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Tables of Contents for Foundations in Strategic Management
Chapter/Section Title
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1 THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS
2
16
What Is Strategic Management?
4
4
External and Internal Environmental Analysis
5
1
Strategic Direction
6
1
Business and Corporate Strategy Formulation
6
1
Strategy Implementation and Control
7
1
Strategic Restructuring
8
1
Alternative Perspectives on Strategy Development
8
4
Determinism versus Enactment
8
2
Deliberate versus Emergent Strategy Formulation
10
1
Stakeholder Analysis and Management
10
1
The Resource-Based View of the Firm
11
1
Ethics and Social Responsibility
12
2
The Case for Going Global
14
1
Key Points Summary
15
3
2 THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
18
20
The Broad Environment
20
5
Global Sociocultural Forces
20
2
Global Economic Forces
22
1
Global Technological Forces
23
1
Global Political/Legal Forces
24
1
The Task Environment
25
8
Competitive Forces
25
4
Customers
25
2
Suppliers
27
1
Existing Competitors
27
1
Potential Competitors/Entry Barriers
28
1
Indirect Competitors/Substitutes
28
1
External Stakeholders and Environmental Uncertainty
29
2
Partnering with External Stakeholders
31
2
Key Points Summary
33
2
Appendix 2: Strategic Groups
35
3
3 THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION
38
20
The Internal Environment
40
10
The Chief Executive Officer
40
2
Boards of Directors and Agency Costs
42
1
Employees and Culture
43
1
Internal Resources and Competitive Advantage
44
3
Uniquely Valuable Resources
44
2
Financial Resources
46
1
Assessing Internal Strengths and Weaknesses
47
3
Value Chain Analysis
47
1
Functional Analysis
48
2
Establishment of Strategic Direction
50
4
Organizational Mission
50
1
Business Definition
51
1
Organizational Vision
52
2
Enterprise Strategy and Ethics
54
1
Key Points Summary
54
4
4 BUSINESS STRATEGY
58
18
Growth Strategies
61
3
Internal Growth Strategies
61
1
External Growth Strategies
62
1
Stability Strategies
63
1
Timing of Growth Strategies
64
1
Generic Competitive Strategies
64
7
Cost Leadership
65
3
High-Capacity Utilization
65
1
Economies of Scale
65
1
Technological Advances
66
1
Learning/Experience Effects
66
2
Differentiation
68
1
Best Cost
68
2
Focus
70
1
Changes in Strategy Over Time
71
5
Key Points Summary
73
3
5 CORPORATE STRATEGY
76
24
Development of Corporate Strategy
78
8
Single Business/Concentration
78
2
Vertical Integration
80
2
Diversification
82
4
Unrelated Diversification
82
1
Related Diversification
83
3
Diversification Methods
86
5
Internal Venturing
86
1
Acquisitions
87
1
Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures
88
3
Key Points Summary
91
1
Appendix 5: Portfolio Management
92
8
Boston Consulting Group Matrix
92
2
General Electric Business Screen
94
6
6 STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
100
24
Managing Functional Strategies
102
6
Marketing Strategy
102
1
Operations Strategy
103
1
Research and Development Strategy
104
1
Information Systems Strategy
104
1
Human Resources Strategy
105
1
Financial Strategy
106
1
Integrating Functional Strategies
107
1
Structuring to Support Strategy
108
7
Business-Level Structures
108
7
Functional Structure
108
3
Product/Market Structure
111
3
Project Matrix Structure
114
1
Network Structure
115
1
Corporate-Level Structures
115
6
Multidivisional Structure
116
1
Strategic Business Unit Structure
117
1
Corporate Matrix Structure
118
1
Transnational Structure
119
2
Key Points Summary
121
3
7 STRATEGIC CONTROL AND RESTRUCTURING
124
18
Strategic Control Systems
126
6
Feedback Controls
128
1
Concurrent Controls
129
1
Feedforward Controls
131
1
Designing a Strategic Control System
132
4
Determination of Control Factors
132
1
Using Strategic Control Information
133
3
Strategic Restructuring
136
3
Refocusing Corporate Assets
136
1
Retrenchment
137
1
Chapter 11 Reorganization
138
1
Leveraged Buyouts
138
1
Structural Reorganization
139
1
Key Points Summary
139
3
8 STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
142
13
International Expansion
144
8
Global Strategies
145
3
Global Product/Market Approach
145
1
Global Expansion Tactics
146
1
Enhancing Global Business-Level Strategies
147
1
Foreign Business Environments
148
4
Evaluating Foreign Investments
149
1
Competitive Advantages of Nations
150
2
The Challenge of the Future
152
1
Key Points Summary
153
2
CASE NOTE
155
12
Preparing a Strategic Analysis
155
1
Structuring an Environmental Analysis
156
3
Industry Analysis
156
1
External Stakeholders and the Broad Environment
157
2
Factors That Influence Demand
157
1
Factors That Influence Cost Structures
158
1
Strategic Issues Facing the Industry
159
1
Structuring an Organizational Analysis
159
3
Evaluation of the Internal Environment
160
1
Identification of Resources and Capabilities
160
1
Performance Evaluation
161
1
Identification of Sources of Competitive Advantage
161
1
Developing a Strategic Plan
162
3
Strategic Direction and Major Strategies
162
1
Evaluation of Opportunities and Recommendations
163
1
Implemention and Control
164
1
A Note to Students
165
2
INDEX
167