Strategic Planning

Volume 23 of the "Advances in Strategic Management" series focuses on ecology and strategy, providing an excellent point of reference for scholars, students and practitioners of business. The nine-part volume addresses diverse fields such as...

The competence-based perspective on strategy and management emerged in the 1990s as a new approach to developing strategy and management theory and practice. In the past decade, the focus on organizational competences - and the resources, capabilities,...

This book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique, commentary, and discussion about key research methodology issues in the strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array of complex methods drawn from various allied...

The emphasis in this work is on memory in organizations, organizational improvisation, strategies of learning, the nuances of learning and integrating strategy and organizational learning. The volume includes a chapter on social learning and transaction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940069077Author Bryan W. BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Fieldstone AlliancePublisher Fieldstone AllianceWeight(grams) 318g

Between 1800 and 1900 the Industrial Revolution swept the United States. Behind this revolution were changes in business organization and advancement in science and technology. This book is concerned with the interaction of these social forces. It...

Organization Structures: Theory and Design, Analysis and Prescription describes how to organize people to achieve a desired outcome. This is accomplished by establishing sets of rules from "real world" organization contexts. Moreover, the...

As the life span of business models reduces, firms have had to review their strategic intent, develop strategic initiatives in fast and imaginative ways, and engage in major reorganization. This book examines the dynamics of strategy and helps to make...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999433508Author Richard M KlassFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint 2cy, Inc.Publisher 2cy, Inc.Weight(grams) 603g

The Wiley Strategic Management Series aims to illustrate the best in global strategic management for academics, business practitioners and consultants. This book addresses some of the most significant issues currently facing business strategists,...

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In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published his landmark book, Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, a work that set the agenda for what we now call stakeholder theory. In the intervening years, the literature on stakeholder theory has become vast and...

Strategy exhibits a pervasive commitment to the belief that the best approach to adopt in dealing with affairs of the world is to confront, overcome and subjugate things to conform to our will, control and eventual mastery. Performance is about...

Claudio Ciborra was one of the most innovative thinkers in the field of information systems. This book explains the intellectual contribution of Ciborra's work in a substantial introductory chapter, contains the most significant of his articles, and...

This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices,...

In this distinctive and valuable contribution to understanding organisational change, different levels and types of analysis are drawn on and connected. This is achieved through an exploration of the conditions, processes and outcomes of change in the...

Anatomising Embodiment and Organisation Theory explores the relationship between the human body and the development of social theory about organisations and organising. The science of anatomy is taken as a pattern for knowledge both of the human body...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759696402Author David I. GoldenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 222g

The sports business has become one of the fastest-growing industries in recent years. Sports organizations now have the potential to generate massive amounts of revenue through a variety of different channels, including broadcasting rights, advertising...

The cultural sector is gaining increasing importance in our economies, consistantly registering growth rates above average GDP. This book presents insights on how cultural institutions can find new perspectives in their management and provides ideas to...

As we continue in an era of simultaneous innovation and commoditization, enabled by digital technologies, managers around the world are asking themselves "how can we both adapt to rapid changes in technology and markets, and still make enough money...

Provides insights in cutting-edge models to put to practical use in order to increase an organaization's intellectual capital and new knowledge. Softcover version of the original that published in August 2004. Testimonials "Finally, a real...

This book proposes a critical analysis of the new corporate responsibilities in a globalizing world. It is built around the creative and entrepreneurial power of the business firm and the new opportunities and challenges offered by science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978348540Author Carol SillFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Alpha Glyph Publications, Limited.Publisher Alpha Glyph Publications, Limited...

The performance of governments around the globe is constantly in the spotlight, whether as a celebration or indictment of their activities. Providing evidence on strategies to improve the performance of public agencies is therefore essential to the...

In many companies, two or three executives jointly hold the responsibilities at the top-from the charismatic CEO who relies on the operational expertise of a COO, to co-CEOs who trust in inter-personal bonds to achieve professional results. Their...

In today's globalised world there is a need to investigate new trends in the global economy which impact on Europe. The emergence of these southern multinationals in Europe is one such phenomenon. This book explores the existing trends and trajectories...

This book examines how healthcare organisations shape, adapt and resist developments in healthcare policy and practice. This is an international text bringing together contributions from around the globe and covers a wide range of different discussions...

This collection of articles looks beyond the often-explored lobbying activities of trade associations to examine and account for the increasing political involvement of individual business firms during the 1970s and 1980s. Unlike much of the literature...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780639791371Author Shamil IsmailFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Quickfox PublishingPublisher Quickfox PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

This non-traditional, OB-oriented book is designed to provide teachers in Organizational Behavior and management courses, as well as corporate workshops, with a highly effective way to address important issues in modern-days' management and...

This book looks at the pillars of success of high-performing companies, and how they perform in areas such as innovativeness, market orientation, core competencies and leadership and entrepreneurship culture. Many examples from a wide variety of...

Advances in IT have transformed the way organizations interact with each other. To enable organizations to respond to this change, new management paradigms have evolved. This text looks at the value of knowledge management in supply chain management and...

Previous books on growth management in the United States favor balanced growth, which suggests that growth and environmental protection represent equally legitimate objectives. Taking issue with the balanced growth position, this book argues that further...

How do you create world-class educational institutions that are academically rigorous and vocationally relevant? Are business schools the blueprint for institutions of the future, oran educational experiment gone wrong? This is thefirst title in a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369322999Author Robert J MarshakFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 576g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648736912Author Mark RehnFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Smarta SystemsPublisher Smarta SystemsWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999634608Author Whitney VosburghFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Wtf!Publisher Wtf!Weight(grams) 435g

Similar to large cities, rural towns have undergone dramatic change since mid-century. The decline in retailing, changes in manufacturing, and jobs moving abroad have had a tremendous impact. Yet while rural and industrial areas have similar concerns...

Written for planning professionals in corporations and the nonprofit sector, this book addresses the need for adequate competitive intelligence. Types of corporate planning are examined and practical, detailed advice on using CI techniques to make...