Download or read book Strategy Key Thinkers written by Tom Kane and published by Polity. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over twenty two centuries ago, the Greek general Pyrrhus questioned the real gains of military victory. Today we might reflect on the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in much the same way. War is not only cruel but capricious; its outcomes are often bitter and frustrating, even for the winning side. Strategy: Key Thinkers expertly introduces the ideas of major strategic thinkers whose work explores the complex challenges associated with the use of military force. Early chapters deal with the foundational work of Sun Tzu (Sunzi), Thucydides, Vegetius, Machiavelli and Carl von Clausewitz and their relevance to problems facing Western militaries today. The book then considers broader issues, such as the distinctive importance of air and maritime operations, the difficulty of waging offensive land warfare in the face of modern firepower, the implications of nuclear weapons, and the potential of irregular warfare. It concludes by highlighting key themes which connect – and distinguish – the works under consideration, noting how these similarities and differences can inform the strategic debates of the early twenty-first century.
Download or read book The Secret Formula of Strategic Thinkers written by Cory Smith and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer want to feel indecisive at the most critical times when you have to make important decisions?Are you buying the myth about working harder to be successful? The time has come for you to learn the art of strategy. It could be something very complicated if you have never been taught how to do it, but once you will get to know how to create a good scheme and execute your vision, it will give a great jumpstart to your motivation, allowing you to reap the sweet rewards of victory. Great men like Sun Tzu taught us that when planning a strategy, you must think as if you were on a battlefield. You must be mentally prepared to react to any event, good or bad, in a smart way, using the situation to your advantage. You may think that this is a skill reserved for those who are born with the ability to plan, but I can assure you that it is not so: it is a skill, and like any skill, this can be trained and perfected. You just need to learn how to get clarity on what you want and identify highly effective strategies to achieve your goals. Whether it's work, personal life, love, or any other area, planning can always lead you to get the most out of any situation, making you satisfied with the achievement and letting you save a lot of time to reach your goal, even years! It is even possible for a good planner to predict every outcome of a complicated situation, knowing how to control events and what is going to happen before it happens, because he or she will have planned everything beforehand. In "In the Secret formula of strategic thinkers" I will teach you how to: See clearly what we want and who we want to become; Use tactics to be able to make the best of every situation, both good and bad; Learn how to use strategies to be more effective in your everyday life; Become more astute and quicker in planning the next step in your plan; AND MUCH MORE! When we follow a meticulously crafted plan, achieving our goals becomes easier and more satisfying. It's time you learn how to execute your vision and kickstart your drive, while still keeping a strategic outlook on life. When you are able to plan what is going to happen to you through what you are about to learn, you will reap enormous benefits and your life will be on track.What are you waiting for? Click "buy now" and start your change now!
Download or read book MASTERING STRATEGY written by Jeffrey Rigsby and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-01-08 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up-to-the-minute examples of market-leading companies--and strategists--in action Strategy that is both creative and pragmatic is today's number one competitive edge. It has been the driving force behind the success of firms, such as McDonald's and Microsoft, and executives like Sam Walton and Jack Welch. Mastering Strategy examines best practices and examples from these and other companies, CEOs, and academics, and details how executives can benchmark them to overcome new questions and problems in today's harder-faster-smarter world. From achieving market leadership to managing change, today's business leaders must not only stay atop the latest trends, but also understand and improve the core issues that drive their organizations. By distilling scores of resources into one powerful volume, authors Jeffrey Rigsby and Guy Greco have produced a guidebook for creating new and exciting corporate strategy. Examples include: Strategies of corporations such as Nike and Proctor & Gamble Insights of CEOs from Bill Hewlett to Ray Kroc Wisdom of thought leaders from Warren Bennis to Robert Kaplan
Download or read book Deep Dive written by Rich Horwath and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get competitive by learning to think strategically.The inability to set good strategy can sink a company¿and a leader¿s career. A recent Wall Street Journal study revealed that the most sought-after executive skill is strategic thinking, but only three out of ten managers have this skill set.Horwath explains the three keys to strategic thinking, breaks them down into simple, attainable skills, and gives you practical tools to apply them every day, providing managers with a clear path to mastery of the three disciplines: 1. Acumen¿generate critical insights through a step-by-step evaluation of your business and its environment2. Allocation¿focus your limited resources through strategic trade-offs 3. Action¿implement a system to guarantee effective execution of strategy at all levels of your organization Based on new research with senior executives from 150 companies and the author¿s experience as a thought-leading strategist, Deep Dive is the first book to focus on the most important level of strategy¿you. Armed with this knowledge and dozens of effective tools, you can become a truly strategic leader for your organization.--Rich Horwath is the president of the Strategic Thinking Institute, a former chief strategy officer, and professor of strategy at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. As a thought-leading strategist, he has worked with such giants as Adidas, Amgen, and Pfizer. He is the author of four books and more than fifty articles on strategic thinking and has been profiled in business publications around the world, including Investor¿s Business Daily.
Download or read book Strategy Before Clausewitz written by Beatrice Heuser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays combines historical research with cutting-edge strategic analysis and makes a significant contribution to the study of the early history of strategic thinking. There is a debate as to whether strategy in its modern definition existed before Napoleon and Clausewitz. The case studies featured in this book show that strategic thinking did indeed exist before the last century, and that there was strategy making, even if there was no commonly agreed word for it. The volume uses a variety of approaches. First, it explores the strategy making of three monarchs whose biographers have claimed to have identified strategic reasoning in their warfare: Edward III of England, Philip II of Spain and Louis XIV of France. The book then analyses a number of famous strategic thinkers and practitioners, including Christine de Pizan, Lazarus Schwendi, Matthew Sutcliffe, Raimondo Montecuccoli and Count Guibert, concluding with the ideas that Clausewitz derived from other authors. Several chapters deal with reflections on naval strategy long thought not to have existed before the nineteenth century. Combining in-depth historical documentary research with strategic analysis, the book illustrates that despite social, economic, political, cultural and linguistic differences, our forebears connected warfare and the aims and considerations of statecraft just as we do today. This book will be of great interest to students of strategic history and theory, military history and IR in general.
Download or read book Key Strategy Tools ePub eBook written by Vaughan Evans and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional-level information empowering you with over 75 key strategic tools to ensure both short term and long-term success for your business and providing the full gamut of tools and techniques needed for you to create your own strategic plan. Following the footsteps of the hugely successful Key Management Models and Key Performance Indicators, this book delivers information in the practical and accessible framework synonymous with the Key series. Key Strategy Tools covers strategy tools and techniques within seven distinct areas: - Setting goals and objectives - Forecasting market demand - Gauging industry competition - Rating competitive position - Identifying strategic gaps - Bridging strategic gaps - Addressing risk and opportunity
Download or read book The One hour Strategy written by Jeroen Kraaijenbrink and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thinkers Keys written by Tony Ryan and published by Greenslade Creations. This book was released on 2014 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical manual for teachers and parents on helping children to become extraordinary thinkers. The Thinkers Keys are 20 core strategies that can be used in any learning context.
Download or read book Strategic Theory for the 21st Century The Little Book on Big Strategy written by Harry R. Yarger and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thinkers 50 Strategy The Art and Science of Strategy Creation and Execution written by Stuart Crainer and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World's Leading Business Minds on Today's Most Critical Challenges Featuring W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Rita McGrath, Richard D'Aveni, Gary Hamel, Chris Zook, Pankaj Ghemawat, and others "Thinkers50 creates its own honor society as an authoritative ranking of the most influential business thinkers on earth." -- Forbes.com The ability to strategize is one of the most vital talents of any manager--whether you run your own business, manage a small department, or sit at the helm of a global corporation. And the more competitive business gets, the more important clear, creative strategic thinking is. Revealing breakthrough concepts from today's most innovative business minds, Thinkers50 Strategy helps you seize the competitive edge by arming you with the very latest thinking in business strategy. Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, creators of Thinkers50, begin by tackling the foundational question "What is strategy?" using the ideas and concepts of thought leaders from the Thinkers50 list. From there, they provide unparalleled insight into modern strategic management in easy-to-understand language. Chapters include: Understanding Competitive Advantage Hypercompetition and Beyond Exploring Blue Oceans Strategy in Action Where Strategy Meets Society Where Strategy Meets the World Each book in the Thinkers50 series provides authoritative explanations of the concepts, ideas, and practices that are making a difference today, including specific examples and cases drawn from the original sources. Align yourself with the best and brightest business thought leaders on the scene today. The most forward-looking business strategy guide available, Thinkers50 Strategy distills the wisdom of the world's leading thinkers on the subject--all in a compact one-stop guide.
Download or read book Lords of Strategy written by Walter Kiechel and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2010-03-03 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine, if you can, the world of business - without corporate strategy. Remarkably, fifty years ago that's the way it was. Businesses made plans, certainly, but without understanding the underlying dynamics of competition, costs, and customers. It was like trying to design a large-scale engineering project without knowing the laws of physics. But in the 1960s, four mavericks and their posses instigated a profound shift in thinking that turbocharged business as never before, with implications far beyond what even they imagined. In The Lords of Strategy, renowned business journalist and editor Walter Kiechel tells, for the first time, the story of the four men who invented corporate strategy as we know it and set in motion the modern, multibillion-dollar consulting industry: Bruce Henderson, founder of Boston Consulting Group Bill Bain, creator of Bain & Company Fred Gluck, longtime Managing Director of McKinsey & Company Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor Providing a window into how to think about strategy today, Kiechel tells their story with novelistic flair. At times inspiring, at times nearly terrifying, this book is a revealing account of how these iconoclasts and the organizations they led revolutionized the way we think about business, changed the very soul of the corporation, and transformed the way we work.
Download or read book The Evolution of Strategy written by Beatrice Heuser and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a 'Western way of war' which pursues battles of annihilation and single-minded military victory? Is warfare on a path to ever greater destructive force? This magisterial account answers these questions by tracing the history of Western thinking about strategy - the employment of military force as a political instrument - from antiquity to the present day. Assessing sources from Vegetius to contemporary America, and with a particular focus on strategy since the Napoleonic Wars, Beatrice Heuser explores the evolution of strategic thought, the social institutions, norms and patterns of behaviour within which it operates, the policies that guide it and the cultures that influence it. Ranging across technology and warfare, total warfare and small wars as well as land, sea, air and nuclear warfare, she demonstrates that warfare and strategic thinking have fluctuated wildly in their aims, intensity, limitations and excesses over the past two millennia.
Download or read book Strategic Intuition written by William Duggan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How "Aha!" really happens. When do you get your best ideas? You probably answer "At night," or "In the shower," or "Stuck in traffic." You get a flash of insight. Things come together in your mind. You connect the dots. You say to yourself, "Aha! I see what to do." Brain science now reveals how these flashes of insight happen. It's a special form of intuition. We call it strategic intuition, because it gives you an idea for action-a strategy. Brain science tells us there are three kinds of intuition: ordinary, expert, and strategic. Ordinary intuition is just a feeling, a gut instinct. Expert intuition is snap judgments, when you instantly recognize something familiar, the way a tennis pro knows where the ball will go from the arc and speed of the opponent's racket. (Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this kind of intuition in Blink.) The third kind, strategic intuition, is not a vague feeling, like ordinary intuition. Strategic intuition is a clear thought. And it's not fast, like expert intuition. It's slow. That flash of insight you had last night might solve a problem that's been on your mind for a month. And it doesn't happen in familiar situations, like a tennis match. Strategic intuition works in new situations. That's when you need it most. Everyone knows you need creative thinking, or entrepreneurial thinking, or innovative thinking, or strategic thinking to succeed in the modern world. All these kinds of thinking happen through flashes of insight--strategic intuition. And now that we know how it works, you can learn to do it better. That's what this book is about. Over the past ten years, William Duggan has conducted pioneering research on strategic intuition and for the past three years has taught a popular course at Columbia Business School on the subject. He now gives us this eye-opening book that shows how strategic intuition lies at the heart of great achievements throughout human history: the scientific and computer revolutions, women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, modern art, microfinance in poor countries, and more. Considering the achievements of people and organizations, from Bill Gates to Google, Copernicus to Martin Luther King, Picasso to Patton, you'll never think the same way about strategy again. Three kinds of strategic ideas apply to human achievement: * Strategic analysis, where you study the situation you face * Strategic intuition, where you get a creative idea for what to do * Strategic planning, where you work out the details of how to do it. There is no shortage of books about strategic analysis and strategic planning. This new book by William Duggan is the first full treatment of strategic intuition. It's the missing piece of the strategy puzzle that makes essential reading for anyone interested in achieving more in any field of human endeavor.
Download or read book Thinking Strategically written by Harvard Business School Press and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a manager, you will face complex decisions without easy answers. How do you examine situations from a broad perspective and develop solutions that benefit your organization? This book will help you: - Understand what strategic thinking is and why it's valuable - Recognize the personal traits, behaviors and attitudes, and cognitive capacities that strategic thinkers demonstrate - View strategic thinking as a process - Apply seven strategic thinking skills?seeing the big picture; clarifying strategic objectives; identifying relationships, patterns, and trends; thinking creatively; analyzing information; prioritizing your actions; and making trade-offs
Download or read book Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations written by Martin Griffiths and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically HBR Guide Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring strategy into your daily work. It's your responsibility as a manager to ensure that your work--and the work of your team--aligns with the overarching objectives of your organization. But when you're faced with competing projects and limited time, it's difficult to keep strategy front of mind. How do you keep your eye on the long term amid a sea of short-term demands? The HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically provides practical advice and tips to help you see the big-picture perspective in every aspect of your daily work, from making decisions to setting team priorities to attacking your own to-do list. You'll learn how to: Understand your organization's strategy Align your team around key objectives Focus on the priorities that matter most Spot trends in your company and in your industry Consider future outcomes when making decisions Manage trade-offs Embrace a leadership mindset
Download or read book Philosophy of Religion The Key Thinkers written by Jeffrey J. Jordan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguments concerning the existence and nature of God have been a staple of western philosophy for over 2,000 years. Philosophy of Religion: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Nine specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein. The book reconstructs the history of the philosophy of religion, clearly illustrating the most important attempts to address such crucial issues as the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, the problem of evil, miracles, the moral argument, the design argument, religious experience and the idea of god. Thinkers covered include Anselm, Aquinas, Pascal, Hume, Kant, Paley and James. Crucially the book demonstrates why the ideas and arguments these key thinkers developed are still relevant in contemporary thought. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.
