Strategic Management
An Integrated Approach
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
557 pages
978-0-470-80929-7 (ISBN)
Description
The second edition of this popular text has been thoroughly updated to reflect contemporary developments in strategic management theory and its applications to Australasian organisations. Based on the original Hill and Jones text, the 2nd Australasian editions's thirteen chapters have been chosen and sequenced to reflect the contents of the typical 12 to 13 week teaching Semester. Solid theory coverage includes the latest research in the field, complemented by a wide range of case studies and real word examples. The strategic management applications focus of the text is achieved through a balanced coverage of small to medium sized enterprises versus multinational corporations, product versus service industries, and public versus private sector organisations. FEATURES: * A brand new chapter on strategic management in public sector organisations. * Chapter opening cases and Strategy in Action boxes highlight strategic management applications within each chapter.* Wealth of end of chapter material including review, discussion and applied questions,small group exercises, exploring the web activities, and strategic management chapter.
* High quality End of Book Case Studies covering small, medium, and large companies, both domestic and international. Each case study is accompanied by extensive lecturer teaching notes.
* High quality End of Book Case Studies covering small, medium, and large companies, both domestic and international. Each case study is accompanied by extensive lecturer teaching notes.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Weight
1292 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-80929-7 (9780470809297)
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Content
Part One - Introduction to strategic management Chapter 1 The strategic management process Chapter 2 Corporate mission, stakeholders, ethics and social responsibility Part Two - The nature of competitive advantage Chapter 3 External analysis: industry opportunities and threats Chapter 4 Internal analysis: resources, capabilities, competencies and competitive advantage Part Three - Strategies Chapter 5 Building competitive advantage through functional-level strategy Chapter 6 Business-level strategy Chapter 7 Competitive strategy: vertical integration, diversification and strategic alliances Chapter 8 Strategy in the global environment Part Four - Implementing strategy Chapter 9 Designing organisational structure Chapter 10 Matching structure, control, culture and reward systems to strategy Chapter 11 Managing strategic change Chapter 12 Evaluating strategy performance Chapter 13 Strategic management in public organisations Part Five Cases in strategic management