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

• Autore: Keidel Robert W.
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/092
• Soggetto topico: Strategic planning; Planning
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The geometry of strategy
• ISBN: 1-135-83826-7; 1-135-83827-5; 1-282-64010-0; 9786612640100; 0-203-88101-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806989203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II