Synopses & Reviews
This book illustrates the central necessity for flexibility in strategic management if organizations are to cope with the turbulent competition of the 1990s. The problems of actually implementing strategy in the face of uncertainty and complexity are analyzed in a more functionally-integrated and multi-disciplinary way than is usually found in strategic management texts.
Table of Contents
Preface. Part One: The nature of strategy and flexibility. What is flexible strategic management? Part Two: Why flexible strategic management? Uncertainty in the macro-environment. Uncertainty, industries and competition. Analyzing and developing strategy in organizations. Part Three: Developing strategic flexibility. Flexible management and strategic renewal: central issues and key activities. Flexibility between organizations. Flexibility within organizations. Index.