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Strategic Thinking: A Comprehensive Guide
Frederick Betz
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Description for Strategic Thinking: A Comprehensive Guide
Hardback. The purpose of proper strategic thinking is to eliminate top-down only communication that leads to the wishful thinking way of organizational strategy. Strategic thinking is necessary at every level of an organization. This book uses actual histories of business successes and failures to illustrate theoretical concepts in strategic thinking. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Leadership and strategy are intricately connected--one of the primary responsibilities of leaders is to formulate strategy. In an organization, only the leader has the power to implement strategic change. Thus strategic thinking is a necessary and fundamental cognitive ability of a leader. Strategic thinking requires both an idealism (to imagine a better world) and a realism (to acquire the resources, skills and organization to get there). However, most organizations focus on short-term thinking for their employees and leave long-term strategy to the executives. But no high-level executive in any organization is fully knowledgeable about the details of operations. Thus for ... Read more
Leadership and strategy are intricately connected--one of the primary responsibilities of leaders is to formulate strategy. In an organization, only the leader has the power to implement strategic change. Thus strategic thinking is a necessary and fundamental cognitive ability of a leader. Strategic thinking requires both an idealism (to imagine a better world) and a realism (to acquire the resources, skills and organization to get there). However, most organizations focus on short-term thinking for their employees and leave long-term strategy to the executives. But no high-level executive in any organization is fully knowledgeable about the details of operations. Thus for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785604676
SKU
V9781785604676
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99-50
About Frederick Betz
Frederick Betz, Portland State University, USA
Reviews for Strategic Thinking: A Comprehensive Guide
Betz presents readers with a textbook approach to the theory and practice of strategic thinking as used in a variety of leadership contexts. The author covers strategic vision, strategic ventures, strategic management, strategic theory, strategic business models, diversification strategies, strategic scenarios, change within societies, strategic dishonor, strategic planning, and a wide variety of other related subjects over the books ten ... Read more