Strategy: Theory and Practice - Softcover

Clegg, Stewart R; Schweitzer, Jochen; Whittle, Andrea; Pitelis, Christos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446298299 ISBN 13: 9781446298299

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Updated to bring the material in line with the topical and contemporary ideas and debates on or about strategy and catering to students and their diverse learning styles, the Second Edition is an easy to use tool allowing students to switch from web resources to the print text and back again, opening windows on the world of strategy through cases that are vibrant and engaged, digital links that allow them to explore topics in more detail and video and other media that encourage relating theory to practice.

Providing a fresh perspective on strategy from an organizational perspective through a discursive approach featuring key theoretic tenets, this text is also pragmatic and emphasizes the practices of strategy to encourage the reader to be open to a wider set of ideas, with a little more relevance, and with a cooler attitude towards the affordances of the digital world and the possibilities for strategy’s futures. 

The key areas of Strategy take a critical stance in the new edition, and also include areas less evident in conventional strategy texts such as not-for-profit organizations, process theories, globalization, organizational politics and decision-making as well as the futures of strategy. 

Suitable as core reading for undergraduate and postgraduate business management students of strategy and strategic management.

About this title

About the Author:

Stewart Clegg is a prolific publisher of several hundred articles in leading academic journals in strategy, social science, management and organization theory; is also the author and editor of about fifty books, as well as a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the recipient of significant awards from the American Academy of Management for his contributions to management theory and practice.

Jochen Schweitzer is Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Trained as both an engineer and a social scientist, he concentrates his research on issues of strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation, with a special interest in design thinking and emerging technologies. Jochen also serves as the founding Faculty Director of UTS’s MBA in Entrepreneurship and Bachelor in Entrepreneurship (Honours) programs. He was Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) School of Design Thinking at Potsdam University. Jochen is a winner of the Strategic Management Societies′ Best Paper Award and he received Honourable Mention by the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management. Jochen is as a passionate educator, who has taught at universities in the UK, Japan, China, US, Germany, and New Zealand. Before becoming an academic, Jochen was Principal at PwC′s European Strategy Consulting practice.

Andrea Whittle is Professor of Management at Newcastle University Business School and previously Head of the Strategy, Organization and Society Research Group. Before joining Newcastle University in 2013, Andrea held a Chair in Organization Studies at Cardiff University. Andrea started her academic career in Natural Science, then did a PhD in Sociology in the field of Science and Technology Studies and since then has taught Management in Business Schools. Andrea’s interest in strategy started without plan or design – much like many strategies themselves emerge. While doing an ethnography of a group of management consultants for her doctoral research, she was fascinated by the social, political, material and discursive processes through which the group tried to shape the firm’s strategy agenda, albeit not always successfully. Since then, she has gone on to develop a keen interest in strategy as practice, applying organization theory and social theory to the study of strategizing processes in a range of contexts. Her more recent work has included longitudinal ethnographic research on a strategy project team in a Multinational Corporation and work on how top managers account for their strategic decisions following crises and scandals. Central to all her work is a concern for understanding how discourse and power are implicated in all forms of organization – of which strategy is not an exception but an exemplar.

Chris Pitelis is Life Fellow, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, co-editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics and literary executor of the collected papers of Edith Penrose. Chris researches on sustainable international business strategy and governance, national and regional competitiveness. He published over ten books and circa a hundred articles in journals   such as Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and The Leadership Quarterly. He has served as Dean of College, Head of School, Director of Research and Engagement Center, and visiting professor in leading Universities. He served at the editorial boards of leading journals, organized, presented and chaired numerous conferences, was invited speaker and coordinated projects, taught, consulted, trained and designed policies for international organizations, governments and regions, businesses and NGOs.

Review:

I love that this book reflects what students want. It is very readable and approachable, and makes complex topics simple to understand. -- Emma Wilson, final year Business and Management student Published On: 2016-09-30

′We chose Strategy: Theory and Practice because it offers a ‘softer’, more sociological approach to strategy and addresses the issue of corporate scandals in a holistic approach when it comes to decision making′ -- Konstantinos Pitsakis Published On: 2016-12-31

Unravels the neatness of traditional economics-based views of strategy and replaces them with much needed social, political and organizational lenses. The authors have produced a refreshing book which rightly establishes organization theory at the centre of strategic analysis and practice. -- David C. Wilson Published On: 2016-12-31

The authors have produced a text that offers a critical overview of strategy in a global context that illuminates the flows of value, not merely over-emphasizing the economic dimension but linking to sociological and bio-medical issues, throughout the world in the context of the enframing social processes that structure and maintain them. Its style is accessible and its detail is authoritative, current and precise so students, professors and general readers will enjoy it. For many university and business school courses it will quickly become the preferred introduction. -- David Weir Published On: 2016-12-01

A timely book, impressive in its scope, authoritative in its analysis, and wonderfully written. An extremely enjoyable intellectual journey into many of the intricate aspects of strategy. A must read for all serious students of strategy. -- Mahmoud Ezzamel Published On: 2016-12-31

This is an excellent textbook that manages to translate the latest strategy knowledge into a form and language that is accessible to students and practitioners alike. A refreshing alternative to the traditional, economics-based strategy textbook! -- Professor David Seidl Published On: 2017-03-22

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1446298299
• ISBN 13: 9781446298299
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 616