Crafting and Executing Strategy: South African Edition

Text, Readings and Cases
2 ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-712754-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1246 g

Reihe: UK Higher Education Business Management

Based on the reputable US text the 2nd Southern African Edition of Crafting & Executing Strategy covers what every senior-level or entry-level MBA student in Southern Africa needs to know about crafting, executing and aligning business strategies, through presentation of core concepts and analytical techniques. A separate case and readings sections build on the main text by demonstrating the theory in practice. The core concepts are explained in language that Southern African students can grasp and provide relevant examples as used by small, medium and large SA companies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hough, Johan

Thompson, Arthur

Gamble, John

Strickland, A.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE
The Scope and Dynamics of Strategic Management
CHAPTER 1: What is Strategy? Integration and Strategic Alignment

CHAPTER 2:The Managerial Process of Crafting and Executing Strategy PART TWO
Concept and Analytical Tools
CHAPTER 03:Analyzing a Company’s External Environment
CHAPTER 04: Analyzing a Company’s Internal Resources and Competitive Capabilities PART THREE
Crafting a Strategy to create sustainable high performance
CHAPTER 05: The Five Generic Competitive Strategies
CHAPTER 06:Tailoring Strategy to Fit Specific Industry and Company Situations
CHAPTER 7: Enterprise Performance ManagementPART FOUR

Executing And Aligning The Strategy

CHAPTER 8:Building an Organisation capable of good strategic execution and Good Strategic Alignment.

CHAPTER 9:Leadership, Culture and Teamwork

CHAPTER 10:Corporate Governance and Sustainability
PART FIVE

Readings in Crafting and Executing Strategy

PART SIX
Cases in Crafting and Executing Strategy

Über Autor(innen)

Hough, Johan
Johan Hough is Professor of Strategy at Stellenbosch University and the Managing partner of the Balanced Scorecard Institute of South Africa and Balanced Scorecard Africa.

Thompson, Arthur
Arthur A. Thompson Jr. earned his BS and PhD degrees in economics from the University of Tennessee, spent three years on the economics faculty at Virginia Tech, and served on the faculty of the University of Alabama’s College of Commerce and Business Administration for 25 years. In 1974 and again in 1982, Dr. Thompson spent semester-long sabbaticals as a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School. His areas of specialization are business strategy, competition and market analysis, and the economics of business enterprises. In addition to publishing over 30 articles in some 25 different professional and trade publications, he has authored or coauthored five textbooks and six computer-based simulation exercises that are used in colleges and universities worldwide. Dr. Thompson spends much of his off-campus time giving presentations, putting on management development programs, working with companies, and helping operate a business simulation enterprise in which he is a major partner. Dr. Thompson and his wife of 60 years have two daughters, two grandchildren, and a Yorkshire terrier.

Gamble, John
John E. Gamble is the Mary & Jeff Bell Endowed Distinguished Professor of Business and former Dean of the College of Business at Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi. His teaching and research have focused on strategic management and entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has conducted courses in strategic management in Germany since 2001, which have been sponsored by the University of Applied Sciences in Worms. 

Dr. Gamble’s research has been published in various scholarly journals, and he is the author or coauthor of more than 100 case studies published in an assortment of strategic management and strategic marketing texts. He has done consulting on industry and market analysis for clients in a diverse mix of industries. 

Professor Gamble received his PhD, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Alabama and was a faculty member in the Mitchell College of Business at the University of South Alabama before his appointment to the faculty at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.

Strickland, A.
A.J. (Lonnie) Strickland received a BS in Math and Physics from the University of Georgia, an MS in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a PhD from Georgia State university. He currently holds the rank of Professor of Strategic Management in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Alabama. He has done extensive consulting and research work. In recent years, he was honored with the Outstanding Professor Award for the Graduate School of Business, and was the recipient of the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award for the University of Alabama.

Johan Hough is Professor of Strategy at Stellenbosch University and the Managing partner of the Balanced Scorecard Institute of South Africa and Balanced Scorecard Africa.