Developing Strategic Thought: Rediscovering the Art of Direction-Giving (McGraw-Hill Developing Organizations)

Shaping and transforming your organization to meet the needs of a shifting market place means learning and adapting all the time. Developing Strategic Thought addresses the fundamental roles of chairmen, directors and presidents in directing the organization through a learning process - called strategic thought. This book is key to the aim of the Developing Organizations series of helping organizations create their own tools for learning and developing by presenting the best new ideas and practices around. Developing Strategic Thought gives top teams the opportunity to draw on the work and experience of people involved in the direction of significant organizations, and to build from this experience new growth and success in their own organizations.

Bob Garratt is a director, consultant and academic.He works with his wife, Sally, on board reviews and development, and strategic thinking,internationally.He is a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London; and Professor Extraordinaire at Stellenbosch University Business School, South Africa.He is Immediate Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants and a Freeman of the City of London.