Strategic management : awareness and change./
John L Thompson.
- 6th ed.
- Hampshire: Cengage Learning, 2010.
- XXX, 802pgs.: color Ills.; 26 cm.
Includes index and glossary.
Content: Part 1: Understanding strategy and strategic management -- Introducing strategy and strategic management Part 2: Strategic positioning -- Strategic thinking, environmental analysis, synergy and strategic positioning -- Resource-led strategy -- The dynamics of competition -- Introducing culture and values Part 3: Strategic analysis and choice -- Strategic purpose -- Strategic success -- An introduction to strategy creation and planning -- Strategic leadership, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship -- Strategic alternatives, strategy evaluation and strategy selection Part 4: Issues in strategic growth -- Strategic growth -- International strategy -- Failure, consolidation and recovery strategies Part 5: Strategic management -- Strategy implementation -- Leading change -- Managing strategy in the organization -- Final thoughts: the purpose of strategy.