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Item Details
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THE SUBTLE ART OF STRATEGY
ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES |
| By: |
Lady Wilson, Ian Graham Wilson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£58.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
156720435X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781567204353 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
30 October, 2003 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Wilson investigates the all-too-frequent failures of strategic planning, explains the reasons for such disappointments, and reformulates strategic planning as a long-term, holistic art form. |
| Synopsis: |
Strategy-and the planning that created it-has too often failed to deliver its promised results. The reasons for this failure are many and varied, but include an over-reliance on the next big thing in strategic methodology, a failure to recognize and deal with the total change that strategy requires in an organization, and an inability to deal with uncertainty. Wilson argues that strategy is a subtle and demanding art, far more than it is a science or a methodology. * To succeed in dealing with complex, interacting forces inside and outside the organization, strategy must: * Deal with the totality of the organization in the context of its total environment (not just one function or one facet of the organization) * Learn to harness the power of opposites (the sometimes conflicting objectives of the organization, e.g., the long term and short term; vision and execution; economic constraints and social responsibility) * Deal constructively with pervasive uncertainty in its future * Develop a strategic vision * Create a culture that fosters a strategic mindset throughout the organization. Without constant change and adaptation, a strategy will fail.Continuing success depends, therefore, upon constant learning from customers, competitors, changes in our environment, and our own mistakes. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Greenwood Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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