FT Guide to Strategy - 2nd
Edition
ISBN: 027365022X
"Strategy has never been
so simple, accessible, powerful and practically directed to raise profits" Robin
Field, Chief Executive, Filofax Group
Behind every business hero
lies a successful strategy. Behind every business failure lurks a bad strategy.
Developing a good strategy is
remarkably simple. Yet the subject has become obscured and over-complicated by academics
and consultants with their own hobby-horses and proprietary methods. Strategy has become
remote from those who need it most: owners and executives.
By far the greatest value of
strategy is at the sharp end of business, where line managers are fighting to create and
deliver products and services that customers will prefer to those of their competitors. A
new business world is emerging, which every strategist must appreciate and know how to
exploit. The concepts of strategy do not need to be rewritten, but they must be adapted to
the new world. The internet and the personal computer are transforming the way that
business is conducted.
This second edition is fully
updated and demonstrates how developing a strategy can be easy and fun, at the same time
as rewarding. It reflects changes in the theory and practice of strategy and includes
rounded commentary on the main theories and theorists of strategy as well as:
- demonstrating
the power of strategy to raise profits
- providing
a DIY strategy kit for managers
- distilling
strategic thinking since 1960
- providing
a lively A-Z of strategy concepts, terms and techniques.
For students, consultants and
managers, Financial Times Guide to Strategy offers more insight than a whole library of
academic strategy tomes and helps to deliver a strategic framework for the new business
world we find ourselves in.