Essentials of Strategic Management

For undergraduate and graduate level Strategic Management courses. Get straight to the heart of important strategic management concepts. This brief text offers a concise explanation of the most important concepts and techniques in strategic management. Further, cases and simulations are a perfect supplement to Essentials of Strategic Management, while its brevity also makes it suitable for use in corporate and executive training programs. This edition contains new information to reflect the latest changes in the discipline while remaining brief and to the point.Appendix C: Strategic Audit of a Corporation Part 1: Introduction to Strategic Management Chapter 1: Basic Concepts of Strategic Management Chapter 2: Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Social Responsibility Part 2: Scanning the Environment Chapter 3: Environmental Scanning and Industry Analysis Chapter 4: Internal Scanning: Organizational Analysis Part 3: Strategy Formulation Chapter 5: Strategy Formulation: Situation Analysis and Business Strategy Chapter 6: Strategy Implementation: Organizing for Action Chapter 7: Strategy Formulation: Corporate Strategy Chapter 8: Strategy Formulation: Functional Strategy and Strategic Choice Part 4: Strategy Implementation and Control Chapter 9: Strategy Implementation: Staffing and Leading Chapter 10: Evaluation and Control