The Passion and Discipline of Strategy / by Krzysztof Obloj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oboj, Krzysztof.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Leadership.

Management.

Small business.

Entrepreneurship.

New business enterprises.

Economics.

Business Strategy and Leadership.

Small Business.

Local Subjects:

Business Strategy and Leadership.

Management.

Small Business.

Entrepreneurship.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

Springer Nature 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Utilises the experiences of the best companies and leaders in emerging and mature markets to highlight the necessary linkage of passion and discipline in an effective strategy process. Passion motivates and maintains a manager's focus, whilst discipline is necessary to make passion productive and effective.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1 What Is Strategy Anyway?""; ""At the fair of definitions and concepts""; ""Changing nature of strategy""; ""2 Passion and Strategic Choices""; ""Dreams and ideas""; ""Passions as promise, not guarantees""; ""At the outset of passion there is hypothesis""; ""So what? Passion and decisions""; ""Inertia and exclusion""; ""3 Discipline of Strategy Execution: Sensemaking and Territory""; ""Who is the decision-maker?""; ""Sensemaking of an environmental dynamics � a rule of hinge""

""Defining company boundaries � a rule of territory""""4 Discipline of Strategy Execution: Goals and Business Model""; ""Where do goals come from?""; ""Strategic goals � a rule of minimum""; ""Complementing strategic goals with priorities""; ""Company business model � a rule of an envelope""; ""5 The Effect of Passion and Discipline � Competitive Advantage""; ""Advantage is always local and temporary""; ""Resource-based view on competitive advantage""; ""Practice of competitive advantage""; ""What should be included in the company strategy statement?""

""6 What Makes a Good Strategy?""""Difficult simplicity""; ""Internal consistency""; ""External coherence""; ""Constant challenge""; ""7 Company Adrift � Inertia, Organizational Games and Unsure Leaders""; ""Inertia, or why companies don�t adapt easily""; ""Games for power and resources""; ""Unsure leaders""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349462841

1349462845

9781137334947

1137334940

OCLC:

857800565