Making Strategy: Mapping Out Strategic Success

Fran Ackermann

ISBN 10: 184920120X / ISBN 13: 9781849201209

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011

About this Item

2011. Second. Paperback. A practical and engaging text for postgraduate students of strategy, particularly MBAs. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 650. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Strategy: Mapping Out Strategic Success
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184920120X
• ISBN 13: 9781849201209
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book takes students and practitioners through the process of making strategy in easy-to-follow steps, showing the reader how to identify the true goals of the organization and develop a clear action plan for achieving them. These techniques can be used to develop a business model and manage key strategic issues for teams, units and departments, as well as for a complete organization. The Second Edition includes more real-life example, added resource appendices, and deeper guidance in identifying and developing the distinctive competencies unique to individual organizations.

This text has a companion website with instructor resources including teaching notes and lecture slides.

About the Author

Fran Ackermann is Professor and Head of Department of Management Science at Strathclyde Business School, and an adjunct Professor at Curtin Graduate School of Business. She has written widely, publishing 4 books, over 20 book chapters and 150+ articles (ranging from strategy, stakeholder management, competency mapping to problem structuring, disruption and delay and risk management). She has been an adjunct professor at University of Georgia, Grenoble Business School and Bordeaux Business School. She is a member of the British Academy of Management, the Operational Research Society and is active at the Academy of Management (having served on one of the divisional executive committees). She is currently on the British Academy of Management Council. Fran has also been an ESRC Post-doctoral Fellowship Assessor and a Commonwealth Grant Advisor.