Strategic Decisions
Strategic Decisions
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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.
- 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
'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
Product details
September 2019Paperback
9781108731959
202 pages
216 × 138 × 14 mm
0.27kg
126 b/w illus.
Available
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.
