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Strategic thinking in 3D : a guide for national security, foreign policy, and business professionals / Ross Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Ross, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strategy--Case studies.
- Strategy.
- Strategic culture.
- Strategic planning.
- Success in business.
- International relations.
- Qaida (Organization).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Effective strategic thinking requires a clear understanding of one s external environment. Each organization has a unique environment, but as Ross Harrison explains in ""Strategic Thinking in 3D,"" any environment whether in the fields of national security, foreign policy, or business has three dimensions: systems, opponents, and groups.Systems strategy involves the challenge of creating leverage against opponents by shaping the external environments they rely on for sustaining their power. Opponents-based strategy requires analyzing a competitor s capability, motivation, and strategy, assessi
- Contents:
- Demystifying strategy
- The inward face of strategy
- The primacy of goals
- "Manufacturing" strategic capability
- The outward face of strategy
- Strategy in the dimension of systems
- Strategy in the dimension of opponents
- Strategy in the dimension of groups
- The power of integration
- Al Qaeda's strategy in 3D
- Conclusion: strategic thinking in 3D.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-59797-807-8
- OCLC:
- 852757938
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