The new edition of Strategic management by Thompson and Martin is
essential reading for all students of strategy at undergraduate, diploma and MBA level.
Maintaining the traditional analysis, formulation and implementation framework,
the sixth edition has been revised and updated to include modern strategy topics such as
the Blue Ocean strategy, as well as new cases throughout the text which have been expertly
prepared by ECCH case tutor, John Thompson. New experiential activity can be found at the
end of every chapter to offer students a more applied and in-depth learning experience.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Understanding strategy and strategic management
1 Introducing strategy and strategic management
Part 2: Strategic positioning
2 Strategic thinking, environmental analysis, synergy and strategic positioning
3 Resource-led strategy
4 The dynamics of competition
5 Introducing culture and values
Part 3: Strategic analysis and choice
6 Strategic purpose
7 Strategic success
8 An introduction to strategy creation and planning
9 Strategic leadership, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
10 Strategic alternatives, strategy evaluation and strategy selection
Part 4: Issues in strategic growth
11 Strategic growth
12 International strategy
13 Failure, consolidation and recovery strategies
Part 5: Strategic management
14 Strategy implementation
15 Leading change
16 Managing strategy in the organization
17 Final thoughts: the purpose of strategy
802 pages, Paperback