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Supporting Strategy: Frameworks, Methods and Models

Supporting Strategy: Frameworks, Methods and Models


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Supporting Strategy develops the concept of the strategic development process. The book begins by describing a balanced process for strategy development, spanning direction setting, strategy creation, rehearsal, evaluation and choice, leading to a continuous process of adopting strategic initiatives.  It then goes on to present a practical collection of frameworks, methods and models which both individually and in combination can be used to support strategy.  The collection includes:  drama theory, visioning methods, problem structuring methods, resource based view of strategy, SWOT / TOWS analysis, system dynamics, agent based modelling, scenario planning, decision and risk analysis, financial evaluation, real options, robustness analysis and performance measurement.  This is a contributed work with original content written fro the book from leading academics in the field, including Maureen Meadows, Robert Berry, Jim Bryant, Adrian Caldart, Alberto Franco, Giles Hindle, Nigel Howard, Martin Kunc, Abhijit Mandal, Gilberto Montibeller, John Morecroft, Martin Murtland, Fernando Oliveira, and Efstathios Tapinos.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix About the Contributors xi Part I Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Strategic Development Process 3 Robert G. Dyson, Jim Bryant, John Morecroft and Frances O’Brien Part II Setting Direction 25 Chapter 2 Visioning: A Process for Strategic Development 27 Maureen Meadows and Frances O’Brien Chapter 3 Achieving Strategy Coherence 55 Jim Bryant and Nigel Howard Chapter 4 Problem Structuring and the Building and Negotiation of Strategic Agendas 87 Alberto Franco, Jim Bryant and Giles Hindle Part III Creating Strategic Initiatives 115 Chapter 5 Strategy Creation – The Resource-Based View 117 Abhijit Mandal Chapter 6 Methods for Creating Strategic Initiatives 137 Robert G. Dyson Part IV Rehearsing Strategy 155 Chapter 7 System Dynamics Modelling for Strategic Development 157 Martin Kunc and John Morecroft Chapter 8 The Impact of Organisational Complexity in the Strategy Development Process 191 Adrián A. Caldart and Fernando S. Oliveira Chapter 9 Creating and Using Scenarios – Exploring Alternative Possible Futures and their Impact on Strategic Decisions 211 Frances O’Brien, Maureen Meadows and Martin Murtland Part V Evaluating Performance 249 Chapter 10 Decision and Risk Analysis for the Evaluation of Strategic Options 251 Gilberto Montibeller and Alberto Franco Chapter 11 Performance Measurement 285 Efstathios Tapinos and Robert G. Dyson Chapter 12 A Financial Perspective on Strategic Investments 313 Robert H. Berry Chapter 13 Flexibility, Robustness and Real Options 343 Robert G. Dyson and Fernando S. Oliveira Part VI Combining Approaches to Support Strategic Development 367 Chapter 14 Gone Fishing: A Case Study 369 Jim Bryant, Maureen Meadows, John Morecroft and Frances O’Brien Author Index 395 Subject Index 401

About the Author :
Frances O'Brien is an Associate Professor at Warwick Business School. her research interests include the development and use of approaches to support strategy development, in particular scenario planning and visioning methodologies, and the practice of combining OR & strategy tools by management teams. She holds a BSc (Joint Honours) in Mathematics and Classical Studies from Surrey University and an MSc in Operational research from Southampton University. She previously worked for the Operational research Group of Ford of Europe as a consultant providing modeling support on simulation, manpower planning and allocation studies. She is an active member of the UK Operational research Society for which she chairs the OR and Strategy Special Interest Group. Robert Dyson is Professor of Operational research at Warwick business School. He has served as Dean of the Business School and Pro-Vice- Chancellor of the University of Warwick. He has also been Chair of the Committee of Professors of Operational research and President of the Operational Research Society. He researches and publishes in data envelopment analysis, performance measurement and OR and strategy, and is an Editor of the European Journal of Operational research. Prior to joining Warwick he worked for Pilkington plc.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470057179
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 247 mm
  • No of Pages: 424
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Frameworks, Methods and Models
  • Width: 168 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0470057173
  • Publisher Date: 04 Apr 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 26 mm
  • Weight: 794 gr


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