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Preface | |
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Introduction to Strategic Management and Business Policy | |
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Basic Concepts in Strategic Management | |
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The Study of Strategic Management | |
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Globalization and Electronic Commerce: Challenges to Strategic Management | |
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Theories of Organizational Adaptation | |
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Creating a Learning Organization | |
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Basic Model of Strategic Management | |
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Initiation of Strategy: Triggering Events | |
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Strategic Decision Making | |
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The Strategic Audit: Aid to Strategic Decision Making | |
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Conclusion | |
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Strategic Audit of a Corporation | |
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Corporate Governance | |
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Role of the Board of Directors | |
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The Role of Top Management | |
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Conclusion | |
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Ethics and Social Responsibility in Strategic Management | |
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Social Responsibilities of Strategic Decision Makers | |
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Ethical Decision Making | |
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Conclusion | |
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Part Ending Video Case: Newbury Comics, Inc. | |
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Scanning the Environment | |
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Environmental Scanning and Industry Analysis | |
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Environmental Scanning | |
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Industry Analysis: Analyzing the Task Environment | |
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Competitive Intelligence | |
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Forecasting | |
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The Strategic Audit: A Checklist for Environmental Scanning | |
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Synthesis of External Factors-EFAS | |
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Conclusion | |
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Competitive Analysis Techniques | |
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Internal Scanning: Organizational Analysis | |
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A Resource-Based Approach to Organizational Analysis | |
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Business Models | |
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Value-Chain Analysis | |
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Scanning Functional Resources and Capabilities | |
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The Strategic Audit: A Checklist for Organizational Analysis | |
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Synthesis of Internal Factors | |
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Conclusion | |
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Part Ending Video Case: Newbury Comics, Inc. | |
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Strategy Formulation | |
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Strategy Formulation: Situation Analysis and Business Strategy | |
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Situational Analysis: SWOT Analysis | |
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Review of Mission and Objectives | |
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Generating Alternative Strategies by Using a TOWS Matrix | |
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Business Strategies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Strategy Formulation: Corporate Strategy | |
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Corporate Strategy | |
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Directional Strategy | |
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Portfolio Analysis | |
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Corporate Parenting | |
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Conclusion | |
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Strategy Formulation: Functional Strategy and Strategic Choice | |
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Functional Strategy | |
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The Sourcing Decision: Location of Functions | |
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Strategies to Avoid | |
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Strategic Choice: Selecting of the Best Strategy | |
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Developing Policies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Part Ending Video Case: Newbury Comics, Inc. | |
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Strategy Implementation and Control | |
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Strategy Implementation: Organizing for Action | |
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Strategy Implementation | |
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Who Implements Strategy? | |
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What Must Be Done? | |
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How Is Strategy to Be Implemented? Organizing for Action | |
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International Issues in Strategy Implementation | |
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Conclusion | |
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Strategy Implementation: Staffing and Directing | |
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Staffing | |
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Leading | |
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Conclusion | |
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Evaluation and Control | |
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Evaluation and Control in Strategic Management | |
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Measuring Performance | |
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Strategic Information Systems | |
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Problems in Measuring Performance | |
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Guidelines for Proper Control | |
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Strategic Incentive Management | |
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Conclusion | |
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Part Ending Video Case: Newbury Comics, Inc. | |
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Other Strategic Issues | |
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Strategic Issues in Managing Technology and Innovation | |
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The Role of Management | |
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Environmental Scanning | |
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Strategy Formulation | |
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Strategy Implementation | |
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Evaluation and Control | |
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Conclusion | |
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Strategic Issues in Entrepreneurial Ventures and Small Businesses | |
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Importance of Small Business and Entrepreneurial Ventures | |
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Use of Strategic Planning and Strategic Management | |
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Issues in Corporate Governance | |
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Issues in Environmental Scanning and Strategy Formulation | |
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Issues in Strategy Implementation | |
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Issues in Evaluation and Control | |
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Conclusion | |
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Strategic Issues in Not-For-Profit Organizations | |
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Why Not-For-Profit? | |
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Importance of Revenue Source | |
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Impact of Constraints on Strategic Management | |
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Not-for-Profit Strategies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Introduction to Case Analysis | |
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Suggestions for Case Analysis | |
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The Case Method | |
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Researching the Case Situation | |
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Financial Analysis: A Place to Begin | |
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Format for Case Analysis: The Strategic Audit | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources for Case Research | |
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Suggested Case Analysis Methodology Using the Strategic Audit | |
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Example of a Student-Written Strategic Audit | |
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Endnotes | |
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Cases in Strategic Management | |
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Corporate Governance and Ethics: Question of Executive Leadership | |
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The Recalcitrant Director at Byte Products, Inc.: Corporate Legality Versus Corporate Responsibility | |
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The Wallace Group | |
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Environmental Issues: Questions of Social Responsibility and Ethics | |
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The Audit | |