Strategy Safari, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half title
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Dedication
6. Contents
7. Publisher Acknowledgements
8. Embarkation
9. 1 'And over here, ladies and gentlemen: the strategic management beast'
   1. Why ten?
   2. A field review
   3. Five Ps for strategy
   4. Strategies for better and for worse
   5. Strategic management in the classroom
10. 2 The design school: strategy formation as a process of conception
    1. Origins of the design school
    2. The basic design school model
    3. Premises of the design school
    4. Critique of the design school
    5. The design school: contexts and contributions
11. 3 The planning school: strategy formation as a formal process
    1. The basic strategic planning model
    2. Sorting out the hierarchies
    3. Premises of the planning school
    4. Some more recent developments
    5. Planning's unplanned troubles
    6. The fallacies of strategic planning
    7. The context and contribution of the planning school
12. 4 The positioning school: strategy formation as an analytical process
    1. Enter Porter
    2. Premises of the positioning school
    3. The first wave: origins in the military maxims
    4. The second wave: the search for consulting imperatives
    5. The third wave: the development of empirical propositions
    6. Critique of the positioning school
    7. Contribution and context of the positioning school
13. 5 The entrepreneurial school: strategy formation as a visionary process
    1. Origins in economics
    2. The literature of the entrepreneurial school
    3. Visionary leadership
    4. Premises of the entrepreneurial school
    5. Contribution, critique, and context of the entrepreneurial school
14. 6 The cognitive school: strategy formation as a mental process
    1. Cognition as confusion
    2. Cognition as information processing
    3. Cognition as mapping
    4. Cognition as concept attainment
    5. Cognition as construction
    6. Premises of the cognitive school
    7. Critique, contribution, and the context of the cognitive school
15. 7 The learning school: strategy formation as an emergent process
    1. Formation vs formulation
    2. Emergence of a learning model
    3. New directions for the learning school
    4. From organizational learning to the learning organization
    5. Critique of the learning school
    6. Contribution and context of the learning school
16. 8 The power school: strategy formation as a process of negotiation
    1. Micro power
    2. Upper echelons theory: strategic management at the top
    3. Macro power
    4. Conclusion
17. 9 The cultural school: strategy formation as a collective process
    1. The nature of culture
    2. Premises of the cultural school
    3. Culture and strategy
    4. The Swedish wing of the cultural school
    5. Resources as the basis of competitive advantage
    6. Critique, contribution, and context of the cultural school
18. 10 The environmental school: strategy formation as a reactive process
    1. Premises of the environmental school
    2. The contingency view
    3. The population ecology view
    4. Institutional pressures to conform
    5. Critique, contribution, and context of the environmental school
19. 11 The configuration school: strategy formation as a process of transformation
    1. Configuration and transformation
    2. Splitters and lumpers
    3. Premises of the configuration school
    4. Researching configuration
    5. Transforming organizations
    6. Critique, context, and contribution of the configuration school
20. 12 'Hang on, ladies and gentlemen, you have yet to meet the whole beast'
    1. Of tails and tusks, plans and patterns
    2. Taming the wilds of strategic management
    3. Toward seeing the whole beast
    4. The hunt for strategic management
21. References
22. Index