Readings in Strategic Management

Introduction - Preface - PART 1 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESSES - Of Strategies Deliberate and Emergent; H. Mintzberg & J.H. Waters - Managing Strategic Change?; J.B. Quinn - Rethinking Incrementalism; G. Johnson - Paralysis by Analysis: Is Your Planning System Becoming too Rational?; R.T. Lenz & M.A. Lyles - Strategic Planning for the World Wildlife Fund; G.J. Medley - Corporate Strategy and the Small Firm; S. Birley - PART 2 STRATEGY FORMULATION/INTRODUCTION - Does Strategic Planning Improve Company Performance?; G. Greenley - Business Policy Formulation: Understanding the Process; R. McLellan & G.Kelly - Whatever Happened to Environmental Analysis?; J.Engledow & R.T. Lenz - How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy; M.E. Porter - Portfolio Planning: Uses and Limits; P. Haspeslagh - Defining Corporate Strengths and Weaknesses; H. Stevenson - The Risky Business of Diversification; R. Biggadike - Assessing Opportunities for Diversification: an analytical approach; M. Younger - An Introduction to Divestment: The Conceptual Issues; J. Coyne & M. Wright - End Game Strategies for Declining Industries; K.R. Harrigan & M.E. Porter - From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy; M.E. Porter - The Use of Corporate Planning Models: Past, Present and Future; J.K. Shim & R. McGlade - Business Ethics: Two Introductory Questions; T. Sorell - Strategy and Ethics: Pilkington PLC; T. Sorell - PART 3 MANAGING STRATEGIC CHANGE/INTRODUCTION - Choosing Strategies for Change; J.P. Kotter & L.A. Schlesinger - Strategy Implementation Versus Middle Management Self Interest; W.D. Guth & I.C. MacMillian - The Structuring of Organisations; H. Mintzberg - Configurations of Strategy and Structure: Towards a Synthesis; D. Miller - Evolution and Revolution as Organisations Grow; L.E. Greiner - Successfully Implementing Strategic Decisions; L.D. Alexander - Strategic Control: An Overview of the Issues; D. Asch - The Nature and use of Formal Central Systems for Management Control and Strategy Implementation; R.L. Daft & N.B. MacIntosh