre eigenen Wege zu gehen.

Herziene editie van het standaardwerk over strategisch management De gezondheids- en welzijnszorg krijgt steeds vaker te maken met complexe uitdagingen van een strategische dimensie. Denk maar aan de netwerkvorming, digitalisering, leiderschap, AI, vergrijzing, medisch-technische innovaties, budgettaire schaarste, nieuwe vzw-wetgeving,... Daarom is een goed onderbouwde strategische visie de beste manier om deze uitdagingen het hoofd te bieden. Strategisch management voor de gezondheids- en welzijnssector geeft, met aandacht voor de nieuwste trends en inzichten uit de praktijk, antwoord op onder meer de volgende vragen: Welke leiderschapsstijl vereist strategisch management? Hoe een strategisch bruikbare SWOT-analyse maken? Hoe excelleren in strategische beslissingen? Hoe onzekerheid en weerstand omzetten in dynamisch sociaal ondernemerschap? Welke veranderingen zorgen voor een afstemming tussen omgeving, strategie en structuur? Wat is het strategisch belang van een organisatiestructuur en een organisatiecultuur? Welke factoren bepalen de strategische dynamiek van een bestuursorgaan? Dit boek is onder andere geschikt voor studenten en professionals in geneeskunde, psychologie, sociologie, verpleegkunde en vroedkunde, management en beleid in de gezondheidszorg. Het is een onmisbaar basiswerk voor bestuurders, directies, artsen, overheden, koepelorganisaties, mutualiteiten,... Met online extra's via www.lannoocampus.com

The book is intended to focus the engineer or technically minded individual on key aspects of their organization and how they can leverage their position to make a positive impact. The author explains why it is critical that the technically minded individual is aware of their corporate environment and how they and their organization fit within the organizational structure. Technical knowledge is just one component of success for engineers. The book provides readers with the tools to understand where they fit in with their organizations and what they can do to support corporate objectives. This book will address topics including gaining a big picture of an organization, defining what a specific organization does, understanding goals and objectives to align management strategies, budgeting, role in the supply chain, engineering career paths, and the importance of innovation.

Unternehmen stehen aktuell vor zahlreichen Herausforderungen, denn die Welt ist geprägt von Cloud-Technologien, der Generation Z, Wirtschaftsrezession und künstlicher Intelligenz. Der Fachkräftemangel verschärft die Situation zusätzlich. Dieses Buch zeigt innovative Strategien auf, die speziell die Herausforderungen ab dem Jahr 2024 thematisieren. Der Autor fokussiert sich dabei auf die Schlüsselbereiche Rentabilitätssteigerung, Arbeitswelt/Fachkräftemangel, moderne Führungsansätze, künstliche Intelligenz sowie Nachhaltigkeit und Umwelt. Erfahren Sie, wie die Maximierung der Rentabilität in einem wettbewerbsintensiven Marktumfeld erreicht werden kann, wie junge Talente ihr Potenzial ausschöpfen können und wie Unternehmen die Chancen von Diversity und künstlicher Intelligenz nutzen können. Weiterhin werden Ansätze zur Führung von Mitarbeitenden in Zeiten hoher persönlicher Unsicherheit gezeigt und erläutert, wie der Spagat zwischen nachhaltiger und umweltfreundlicher Unternehmensführung sowie Kosteneinsparungen bewältigt werden kann. Mit wissenschaftlichen Einblicken, konkreten Handlungsempfehlungen und praxisnahen Ansätzen dient dieses Buch Managerinnen und Managern als ein Leitfaden, um sich erfolgreich in einer dynamischen und anspruchsvollen Arbeitswelt zu behaupten.

This textbook provides an in-depth portfolio of case studies of globally operating and market leading medium-sized companies, mostly based in Germany. Students in the field of strategic management, family business management, information technology, and engineering may comprehensively explore the success factors of these hidden champions. Assignments and discussion sections help to dive deeper into the topics of innovation, internationalization, and leadership. Practitioners may gain valuable insights into growth trajectories and strategic decisions for achieving and sustaining market leadership. All case studies have been developed in direct cooperation with the companies and tested in teaching.

Advanced Strategic Management offers a distinctive evolutionary perspective, unveiling consistent processes that shape competitive dynamics. It goes beyond traditional boundaries, exploring evolutionary trends across industry life cycles, commodity cycles, and the business cycle. Seamlessly integrating analyses of environmental trends and the transformative impact of the digital revolution, the book underscores the crucial role of regulations and taxes in influencing firm-level performance.A key strength lies in its holistic coverage, encompassing core elements of competitive and corporate strategy while delving deeper into advanced models and tools for strategic evaluation, formulation, and implementation. This depth equips readers, including future business leaders, with a profound understanding of competitive dynamics.The book's unique approach integrates strategic management with adaptive leadership, offering readers a comprehensive and practical perspective rooted in extensive research and international case examples. This approach ensures global relevance.Instructors will find the book's wealth of examples, tables, figures, and references invaluable for class preparation. The abundance of statistical data facilitates students'comprehension of evolutionary forces and their impact on competition and performance. The structured pedagogy streamlines teaching, and the addition of PowerPoint slides further enhances its educational utility.In summary, Advanced Strategic Management is a comprehensive, globally aware, and practically oriented resource that bridges the gap between theory and application. Its innovative approach and rich content make it an indispensable tool for students, educators, and practitioners navigating the complexities of modern strategic management.

A practical step-by-step guide to building your digital transformation master plan The Digital Transformation Canvas by Marc K Peter will help you find your way through the seven steps of digital transformation for your organisation with its structured and practical approach to the subject. Key features include: multiple checklists and templates you can use in your organisation short case studies in each chapter to help you further engage with the subject and understand the objectives over 80 illustrations to support your understanding of how to apply content into practice The Digital Transformation Canvas will not only help you work with teams to drive a bottom-up strategy, but you will also be able to agree on key strategic initiatives with senior management for a top-down approach too, and identify new market potential and strategic projects.