Strategic Decisions
The 30 Most Useful Models
£21.99
- Authors:
- Marcel Planellas, ESADE Business School (Ramon Llull University)
- Anna Muni
- Date Published: September 2019
- availability: In stock
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108731959
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In Strategic Decisions, Planellas and Muni provide an invaluable tool for anyone facing the challenge of taking strategic decisions. Using their 'circle of strategic decisions' framework, they guide readers smoothly through the decision-making process. Following this, they present thirty of the most widely used strategic models, including Porter's Five Forces, Ansoff's Matrix, Blue Ocean Strategy, Open Innovation, and the 8-Step Change Model. For each model, they demonstrate the content, context, and application, using clear and eye-catching graphics. This is a must-have book for all M.B.A. students and business managers.
Read more- Provides a process model, the 'strategic decisions circle', for choosing the right strategic model
- Introduces the thirty most widely used and effective strategy models, suitable for use across a wide variety of contexts
- Designed as a consulting tool, written in a concise style with illustrative graphics
Reviews & endorsements
'Planellas and Muni provide a concise, comprehensive, and compelling account of widely used strategic decisions' issues and models. The book is a valuable resource for reflection on the process to follow and the questions to pose. It offers a range of insights enabling frameworks for anyone faced with the responsibility and challenge of making strategic decisions in organizations.' Silviya Svejenova, Copenhagen Business School
See more reviews'Busy managers struggle to access the most important ideas they need when they face important choices. In Strategic Decisions, Planellas and Muni accurately and succinctly summarize thirty of the most widely used strategic models, including Porter's Five Forces, Maubourne and Kim's Blue Ocean Strategy, and Chesbrough's Open Innovation. For each model, they demonstrate the content, context, and application, using clear and eye-catching graphics. This is an invaluable reference for all MBA students, and a crucial guide for business managers as they confront strategic decisions.' Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley
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×Product details
- Date Published: September 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108731959
- length: 202 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 138 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.27kg
- contains: 126 b/w illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Part I. The Circle of Strategic Decisions:
1. Three stages, three questions
2. Strategic analysis
3. Strategic decisions
4. Strategy implementation
5. How to make strategic decisions
Part II. The 30 Most Useful Models:
6. Abell's three dimensions
7. Yin-yang vision
8. Golden circle model
9. PESTEL analysis
10. Scenario analysis
11. SWOT analysis
12. Porter's five forces
13. Cultural web
14. Resource-based view
15. Generic strategies
16. Ansoff's matrix
17. Uppsala model
18. Taxonomy of strategic alliances
19. BCG portfolio matrix
20. McKinsey portfolio
21. Blue ocean strategy
22. Competing for the future
23. Business model canvas
24. Disruptive innovation
25. Open innovation
26. Diffusion of innovations model
27. Phases of growth
28. Value chain
29. 7-S model
30. Balanced scorecard
31. 8-step change model
32. Transient advantages
33. Deliberate and emergent strategies
34. Learning in a double loop
35. Black swan theory
Epilogue
Notes
References to the graphics
Acknowledgments
About the authors.
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