List Books » Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business (Harvard Business Essentials Series)
Authors: Harvard Business School Press
ISBN-13: 9781591396321, ISBN-10: 1591396328
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Date Published: June 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This guide arms managers with the knowledge and hands-on tools they need to participate in strategy formulation and execution. Readers will learn how to identify the strategy that best fits their business, get the right people on board, align resources and people to achieve goals, and execute action plans that produce results. Appendices provide worksheets for identifying a company's strengths and weaknesses, deconstructing large tasks into smaller ones, and for a project report. A glossary is also included. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1 | SWOT analysis I : looking outside for threats and opportunities | 1 |
2 | SWOT analysis II : looking inside for strengths and weaknesses | 17 |
3 | Types of strategy : which fits your business? | 29 |
4 | Strategic moves : the mechanisms of success | 47 |
5 | From strategy to implementation : seeking alignment | 61 |
6 | Action plans : the architecture of implementation | 77 |
7 | How to stay on course : sensing and responding to deviations from plan | 95 |
8 | The people side of implementation : getting the right people on board | 109 |
9 | Strategy as work-in-progress : keep looking ahead | 121 |