Decoding Strategy: Patterns and Predictions (Asia Higher Education Business & Economics Management and Organization) - Softcover

McNutt, Patrick A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1259071065 ISBN 13: 9781259071065

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Asia, 2018

Synopsis

OVERVIEW
Humans are curious by nature. We like to observe people in action and we not only like to play games, but also to win.

With its central focus on observing management behaviour to predict likely future actions, this book explores the various ways and means of predicting competitor reaction by examining the actions and reactions of competing firms.

The approach adopted in this book is based on the premise that individual behaviour follows a line of action and reaction, thus creating a predictable pattern that resembles a set of moves akin to a game of chess. This pattern is termed a critical time line.

Using real-time case studies of global companies in his book, Patrick demonstrates how the pattern embedded in each time line offers a window into the strategic behaviour of companies as competitors in a game. These patterns are an integral part of decoding strategy and winning!


TARGET AUDIENCE
-MBA students
-Business leaders, managers, professionals and executives

About this title

About the Author

New Page 1Patrick A. McNutt (BA, MPhil, DPhil) is a business consultant, academic and author who challenges the way his clients develop their businesses, and assists them to adopt and adapt new paradigms and methodologies. He applies game theory in his strategic reasoning on business strategy. Based in Dublin, Ireland, and a Visiting Fellow at Manchester Business School, McNutt offers consultation on aspects relating to business strategy, competition, management training, mergers and antitrust compliance. He has also lectured on economics, law and public choice to undergraduates, graduates and MBA executives both in Ireland as well as at different universities abroad. View McNutts website at www.patrickmcnutt.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Asia
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1259071065
• ISBN 13: 9781259071065
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240