| Description |
xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1: Good and bad strategy -- Good strategy is unexpected -- Discovering power -- Bad strategy -- Why so much bad strategy? -- The kernel of good strategy -- 2: Sources of power -- Using leverage -- Proximate objectives -- Chain-link systems -- Using design -- Focus -- Growth -- Using advantage -- Using dynamics -- Inertia and entropy -- Putting it together -- 3: Thinking like a strategist -- The science of strategy -- Using your head -- Keeping your head |
| Summary |
Argues that a manager's central responsibility is to create and implement strategies, challenges popular motivational practices, and shares anecdotes discussing how to enable action-oriented plans for real-world results |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Strategic planning.
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Strategy.
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Planning.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction
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| LC no. |
2010050671 |
| ISBN |
9780307886231 |
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0307886239 |
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