The Strategy Pathfinder, 3rd Edition

The Strategy Pathfinder Map

The Strategy Pathfinder is arranged into 11 pathways and a final maverick strategy section. Each pathway focuses on a set of core concepts followed by five “live cases” that readers can use to test their ability to use those concepts. A dashed line around a live case's title square indicates that it focuses on a not-for-profit (NFP) organisation. In addition, efforts have been made to select cases that cover a broad geographic area – see The Strategy Pathfinder World Map on page xiii.

Introduction: Pathways to Strategy

Strategy is about winning → Many paths towards strategy → Why The Strategy Pathfinder is a different kind of strategy textbook

1. Strategic Purpose

Strategic purpose → vision → mission → core values → objectives → strategy statements → the CEO as strategist → principal/agent → agency problem → corporate governance → chain of ownership → external dependent stakeholders → internal dependent stakeholders → non-dependent stakeholders → social influencers → CSR → stakeholder analysis → using management consultants → government influences → power/interest matrix → lobbying

Part I: The Strategic Environment

2. Macro-Shocks

Open systems thinking → bounded rationality → Icarus paradox → determinism → scanning/monitoring/forecasting/assessing ...