About the Book
Exploring Strategy, 12th Edition, by Whittington, Angwin, Regner, Johnson and Scholes has long been the essential introduction to strategy for the managers of today and tomorrow and has sold over one million copies worldwide.
From entrepreneurial start-ups to multinationals, charities to government agencies, this book raises the big questions about organisations – how they prosper, how they grow, how they innovate and how they change. Text and Cases also provides a wealth of extra case studies written by experts in the subject to aid and enrich your understanding. Examples are taken from events and organisations as diverse as Adnams, Siemens, Air Asia, Apple, Handelsbanken, Glastonbury and the Indian Premier League.
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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introducing Strategy
Chapter 2: Macro Environmental Analysis
Chapter 3: Industry and Sector Analysis
Chapter 4: Resources and Capabilities Analysis
Chapter 5: Stakeholders and Governance
Chapter 6: History and Culture
Chapter 7: Business Strategy and models
Chapter 8: Corporate Strategy
Chapter 9: International Strategy
Chapter 10: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Chapter 11: Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances
Chapter 12: Evaluating Strategies
Chapter 13: Strategy Development Processes
Chapter 14: Organising and Strategy
Chapter 15: Leadership and Strategic Change
Chapter 16: The Practice of Strategy
About the Author :
Richard Whittington MA, MBA, Ph.D. is a Professor of Strategic Management at the Saïd Business School and Millman Fellow at New College, University of Oxford. He is the author of eleven books, including Opening Strategy: Professional Strategists and Practice Change, 1960 to Today (2019), and has previously been Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal.
Richard has had full or visiting positions at the Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, Imperial College London, the University of Toulouse, and the University of Warwick. He is active in executive education and consulting internationally.
Duncan Angwin, MA, MPhil, MBA, Ph.D. is the Dean of Nottingham University Business School. He has authored twelve books, and over fifty refereed articles in journals such as Academy of Management Learning & Education, Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ), California Management Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Organization Studies, and has served on many editorial boards including Journal of Management Studies.
Duncan teaches strategy to executives internationally. He has won more than 10m in research grants and currently focuses on international M&A and strategy practices. Duncan is also an elected council member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS).
Patrick Regnér, BSc, MSc, Ph.D., is a Professor of Strategic Management at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has published in leading journals like Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business, Human Relations, etc., and serves on several editorial boards including Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Long Range Planning. He has extensive teaching experience on all academic levels at several international institutions. He does executive teaching, consulting, and coaching with managers and organisations worldwide and is a senior advisor at strategy advisory firm Value Formation. His current research focuses on strategy creation and business models.
Gerry Johnson, BA, Ph.D. is an Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management at Lancaster University School of Management. He has also taught at Strathclyde Business School, Cranfield School of Management, Manchester Business School, and Aston University.
Gerry is the author of numerous books and his research has been published in many of the foremost management research journals in the world. He also works with senior management teams on issues of strategy development and strategic change.
Kevan Scholes MA, Ph.D., DMS, CIMgt, FRSA is the Principal Partner of Scholes Associates - specialising in Strategic Management. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management and formerly Director of the Sheffield Business School, UK, with extensive experience in teaching strategy to undergraduate and postgraduate students both in the UK and abroad.
Kevan has also experience in management development work in private and public sector organisations. He has been an advisor in management development to a number of national bodies and is a Companion of The Chartered Management Institute.
