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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791123103321

Autore

Keidel Robert W.

Titolo

The geometry of strategy : concepts for strategic management / / Robert W. Keidel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-83826-7

1-135-83827-5

1-282-64010-0

9786612640100

0-203-88101-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/092

Soggetti

Strategic planning

Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 DECODING COMPLEXITY BY ISOLATING FORM; 2 POINT THINKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERSONA; 3 LINEAR THINKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; 4 ANGULAR THINKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PUZZLE; 5 TRIANGULAR THINKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN; 6 STRATEGIC SCAFFOLDING: HOW TO DEVELOP A SYSTEMATIC ORGANIZATIONAL NARRATIVE; 7 GEOMETRIC SCANNING: HOW TO SPEED-READ THE MANAGEMENT LITERATURE; 8 ADDING PERSPECTIVE; ANSWERS TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS AT THE END OF CHAPTERS 2-4; APPENDIX A: COMPETING IN THE RETAIL FOOD GAME

APPENDIX B: ASPECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNNOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

To excel in today's exacting world, organizations need to combine strategic planning and strategic thinking. Strategic planning is a formal activity carried out periodically by top managers, but it is vulnerable to change. Strategic thinking is an informal activity that occurs intermittently throughout an organization, but it tends to be non-



cumulative.Keidel offers a framework for integrating strategic planning and strategic thinking that leverages the strengths of both. The key to his work is the application of simple geometric forms'especially, 2x2 grids and triangles'that help organization