How to think strategically : your roadmap to innovation and results / / Davide Sola and Jerome Couturier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910151656803321
• Autore: Sola David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-273-78883-3; 0-273-78884-1
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 658.4/012
• Soggetti: Strategic planning; Creative ability in business; Critical thinking; Thought and thinking
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Strategic know-how -- 1 What is strategy? -- What strategy is - and what it isn't -- The key elements of strategy -- 2 What is strategic thinking? -- What is thinking? -- What is strategic thinking? -- What does it take to think strategically? -- 3 Turning strategic thinking into strategy -- The link between learning and strategic thinking -- How to maximise strategic learning -- 4 What is business strategy? -- The importance of competitive advantage -- How do you create competitive advantage? -- Part 2 The strategic planning process -- 5 Managing the invisible hand -- What is the invisible hand? -- Where does corporate culture come from? -- How does it become visible? -- How can you manage it? -- 6 Assessing the current situation -- Are you in the right place? -- Do you have a competitive advantage? -- Where does superior value creation come from? -- 7 Identifying the core challenges -- How to identify challenges -- How to validate challenges -- How to select core challenges - the importance of trade-offs -- Defining what success will look like - strategic objectives and strategic guidelines -- 8 Solving the ; core challenges -- Reducing the complexity of the core challenge -- Developing potential solutions -- Practical tools for generating solutions -- Selecting the best potential solutions -- Timing initiatives -- 9 Reducing uncertainty -- Experimenting to reduce uncertainty -- Phase 1: Stating the underlying assumptions -- Phase 2: Testing assumptions about value -- Phase 3: Testing assumptions about growth -- Phase 4: Testing assumptions about sustainability -- Ongoing testing and learning -- 10 Managing execution -- A will to act -- A coordinated approach -- Setting the scene -- Launching and spreading change.; Accelerating the speed of change -- Glossary: Key concepts and definitions -- Sources and further reading -- Index.
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