Readings In Strategic Management

Part I: The General Manager and Strategy1. Building Your Company's Vision (Harvard Business Review, Sep/Oct 1996) by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras2. Creating a Corporate Vision (Re-use: Long Range Planning, 25, no. 6, 1992) by M.S. S. El-Namaki3. One More Time: What Business Are You In? (Long Range Planning, 28, No. 2. 1995) by Ron McTavish4. Strategy As Revolution (Harvard Business Review, July/Aug 1996) by Gary Hamel5. Sun Tzu and Machiavelli on Strategy (Journal of Business Strategy, 16, no. 1, 1995) by Bernard Boar6. Strategic Dissonance (California Management Review, 38, no. 2, 1996) by Robert A. Burgelman and Andrew S. GrovePART 2: Business Strategy Formulation1. What Is Strategy? (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996) by Michael E. Porter2. Using Core Capabilities to Create Competitive Advantage (Organizational Dynamics, Summer 1995) by Carl Long and Mary Vickers-Koch3. Competing on Resources: Strategy in the 1990s (Harvard Business Review, July/Aug 1995) by David J. Collis and Cynthia A. Montgomery4. Looking Inside for Competitive Advantage (Academy of Management Executive, 9, no. 4, 1995) by Jay B. Barney 5. Transforming Technological Pioneering into Competitive Advantage (Academy of Management Executive, 9, No. 1, 1995) by Shaker A. Zahara, Sarah Nash, and Deborah J. Bickford6. Choosing an Innovation Strategy: Theory and Practice (Business Horizons, 37, no. 6, 1994) by Joseph T. Gilbert7. Sleeping with the Enemy: Doing Business with a Competitor (Business Horizons, 37, no. 5, 1994) by Barbara A. Carlin, Michael J. Dowling, William D. Roering, John Wyman, John Kalinoglou, and Greg Clyburn8. Coping with Hypercompetition: Utilizing the New 7S's Framework (Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1995) by Richard A. D'Aveni9. Developing Global Strategies for Service Businesses (California Management Review, 38, no. 2, 1996) by Christopher H. Lovelock and George S. Yip10. Mining for Niches (Re-use: Business Horizons, May/June 1992) by Robert E. Linneman and John L. Stanton, Jr.11. When and When Not to Vertically Integrate (Re-use: Sloan Management Review, Spring 1993, pp. 71-83) by John Stuckey and David WhitePART 3: Strategic Analysis in Diversified Companies and Strategic Alliances1. Why Diversify? Four Decades of Management Thinking (Re-use: Academy of Management Executive, 7, no. 3, 1993) by Michael Gould and Kathleen Luchs2. Success in Diversification: Building on Core Competencies (Re-use: Long Range Planning, 26, no. 5, 1993) by Philippe Very3. Collaborating Across Lines of Business For Competitive Advantage (Academy of Management Executive, 10, no. 2, 1996) by Jeanne M. Liedtka4. Strategic Collaboration: Breaching the Castle Walls (Business Horizons, 39, no. 2, 1996) by Richard J. Schonberger5. Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures: Making Them Work (Business Horizons, 37, no. 4, 1994) by Bruce A. Walters, Steve Peters, and Gregory G. DessPART 4: Managing Strategy Implementation1. Great Strategy or Great Strategy Implementation--Two Ways of Competing in Global Markets (Re-use: Sloan Management Review, Winter 1993, pp. 366-50) by William G. Egelhoff2. The Horizontal Corporation (Re-use: Business Week, December 20, 1993, 00. 76-81) by John a. Byrne, Journalist3. Rethinking Organizational Design (Academy of Management Executive, 8, no. 4, 1994) by Robert W. Keidel4. Ten Commandments for CEOs Seeking Organizational Change (Business Horizons, 37, no.1) by James H. Reynierse5. Business Process Reengineering: Improving in New Strategic Directions (California Management Review, Summer 1994) by J. Robb Dixon, Peter Arnold, Janelle Heineke, Jay S. Kim, Paul Mulligan6. Strategic Outsourcing (Sloan Management Review/Summer 1994) by James Brian Quinn and Frederick G. Hilmer7. Benchmarking: The Japanese Experience (Long Range Planning, 27, no. 4) by Yoshinobu Ohinata8. TQM's Challenge to Management Theory and Practice (Re-use: Sloan Management Review/Winter 1994) by Robert M. Grant, Rami Shani and R. Krishnan9. Quality Lessons from America's Baldridge Winners (Business Horizons, 37, no. 4, 1994) by Richard M. Hodgetts 10. The Strategic Power of Internal Service Excellence (Business Horizons, 39, no. 4, 1996) by Richard D. Hays11. Strategic Control Through Core Competencies (Long Range Planning, 28, no. 2) by David C. Band and Gerald Scanlan12. Producing Sustainable Competitive Advantage Through the Effective Management of People (Academy of Management Executive, 9, no. 1, 1995) by Jeffrey Pfeffer13. Brain Power: Who Owns It...How They Profit From It (Fortune, March 17, 1997) by Thomas A. Stewart14. On the Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping for B (Academy of Management Executive, 9, no. 1, 1995) by Steven Kerr15. Creating the Climate and Culture of Success (Organizational Dynamics, Summer 1994) by Benjamin Schneider, Sarah K. Gunnarson and Kathryn Niles-Jolly16. Culture, Leadership, and Power: The Keys to Organizational Change (Business Horizons, 37, no. 1, 1994) by Ronald W. Clement17. The Leadership Mystique (Academy of Management Executive, 8, no. 3, 1994) by Manfred F. R. Kets de VriesPART 5: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility1. Business Ethics: A View From The Trenches (California Management Review, 37, no. 2, 1995) by Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. and Allen P. Webb2. The Strategic Power of Corporate Values (Long Range Planning, 27, no. 6, 1994) by John Humble, David Jackson and Alan Thomson3. Corporate Ethics Statements: Current Status and Future Prospects (Journal of Business Ethics, 14: 727-740, 1995) by Patrick E. Murphy4. Ethics: Are Standards Lower Overseas? (Re-use: Across the Board, September 1991, pp. 31-34) by Andrew W. Singer