Strategy: Process, Content, Context: an International Perspective - Softcover

De Wit, Bob; Meyer, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324282710 ISBN 13: 9780324282719

Publisher: South-Western, 2004

Synopsis

Bob De Wit and Ron Meyer's innovative and extremely successful strategy text encourages critical and creative strategic thinking. By introducing articles from key strategists to present differing perspectives on each strategic issue covered, the authors stress and contrast the diversity of views in the subject without endorsing any one approach.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The highly anticipated new edition of the market-leading introduction to strategic management from Bob de Wit (Maastricht School of Management) and Ron Meyer (TiasNimbas Business School). Widely acclaimed for its ability to foster creative, non-prescriptive and global strategic thinking amongst students, Strategy 4e builds on the major international success of the prior edition. Developed from wide-ranging market feedback, all of the short and long cases have been replaced or wholly updated with dozens of new cases crafted by the authors and several international contributors. From Google to KPMG, ING Direct to the Metropolitan Opera, the text now features an unparalleled range of organizations with rich settings for students to develop key strategy skills and understanding. New readings, including coverage of hot topics like Blue Ocean Strategy, ensure the theory remains cutting-edge, while a boosted set of lecturer resources makes this the complete package for 21st century strategy courses. Key Features: - New short cases, all crafted specifically for the text, introduced throughout and including a rich range of strategy settings such as: Google, Sanoma, Zeiss, Ducati, KPMG and many more. - Entirely new long case section, supplied from premium providers, and including such organizations as Heathrow Terminal 5, Ferrari, Apple, China Ocean Shipping, Wal Mart and many more. - New readings introduced alongside the existing classic pieces to keep the theory cutting-edge. - Boosted supplements with Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint Slides, Extra Case Studies, Test Bank and much more - all available in VLE cartridges including Blackboard/WebCT and Moodle. - New CengageNOW(tm) course management system accompanies the text, providing students and lecturers with a powerful online learning program.

About the Author

Bob de Wit is director of the Strategy Academy, an international research and educational institution focusing on strategy, leadership and business innovation issues (www.strategy-academy.org). He is also managing director of Strategy Works, an international strategy consulting and coaching firm that facilitates boardroom decision-making and guides companies through processes of strategic renewal (www.strategy-works.com). Bob has a BA in Psychology from the University of Utrecht, an MBA from the Delft University of Technology and a Ph.D. in management from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. From 1985 to 1996 he was a professor of strategic management at the Rotterdam School of Management. Since 1996 he has held a chair in Strategy at the Maastricht School of Management, where he also served as the Associate Dean for research from 1997 and 2001. Bob is an active member of the Strategic Management Society, where he serves as chairman of the Interest Group `The Practice of Strategy¿, as member of the annual conference paper review committee, and as a member of the McKinsey Best Paper Prize committee.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0324282710
• ISBN 13: 9780324282719
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1252