The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management

The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management
Author: Stephen Haines
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2000-06-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1420025694

Easy-to-follow and understand, The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management presents the first practical application of "systems thinking", a concept first introduced by Peter Senge in the Fifth Discipline as a new, better and elegantly simple A-B-C approach to strategic management, planning, and change. It provides a unique S

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Strategic and Business Planning

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Strategic and Business Planning
Author: Stephen G. Haines
Publisher: Human Resource Development
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780874255157

Enterprises in today's Global Information Age must keep up with rapid changes in technology while overhauling businesses, programs, and operations to meet the changing values and demands of customers and employees. This guide will aid you in applying the Systems Thinking Approach to your strategic and business planning by explaining how to develop a strategic plan, ensure successful implementation of the plan, and build and sustain high performance over the long haul.

Strategic Management

Strategic Management
Author: R. Edward Freeman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2010-03-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107716993

Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach was first published in 1984 as a part of the Pitman series in Business and Public Policy. Its publication proved to be a landmark moment in the development of stakeholder theory. Widely acknowledged as a world leader in business ethics and strategic management, R. Edward Freeman's foundational work continues to inspire scholars and students concerned with a more practical view of how business and capitalism actually work. Business can be understood as a system of how we create value for stakeholders. This worldview connects business and capitalism with ethics once and for all. On the 25th anniversary of publication, Cambridge University Press are delighted to be able to offer a new print-on-demand edition of his work to a new generation of readers.

ESSENTIAL OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT THEORY

ESSENTIAL OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT THEORY
Author: TOMOHISA FUJII
Publisher: TOM PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2014-01-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

. To link a best analysis of the affairs of a business technique to the action of the management reform by collecting the useful information which fitted a purpose, being good and using it, to put the idea law which can use the analysis of the affairs of a business technique to be excellent to the body is valid. This manual is the introduction to understand the innermost secret, the know-how of the basic knowledge and the idea law about the analysis of the affairs of a business technique and the mechanism of the business reform tactically at short time. It has a purpose of providing the basic knowledge and the know-how of the systematical business management by this manual's picking up the tactical analysis of the affairs of a business technique that all over the world is excellent from the wide field with the historical background, too, being based and incorporating illustration into everywhere. It puts business theory in the new epoch to the body and the skill of the idea law to attempt to reform business can be absorbed. Here, let's introduce contents in each chapter. " Chapter 1 " whether or not " to convert an idea law - what for the tactical analysis of the affairs of a business technique to be " explains the basics of the approach by the one and the idea law which the analysis of the affairs of a business technique aims at from the viewpoint of making a complicated phenomenon clear. It is possible to understand that the analysis of the affairs of a business technique which was lined with business theory by this is the solution of the business problem in the date and the tool which is useful for the business reform tactically. " Chapter 2 the business process and the organization analytical method " clarifies the analytical method to reform a business process and an organization, and the purchase trend of the customer and the analytical method which is useful for the marketing reinforcement. The business process reform and the basic approach by the client management are under the body. Well in environment and competition analytical method " which ascertains the status and the rival of the position, it is a bench marking and Baran. It introduces typical management techniques such as the scorecard. With this, the basics of the management strategy can be learned. " Chapter 4 the quality, cost and manufacturing analytical method " introduces the analytical method which is indispensable for the innovating of manufacturing in addition to the technique which does the quality and the cost of the six sigma, the Taguchi way, VA/VE, ABC/ABM in the analysis and the management and the product development. The common sense of the all-around business theory which this can call the woof feature of the business, too, can be understood. " Chapter 5 the financial analysis technique " provides an analysis of the affairs of a business 5 corner viewpoint and the cash flow analysis of it and knowledge about the U.S. commercial enterprise reform law. With this, the skill which is indispensable for the financial analysis can be put to the body. By above composition, it aims at providing the basic skill and the knowledge to become strong in the analysis of the affairs of a business technique. December 23,2013 Tomohisa Fujii

Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls of Wisdom
Author: Stephen G. Haines
Publisher: Systems Thinking Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780971915947

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Author: John M. Bryson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2004-10-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0787967556

This new edition features the strategy change cycle, a proven planning process used by a large number of organizations; offers detailed guidance on implementing the planning process and includes specific tools and techniques to make the process work in any organization; introduces new material on creating public value, stakeholder analysis, strategy mapping, balanced scorecards, collaboration, and more; includes information about the organizational designs that will encourage strategic thought and action throughout the entire organization; and contains a wealth of updated examples and cases.

Strategic Management (color)

Strategic Management (color)
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949373943

Strategic Management (2020) is a 325-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism. The text presents examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today's firms and how they go about implementing those strategies. It includes case studies, end of section key takeaways, exercises, and links to external videos, and an end-of-book glossary. The text is ideal for courses which focus on how organizations operate at the strategic level to be successful. Students will learn how to conduct case analyses, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses.