Strategic Management And Business Policy

This edition introduces a new them that runs throughout all 12 chapter: environmental sustainability. This new them complements the existing global issue. And the most comprehensive strategy book on market, with chapters ranging from corporate governance and social responsibility to competitive strategy.

This comprehensive text offers an engaging look into new and traditional strategic management topics. Its thorough coverage helps students develop an understanding of the wide range of theories and research available in this field--from competitive strategy and industry analysis to environmental trends and ethics. Integration of international issues throughout provides an essential understanding of global economics and its impact on business activities in any location.

Business Policy 1 – 15 2. Strategy And Strategic Management 16 – 42 3. Competitive Advantage And Strategies 43 – 70 4. Business Environment 71 – 101 5. Strategic Planning 102 – 120 6. The Strategy Hierarchy Or Level Of Strategy 121 – 235 7. Stakeholder, Corporate Governance And Csr, Leader 236 – 270 8. Strategic Change, Decision Making And Formulation 271 – 315 9. Strategic Control And Evaluation 316 – 343 10. Strategy Implementation 344 – 406

This innovative introduction to business policy and strategic management, covering both the illustrative cases and conceptual foundation, offers authoritative approaches to strategic leadership in emerging markets. Among its many unique features, this comprehensively updated and revised second edition is structured to help students think strategically. The major organizational issues in strategy development are covered through an analytical study of: Nine different perspectives on organization to capture the rich history of the discipline and enlighten the nature of strategy. The concept of strategic intent to guide action. 9-M model to analyze strategies in functional areas of manpower, materials, methods, money, manufacturing, machine, marketing, motivating, and manipulating. Competitive gaming model to strategize different types of market structures. Internetworking model to develop high-performance Internet ventures. Strategic business model to unfold hidden value into new directions. Value model to explain strategic elements of innovation and technology management. Ethical and international issues in the context of corporate governance. Strategic leadership model relevant to the emerging market ground realities. Strategic control model (both balanced and extended scorecard) to explore the influence of environmental and cultural contexts on effective performance. The text is well supported by more than one thousand sources of international research, India-focused case studies and experiential assignments. This comprehensive text on theory and practice of strategic management is a must read for management students as well as business practitioners and consultants.

For senior-level and introductory graduate-level courses in Strategic Management and Business Policy. This comprehensive text offers an engaging look into new and traditional strategic management topics. Its thorough coverage helps students develop an understanding of the wide range of theories and research available in this field-from competitive strategy and industry analysis to environmental trends and ethics. Integration of international issues throughout provides an essential understanding of global economics and its impact on business activities in any location.* NEW-Updated and revised content in every chapter. * Gives students access to the latest information on the topics discussed. * NEW-Updated illustrative examples. * Encourages students to read and clearly understand the texts content on their own. * Numerous corporate cases-Of real companies at all stages of development. * Gives students a chance to apply concepts, skills, and techniques to real-world corporate situations. * The strategic audit. * Teaches students a way of operationalizing the strategic decision-making process, and serves not only in evaluation and control, but also as a checklist in case analysis. *

Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy, 15e, has continued to develop around three key themes—globalization, innovation, and sustainability— which was introduced in the previous edition. In the current order of things around the world, these