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.
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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
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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.
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University of Georgia, USA
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BMO Capital Markets, USA
Foreword; Jonas Robinson
PART ONE: SETTING EXPECTATIONS
SECTION A: SEE YOURSELF AT THE TOP
Chapter 1. What Is Strategy And Why Is It Important To Anyone Not At The Top?
Chapter 2. The Process, The Players, and the Stakes
Chapter 3. The Art of Judgment
SECTION B: BUSINESS ACUMEN
Chapter 4. Problem Not Currently Solved
Chapter 5. Leadership and Dealing with Change
Chapter 6. Criteria for Crafting a Good Strategy
PART TWO: THE VAULT
SECTION A: TAKING STOCK
Chapter 1. Gathering Information with a Shared Goal in Mind
Chapter 2. What Does A Company's Internal Environment Reveal about Its Strategy - Structure Relationship?
Chapter 3. Evaluating a Company's External Environment: The Firm - Industry -Society Relationship
Chapter 4. Gaining Alignment on What is Happening and Why
SECTION B: CRAFTING STRATEGY FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Chapter 5. Theory Linking Strategy to Objective
Chapter 6. Strategies for Overcoming Constraints
Chapter 7. Collaborative Decision Making
SECTION C. ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING THROUGH STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 8. Linking Implementation to Plan Objectives
Chapter 9. Managing Talent, Time, and Money
SECTION D: ASSESSING PROGRESS AND REPORTING IMPACT
Chapter 10. Strategy Evaluation and Control
Chapter 11. The Art of Gaining Commitment by Raising the Stakes
Chapter 12. Strategic Communications
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