Strategic Thinking and the Management of Change

It is now widely recognized that the single most important competence which senior managers must develop if they are to be effective, is an ability to think strategically. In today's turbulent economic climate, businesses have to be flexible and quick to react to change if they are to survive. More often than not, traditional strategic planning techniques have to be eschewed in favour of a more dynamic and radical approach. "Strategic Thinking and the Management of Change" provides busy senior managers with an alternative perspective on the nature of strategic thinking. It sets out the latest thinking on a number of key concepts that can aid the strategic manager: notions such as organizational networks and learning organizations that have recently become part of management vocabulary but which lack clarity of meaning for many. The various contributions in this book summarize concepts, explain their relevance and identify the state of debate around them. The writers, leading strategists from throughout Europe, identify the paradoxes and contradictions that the modern manager needs to reflect upon in order to achieve long term success.