Crafting and Executing Strategy
Published on 1. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-07-711693-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Crafting and Executing Strategy: South African Edition" is an adaptation of the worldwide market-leading text by Thompson, Strickland and Gamble. The aim of the book is to effectively and interestingly cover what every senior-level or MBA student in South Africa needs to know about crafting, executing and aligning business strategies. "Crafting and Executing Strategy" contains a wealth of South African examples and illustration capsules as well as five South African cases to accompany five international cases. The selection includes cases on black economic empowerment, banking, wine, clothing, luxury goods, motor cycle and retail industries.The flexible combination of text, readings and cases allows instructors to teach concepts and analytical tools while also providing a taste of the stimulating literature in strategic management. If required, instructors have the option of packaging access to two different McGraw-Hill Online Simulation Games with the book - either the Business Strategy Game or GLO-BUS.
More details
Edition
South African ed
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1427 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-711693-4 (9780077116934)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. The Strategic Management Process and Strategic Alignment 2. Strategy in Emerging Economies 3. Evaluating a Company's External Environment 4. Evaluating a Company's Resources and Competitive Position 5. The Five Generic Competitive Strategies 6. Corporate Governance and Ethics 7. Enterprise Performance Management 8. Tailoring Strategy to Fit Specific Industry and Company Situations 9. Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution and Good Strategic Alignment 10. Leadership, Culture and Teamwork Readings 1. What Is Strategy and How Do You Know If You Have One? By Costas Markides 2. Walking the Talk (Really!): Why Visions Fail by Mark Lipton 3. The Balanced Scorecard: To Adopt or Not to Adopt? by Kevin B. Hendricks 4. Stretching Strategic Thinking by Stan Abraham 5. A New Tool for Strategy Analysis: The Opportunity Model by Donald Morris 6. Value Innovation: A Leap into the Blue Ocean by W. Chan Kim 7. Racing to Be 2nd: Conquering the Industries of the Future by Costas Markides 8. Outsourcing Strategies: Opportunities and Risks by Brian Leavy 9. Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance by Michael C. Mankins 10. Strategic Management as Organizational Learning: Developing Fit and Alignment through a Disciplined Process By Michael Beer, Sven C. Voelpel, Marius Leibold and Eden B. Tekie Cases 1. Black Economic Empowerment: An Overview -- Wits Business School 2. Moyo's African Brand: A Brand Extension and Globalization Strategy -- Wits Business School 3. Woolworths SA: Clothing Turnaround Strategy -- Wits Business School 4. Barclays Bank in Africa - Moving on from Colonial Roots -- Wits Business School 5. New Balance South Africa : Outrunning the Opposition 6. Starbucks in 2006/2007 -- A.J. Shah, A.A. Thompson & T.F. Hawk 7. Harley-Davidson -- J.E. Gamble & R. Schafer 8. Southwest Airlines -- A.A. Thompson & J.E. Gamble 9. The globalization of Beringer Blass Wine Estates -- A. Gilinsky, R.H. Lopez & R. Castaldi 10. LMVH's Diversification into Luxury Goods -- J. E. Gamble