Johnson: Exploring Strategy T&C p12

by Gerry Johnson

Understand basics and develop expertise to think and behave like a manager

Exploring Strategy, 12th Edition, by Whittington, Angwin, Regner, Johnson and Scholes has long been the essential introduction to strategy for the managers of today and tomorrow and has sold over one million copies worldwide. From entrepreneurial start-ups to multinationals, charities to government agencies, this book raises the big questions about organisations – how they prosper, how they grow, how they innovate and how they change.

 

This is the Text Only edition, and the Text and Cases edition also provides a wealth of extra case studies written by experts in the subject to aid and enrich your understanding. Examples are taken from events and organisations as diverse as Adnams, Siemens, Air Asia, Apple, Handlesbanken, Glastonbury and the Indian Premier League.

New to this edition:

The 12th Edition of Exploring Strategy has been comprehensively updated to help you:

·    Understand clearly the key concepts and tools of strategic management

·    Explore hot topics, including business models, corporate governance, innovation and entrepreneurship

·    Learn from case studies on world-famous organisations such as ITV, IKEA, Uber, Airbnb, Alibaba, and the Chinese movie business.

Richard Whittington is Professor of Strategic Management at the Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Duncan Angwin is Dean of Nottingham University Business School.

Patrick Regner is Professor of Strategic Management at Stockholm School of Economics.

Gerry Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management at Lancaster University School of Management.

Kevan Scholes is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management and formerly Director of the Sheffield Business School.

 

Pearson, the world’s learning company.

Genres: Business

Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Gerry is one of Europe’s most highly regarded Professors of Strategic Management

He is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management at Lancaster University Management School and a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research.

After his early management and consultancy experience he has held academic positions at leading business schools in the UK including Manchester Business School, Cranfield School of Management, Strathclyde Business School and Lancaster University Management School.

Gerry Johnson is also a founding co-author of Europe's best selling strategic management text Exploring Strategy (Prentice Hall, 9th edition, 2011) which is used in most of the UK business schools. He is also co- author of The Exceptional Manager, Strategic Change and the Management Process, the Challenge of Strategic Management, and Strategic Thinking and author of numerous papers on Strategic Management. His research work is primarily concerned with processes of strategy development and change in organizations.

As a consultant he works at a senior level with management teams on issues of strategy development and strategic change. Here he applies many of the concepts and techniques in Exploring Corporate Strategy to help those teams challenge, question and develop the strategies of their organisations.

Gerry has: BA Hons in Anthropology from University College, London and a PhD in Strategy Development and Change from Aston University.

Reviews

[J S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engaging to read, contemporary case studies and clear frameworks make this a highly relevant and applicable book to support corporate strategy studies and their practical application.