Resource Collection: Articles and Tools on Strategic Planning
Running a business more productively, competitively, and creatively is an enduring aspiration of many managers. Yet effective coordination of the planning and oversight of day to day operations driving realization of these aspirations are not easy to achieve. Executives often enjoy a greater chance of success with their strategy when considering industry trends, competitive positions, resources available, among others. We have prepared the following collection of articles and tools on the topic of strategic planning to support more competent development and execution of a management executive's business strategy.
RESOURCES FROM FIRST HAWTHORN GROUP
The Profit Perspective: How a fresh look at your firm’s profit structure can reveal which assets are profitable, which ones aren’t, and what you can do to enhance your firm’s overall profitability. (Download as PDF Document)
RESOURCES FROM HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Recession Survival Guide: The latest management thinking and analysis on successfully navigating through the current economic downturn
Selected articles available for reprint:
Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? (Harvard Business Review, April 2008)
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy (Harvard Business Review, January 2008)
How to Implement a New Strategy Without Disrupting Your Organization (Harvard Business Review, March 2006)
What Is Strategy? (Harvard Business Review, November 1996)
Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System (Harvard Business Review, July 2007)
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES
Porter, Michael E. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors. Free Press, 1980.
Porter, Michael E. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. Free Press, 1985.
Drucker, Peter F. Managing in a Time of Great Change. Plume, 1998.
Day, George S and Reibstein, David J, with Gunther, Robert E. Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy. Wiley, 1997
Hrebiniak, Lawrence G. Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change. Wharton School Publishing, 2005.
Mintzberg, Henry, Joseph Lampel, and Bruce Ahlstrand. Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management. Free Press, 1998.
All recommended references are available for purchase on Amazon.com
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