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Strategic management : an introduction to business and corporate level strategy / Paul Finlay.

By: Finlay, Paul N.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, c2000Description: xxxv, 751 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0201398273(pbk.) (No price); 9780201398274.Subject(s): Industrial management | Industrial management | Strategic planning -- accounting | Strategic planning -- accounting | Business strategy | Management & management techniques | Business and ManagementDDC classification: 658.4012 FIN Summary: Paul Finlay introduces Strategic Management to students at undergraduate or MBA introductory level. The book provides balanced coverage of planned and emergent strategies as well as the influence of chaos and complexity theories.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An introduction to business and corporate strategy, this book contains coverage of planned and emergent strategies, as well as the influence of chaos and complexity theories. Througout, the distinction between corporate and business level strategy is emphasized.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Paul Finlay introduces Strategic Management to students at undergraduate or MBA introductory level. The book provides balanced coverage of planned and emergent strategies as well as the influence of chaos and complexity theories.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 The Nature of Strategic Management
  • Part 1 Internal Context
  • 2 Organisational Culture
  • 3 Business Ethics
  • 4 Leadership
  • 5 Issue Handling
  • 6 Building Blocks o Strategy
  • ParT 2 Picturing the Future
  • 7 The Remote Environment
  • 8 The Operating Environment
  • 9 Forecasting and Scenarios
  • Part 3 Determining Organisation Position
  • 10 The Bases of Competition
  • 11 SWOT Analysis
  • Part 4 Selecting Strategy
  • 12 Strategic Options
  • 13 Strategic Choice
  • Part 5 Implementation and Control
  • 14 Strategic Change Management
  • 15 Strategic Control
  • Part 6 Parenting
  • 16 The Roles of the Parent: Portfolio Identification
  • 17 Establishing Portfolios
  • 18 On-Going Portfolio Management
  • Part 7 Case Studies