The Thinking Strategist is your guide to accomplishing organizational goals, exceeding objectives, and securing the support of senior management and other key stakeholders.

This much-needed new edition furthers the author's commitment to motivate and inspire confidence in individuals from traditionally excluded groups who work in deadline- and budget-driven roles in companies with highly competitive organizational cultures. Amongst the updates is a new chapter dedicated to the role that diversity, equity and inclusion plays in the strategic management process, especially during a period when DEI efforts are both valued and under attack.

Ideal for business students and aspiring managers who seek to distinguish themselves as people who make success happen, The Thinking Strategist shows you how to develop the skills, confidence, business judgment, and resilience you need not only to be successful but to be a driver of decision making and problem solving. To be an expert - a thinking strategist.

About the Author

Vickie Cox Edmondson is an academic and management strategist. Known as a forward thinking, business-minded professor and engaging speaker with more than 20 years of industry experience and business consulting, she served as the first Associate Provost for Student Success at Morehouse College. Cox Edmondson's research has been published in the Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Business and Society, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, and others. She received a BA from Spelman College, an MBA from Mercer University, and a PhD in strategic management from the University of Georgia.

Reviews

The Thinking Strategist by Dr. Vickie Cox Edmondson can be a game changer for those seeking to brand themselves as the next in line for advancement. Dr. Cox Edmondson specializes in getting her students ready for the NEXT STEP. Let her and The Thinking Strategist help you STEP UP!

-- Dr. Cassandra Wells, Associate Professor of Marketing & Sales, Morehouse College

The quest for and commitment to organizational excellence has been a real part of the personal development of Dr. Vickie Cox Edmondson and has been used effectively on her journey as an educator. Her desire to instill the knowledge and skills that will ensure strategic thinking about how to obtain organizational excellence and success in her students makes her a stand-out teacher and her book an invaluable tool. The Thinking Strategist is designed to help organizations and their members thrive by developing forward thinking leadership skills. This can be described as knowing the difference between playing chess and checkers and playing from that vantage point.

-- Helen J. Owens, Education Consultant and 20th International President of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

What if? What now? What next? The Thinking Strategist helps the reading participant critically think through each of these questions. There is something in this book for everyone on the journey to leverage information and action.

-- Faye Hall Jackson, PhD, Former Associate Dean and Management Department Head, Tuskegee University



Book Information
ISBN 9781803825625
Author Vickie Cox Edmondson
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 403g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm