...T Kippenberger Points out that strategic managers already face enormous pressures to get everything right in terms of cost, quality, and customer satisfaction and supply chain issues. Suggests three steps for achieving a successful e‐business design: self‐diagnosis; reversing the value chain...

... that develop scenarios to test their strategies, by virtue of the iterative nature of the process, constantly revisit strategies. Concludes the process of articulating tacit knowledge is a strong component of organizational learning. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Scenario planning Strategic management...

.... Strategic management Flexibility Organizations © MCB UP Limited 1999 ...

... on the industries/markets in which it operates. Concludes that making relevant decisions and commitments in the face of an uncertain future, tests strategic management ability to the full. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Resource management Marketing strategy Strategic management ...

... proposed by Michael Porter in the 1970s/1980s. Argues competitive strategy is the search for favourable competitive positions in an industry because that is where, fundamentally, competition occurs. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Strategy Strategic planning Strategic management ...

... to stimulate growth. States high technology and technical service businesses were central to GE's growth objectives; both businesses were elevated to sector level. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Strategic management Marketing strategy General Electric ...

... by identifying players and relationships. Contends the crux of the issue is that business is co‐operation when it comes to creating a pie and competition when it comes to dividing it up. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Operational research Strategic management Business development ...

... 1998 Strategic evaluation Strategic management Decision‐making ...

... of the total US market, to Harley‐Davidson's surprise. Uses highlighted boxes to expound various lessons learned. Strategic management Strategic manufacture Honda © MCB UP Limited 1998 ...

... is administrative rather than management oriented. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Strategic management Strategy Management ...

...T Kippenberger Reckons that managers of successful organizations work at guiding these actions and events, proactively ensuring that they move incrementally towards conscious strategies. States, that in practice, strategic management involves senior managers in trying to develop and maintain...

.... Does not speculate about growth or its possible end. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Strategic management Marketing strategy Research ...

... discontinuities — often prompted by technological change. Provides a figure with much detail for added informational assistance. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Strategic management Technological change Knowledge intensive workers ...

... a short time ago activities regarded as an indispensable part of internal corporate services now seem to be ripe for outsourcing. States also sourcing rather than outsourcing may be the key to success at the strategic level. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Sourcing Strategic management Outsourcing ...

... Alliances Strategic management Strategic planning ...

... interests. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Alliances Strategic management Management control ...

... and general management is more than the stewardship of individual functions — core is strategy. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Competitive strategy Growth Strategic management ...

.... Includes a figure to show how the strategic planning committee covers the relevant areas of the company. Profiles how Amoco signals belief in the performance measurement process, by having its scorecards alongside others in the internal staff canteen. Amoco Strategic management Performance measurement...