This work discusses developments in the area of strategic management, such as employee empowerment and team and process organization. There are explanations of how and why a company's strategy can be partly planned and partly reactive, and the concept of a strategy-making pyramid is introduced.
Presenting the most recent developments in research and strategy, this text applies these theories and illustrates their implementation in business cases.
Thompson/Strickland READINGS is the softcover readings component of this market-leading strategic management package. The readings reflect current thought in strategic management.
Thompson / Strickland CASES is the softcover cases component of this marketing-leading strategic management package. With this edition,the text portion now contains the best coverage of the resource-based view of the firm,keeping up Thompson/Strickland's Strategic Management commitment to currentness in thought,excellence in package,and reliability overall.
Text and Readings - Twelfth Edition
Thompson/Strickland has always included the most recent research in strategy in a way that students can understand and apply it to business cases and problems. In addition, Thompson offers more coverage of strategy implementation than most other texts, which many instructors think is critical if students are to understand the how and not just the what and why. Thompson's coverage of Michael Porter's classic 5-forces model is clearer and more detailed than in other texts, according to reviewers. With this edition the market leader looks better than ever before, offering a new 4-color design, improved writing style, and two new chapters on global and e-commerce strategy.