Strategic Management: Towards sustainable strategies in southern Africa covers the key concepts of strategy and shows how these are integrated within the management environment.
The book outlines how South African organisations make use of strategic management principles to make positive and practical changes to their enterprises.
It also provides theory and knowledge that can be applied to the work context to enable career growth and development.
The book is written for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students of management at universities and universities of technology.
Features
- A greater emphasis on sustainability
- Additional information on turnaround strategies
- An updated chapter on strategic innovation
- Stronger focus on strategic decision-making and risk management
- Updated case studies and examples.
Part 1: Strategy, stakeholders and strategic direction
1Introduction: The nature of strategic management
2The purpose and context of business: Key elements of sustainable organisation
3Strategic direction
Part 2: Strategic analysis
4Strategic decision-making
5Analysing the macroenvironment
6Analysing the industry environment
7Analysing the internal environment
Part 3: Strategic development and formulation
8Business level strategy
9Strategic innovation
10Corporate level strategy
11Strategies for international competitive advantage
Part 4: Strategic implementation
12Strategic leadership
13Organisational alignment and strategy implementation through organisational
architecture
14Strategic risk management Case studies
