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Strategy Theory and Practice

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ISBN-10: 1849201528

ISBN-13: 9781849201520

Edition: 2011

Authors: Stewart R. Clegg, Chris Carter, Martin Kornberger, Jochen Schweitzer

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Written by a team of leading academics with international renown, this textbook is an invaluable guide through all of the core elements of your strategic management course while encouraging you to challenge conventional thinking about the field.The book is underpinned by the premise that strategic management is an important social practice in organizations and society alike. Regarding strategy as the prime means through which organizations produce rationality, the book engages with the philosophical underpinnings of strategy, as well as providing detailed coverage of the practical implications of strategy tools in the real world.The authors provide a coherent and engaging overview of the…    
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Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 1/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.50" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

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.

Professor Chris Carter isfrom Cornwall, he teaches strategy at the University of St Andrews and alsoholds a visiting fellowship at the University of Technology, Sydney. Hisresearch explores the politics of strategy and campaigns. Chris received hisPhD in Organization Theory from Aston Business School. nbsp; He lives in Edinburgh.

Martin Kornberger received his PhD form the University of Vienna in 2002. Currently he works as full time Visiting Professor at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School. Trained as philosopher, he researches and teaches about practices of organizing, strategizing, accounting, and marketing, and explores how they shape, and are shaped by, the economy and society at large.

Jochen Schweitzer is a researcher, educator, business writer and management adviser based at the University of Technology, Sydney. With extensive professional experience and as a scholar he offers both a scientific and a practical perspective on questions of strategic management, innovation, collaboration and the management of creative organisations.

Introduction
The Context and Emergence of Strategic Thinking
Central Currents in Strategy
Strategy and Competitive Performance
Strategy Discovers Uniqueness
The Role of Resources and Knowledge
Strategy as Process and Practice
Marketing and Branding as Strategic Forces
Strategy and Innovation
The Politics of Strategy
Strategists, Top Management Teams and Governance
Strategic Decision-Making
Organizational Politics and Strategy
Global Strategies
International and Collaborative Strategies
Financialization, Risk and Accountability
Globalization and Strategy