Synopses & Reviews
This book argues that for many companies organization is designed to achieve operational optimization and may be in conflict with strategic objectives. Managers may not share similar decision criteria and this may facilitate or hinder the fulfillment of certain strategies. The role of top managers is to shape to a large extent the ability of the organizational system to implement and achieve strategic objectives. This book provides breakthrough thinking on these issues by two leading academic thinkers.
About the Author
Claude Michaud is Professor of Economics, INSEAD, France and Director General, CEDEP.
Jean-Claude Theonig is Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD, France.
Table of Contents
In Praise of Complexity * Building Bridges Between Management and Strategy * The Organizational System * The Cognitive Assets of the Firm * The AGRO Case Study * Managerial Fine-Tuning * The Role of General Management * The Cosmorphar Case * How Do Management and Strategy Reinforce Each Other