Strategic Management
A Stakeholder Approach
1st Edition
Published on 11. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-0-521-15174-0 (ISBN)
Description
Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach was first published in 1984 as a part of the Pitman series in Business and Public Policy. Its publication proved to be a landmark moment in the development of stakeholder theory. Widely acknowledged as a world leader in business ethics and strategic management, R. Edward Freeman's foundational work continues to inspire scholars and students concerned with a more practical view of how business and capitalism actually work. Business can be understood as a system of how we create value for stakeholders. This worldview connects business and capitalism with ethics once and for all. On the 25th anniversary of publication, Cambridge University Press are delighted to be able to offer a new print-on-demand edition of his work to a new generation of readers.
Reviews / Votes
'R. Edward Freeman's book, Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, is THE seminal book in the field. It is the authoritative source that created the field and has had immeasurable impact on scholars, executives, and students. Ed Freeman is clearly the father of stakeholder theory/management/approach.' Archie B. Carroll, University of Georgia 'Freeman's Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach helped to define and shape our understanding of how good management practice really is based on relationships - relationships with the stakeholders who both comprise and affect or are affected by the business. This seminal book's message that these relationships are fundamental to success has become part of the DNA of progressive and socially sustainable companies, and has influenced new generations of scholars and managers.' Sandra Waddock, Boston CollegeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
478 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-15174-0 (9780521151740)
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Person
R. Edward Freeman is Olsson Professor of Business Administration and Co-Director of the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics at the Darden School, University of Virginia. He is Adjunct Professor of Stakeholder Management at the Copenhagen Business School. Professor Freeman's new book, Managing for Stakeholders, co-authored with Jeffrey Harrison and Andrew Wicks, was published in 2007 by Yale University Press. In 1984 he published Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, where he traced the origins of the stakeholder idea and suggested that businesses build their strategy around their relationships with key stakeholders. He was awarded an honorary doctorate, Doctor Honoris Causa, by Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, and has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Washington University.
Content
Part I. The Stakeholder Approach: 1. Managing in turbulent times; 2. The stakeholder concept and strategic management; 3. Stakeholder management: framework and philosophy; Part II. Strategic Management Processes: 4. Setting strategic direction; 5. Formulating strategies for stakeholders; 6. Implementing and monitoring stakeholder strategies; Part III. Implications for Theory and Practice: 7. Conflict at the board level; 8. The functional disciplines of management; 9. The role of the executive.