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A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying strategy / Chris Carter, Stewart R. Clegg and Martin Kornberger.

By: Carter, Chris, 1970-.
Contributor(s): Clegg, Stewart | Kornberger, Martin, 1974-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010, c2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-154) and index.Description: 170 p. : Move 300 :$b out of the way to :$z ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 1412947871 (pbk.); 9781412947879 (pbk.).Subject(s): Strategic planning | Strategic planning -- HistoryDDC classification: 658.401
Contents:
Once upon a time -- Planning the future in turbulent environments -- Strategy = understanding what's outside the firm -- Strategy = understanding what's inside the firm -- Strategy is dead. Long live scenario planning! -- Strategy = emergence and rational planning -- Strategy is what strategists do! Strategy as practice -- Gaps, rhetoric and realities -- In conclusion ... the futures of strategy?
Summary: "A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Strategy is a welcoming, lively, and thought provoking account of strategy. It helps students get to grips with strategy's key issues and broad debates and introduce them to the latest ideas that won't yet have been covered in the classroom." "Organized into three sections, concepts are made really accessible as the authors first recap the history of strategy as an academic discipline, then evaluate major schools of strategic thought, and conclude by critiquing the latest developments in strategic research."--P. [4] of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-154) and index.

Once upon a time -- Planning the future in turbulent environments -- Strategy = understanding what's outside the firm -- Strategy = understanding what's inside the firm -- Strategy is dead. Long live scenario planning! -- Strategy = emergence and rational planning -- Strategy is what strategists do! Strategy as practice -- Gaps, rhetoric and realities -- In conclusion ... the futures of strategy?

"A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Strategy is a welcoming, lively, and thought provoking account of strategy. It helps students get to grips with strategy's key issues and broad debates and introduce them to the latest ideas that won't yet have been covered in the classroom." "Organized into three sections, concepts are made really accessible as the authors first recap the history of strategy as an academic discipline, then evaluate major schools of strategic thought, and conclude by critiquing the latest developments in strategic research."--P. [4] of cover.

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