Strategic Thinking: A Comprehensive Guide

Frederick Betz
Portland State University, USA


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Hardback
ISBN:
9781785604676
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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368 pages - 152 x 229 x 24mm
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Leadership and strategy are intricately connected--one of the primary responsibilities of leaders is to formulate strategy. In an organization, only the leader has the power to implement strategic change. Thus strategic thinking is a necessary and fundamental cognitive ability of a leader. Strategic thinking requires both an idealism (to imagine a better world) and a realism (to acquire the resources, skills and organization to get there). However, most organizations focus on short-term thinking for their employees and leave long-term strategy to the executives. But no high-level executive in any organization is fully knowledgeable about the details of operations. Thus for realistic strategy, there is a need for good top-down and bottom-up communication. When organizational communication is only top-down, high-level strategy can become only wishful thinking by the CEO. The purpose of proper strategic thinking is to eliminate wishful-thinking from organizational strategy. Strategic thinking is necessary at every level of an organization, not just at the top. This book uses actual histories of business successes and failures to illustrate theoretical concepts in strategic thinking.

Preface1. Strategic Vision2. Strategic Venture3. Strategic Management4. Strategy Theory5. Strategic Business Model6. Diversification Strategy7. Strategy Scenarios8. Change in Societies9. Strategic Dishonor10. Strategic PlanningBibliographyIndex
Frederick Betz, Portland State University, USA

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