Strategy
Theory and Practice
- Stewart R Clegg - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Jochen Schweitzer - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Andrea Whittle - Newcastle University Business School, UK
- Christos Pitelis - Brunel Business School
Strategic Management & Business Policy
Providing a fresh perspective on strategy from an organizational perspective through a discursive approach featuring key theoretic tenets, this text is also pragmatic and emphasizes the practices of strategy to encourage the reader to be open to a wider set of ideas, with a little more relevance, and with a cooler attitude towards the affordances of the digital world and the possibilities for strategy’s futures.
The key areas of Strategy take a critical stance in the new edition, and also include areas less evident in conventional strategy texts such as not-for-profit organizations, process theories, globalization, organizational politics and decision-making as well as the futures of strategy.
The new edition comes packed with features that encourage readers to engage and relate theory to practice and is complimented by a free Interactive e-book* featuring videos, cases and other relevant links, allowing access on the go and encouraging learning and retention whatever the reading or learning style.
*interactivity only available through Vitalsource eBook
Supplements
Instructor Resources
· Instructor manual
· PowerPoint slides per chapter
· Essay Questions and short answer questions
· Test bank: SAQ / MCQ / exam questions
Student Resources
· Glossary flip-cards
· Learning objectives
· Online readings
· Journals
· Student quizzes / MCQs
· Study plan
· Useful web links
· Videos
I love that this book reflects what students want. It is very readable and approachable, and makes complex topics simple to understand.
'We chose Strategy: Theory and Practice because it offers a ‘softer’, more sociological approach to strategy and addresses the issue of corporate scandals in a holistic approach when it comes to decision making'
Unravels the neatness of traditional economics-based views of strategy and replaces them with much needed social, political and organizational lenses. The authors have produced a refreshing book which rightly establishes organization theory at the centre of strategic analysis and practice.
The authors have produced a text that offers a critical overview of strategy in a global context that illuminates the flows of value, not merely over-emphasizing the economic dimension but linking to sociological and bio-medical issues, throughout the world in the context of the enframing social processes that structure and maintain them. Its style is accessible and its detail is authoritative, current and precise so students, professors and general readers will enjoy it. For many university and business school courses it will quickly become the preferred introduction.
A timely book, impressive in its scope, authoritative in its analysis, and wonderfully written. An extremely enjoyable intellectual journey into many of the intricate aspects of strategy. A must read for all serious students of strategy.
