Strategy, Structure and Style - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047196882X ISBN 13: 9780471968825

Publisher: Wiley, 1997

Synopsis

Although it is impossible to include in one volume the full breadth of ideas under discussion in the area of strategic management, the editors have selected contributions that offer interesting food for thought in three currently crucial strategic conversations: Strategy - demonstrates the diversity of research topics in strategy. Structure - addresses how organizational structure can help/hinder corporate strategy. Style - management or corporate--is not often discussed directly in strategic management literature, though its presence and effects are pervasive. Strategy, Structure and Style addresses another of the Strategic Management Society's primary concerns--how to build and maintain bridges between management theory and business practice.

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From the Back Cover:

Strategy, Structure and Style Edited by Howard Thomas and Don O'Neal University of Illinois, USA Michael Ghertman HEC Graduate School of Management, France Published in association with the Strategic Management Society, The Wiley Strategic Management Series aims to illustrate the 'best in global strategic management' for academics, business practitioners and consultants. This book explores how the emphasis in global competition shifts from one style to the next as companies in one country see their counterparts in other nations become increasingly effective by using different formulas for competing. This wide-ranging ensemble of papers comprises a rich body of research and experience, spanning academics, business executives and consultants all striving to demonstrate the relationships between management theory and business practice. Writings included in this volume were selected as being representative of some of the most significant issues currently facing business strategists. Contributors Jay B. Barney Pamela Barr William Bogner Cliff Bowman Brian K. Boyd Jordi Canals W. Otto Carroll Simon Carter Bala Chakravarthy Jane F. Craig Richard A. D'Aveni Magali Delmas David Faulkner Steven W. Floyd Michel Ghertman Xavier Gilbert Karen Golden-Biddle Knut Haanes Taieb Hafsi Mark H. Hansen Bruce Heiman Marla Howard Balaji R. Koka Peter Lorange Bente R. Lowendahl Ravindranath Madhavan Pablo Martin de Holan Michael Mayer John McGee Kirk Monteverde John E. Prescott Hayagreeva Rau Raymond-Alain Thiétart Howard Thomas Richard Whittington Bill Wooldridge Lillian Cheng Wright Russell W. Wright Jean-Marc Xuereb Philip W. Yetton Business Strategy

From the Inside Flap:

Strategy, Structure and Style Edited by Howard Thomas and Don O'Neal University of Illinois, USA Michel Ghertman HEC Graduate School of Management, France With competitive success dependent upon strategic issues such as cooperative efforts focused on organizational objectives, effective use of resources and managing change, the need for corporations to have explicit strategies is becoming ever more crucial. Although it is impossible for one volume to address the full breadth of ideas under discussion in the area of strategic management, the editors have selected contributions that offer interesting food for thought in three currently crucial strategic conversations:
* strategy - demonstrating the diversity of research topics in strategy, these chapters include discussions of trust between trade partners, CEO duality, excess capacity, dynamic strategies, distinctive competences and strategic windows
* structure - addressing how organizational structure can help/hinder corporate strategy, these chapters demonstrate how change should be implemented including issues such as strategic alliances, cognitive processes, the M-form organization, and a new theory of the firm
* style - argues the pervasive and profound effects of management style on the organization from the perspectives of the global manager, government policies, executive education, government leadership, reducing uncertainty/complexity and gaining management consensus.
Strategy, Structure and Style addresses another of the Strategic Management Society's primary concerns - how to build and maintain bridges between management theory and business practice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 047196882X
• ISBN 13: 9780471968825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Thomas Howard, O'Neal Donald E., Ghertman Michel