STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT:
Creating Competitive Advantage
Strategic Management:
Creating Competitive Advantages, 1st Edition, by Dess and Lumpkin, responds to the
demands of today's rapidly changing and unpredictable global marketplace that students
will face when they enter the business world. The concepts-only text provides students
with a timely, rigorous, and relevant book written in an engaging manner to spur their
interest and excitement. This book provides a solid treatment of traditional topics in
strategic management as well as contemporary topics such as entrepreneurship, knowledge
management, and e-commerce and internet strategies. Numerous applications from business
practice plus sidebars (approximately six per chapter) bring key concepts to life. For the
instructor, Strategic Management provides flexibility and convenience not
available in any other book on the market. It is a text-only book with an extensive
variety of cases from the Primis/Pinnacle database that is designed to tie concepts
directly to cases. Instructors are provided with a wide variety of options from default
options consisting of pre-selected case packets to a wide variety of cases available from
the database.
Features
- Unique flexibility and
convenience not found anywhere else in the strategic management market for selecting cases
to match course concepts. Recommended cases, selected by Marilyn Taylor (University of
Missouri at Kansas City) to match the chapters and concepts in the text, are readily
available from Primis/Pinnacle. Options include ordering pre-selected case packets,
customizing case packets from Taylor's recommended list, or selecting from the entire
Primis/Pinnacle collection, making the Dess/Lumpkin project a most appealing option
whether they want a concepts-only, text and cases, or anything in between.
- The traditional organizing
framework includes crisply-written chapters that address contemporary topics. Strategic
Management is divided into chapters in the traditional sequence: analysis, formulation,
and implementation. In addition, there are three additional chapters on analyzing
intellectual capital/knowledge management; e-commerce and Internet strategies; and
corporate entrepreneurship and new venture management. Instructors who favor a traditional
approach and those who demand comprehensive coverage of contemporary topical areas respond
well to the Dess/Lumpkin text.
- Current important research
is emphasized in every chapter. The resource-based view of the firm is given significant
coverage in chapters 3 and 5.
- Chapter-opening vignettes
provide insightful, real-world examples of what can go wrong and spur student curiosity
and interest in learning and applying the course concepts. Most texts err on the side of
admiring good business practices in their chapter openers when students need to be able to
diagnose problems and look for solutions in the real business world.
- Students who take a
strategic management course need a thorough grounding in ethics, globalization and
technology. In response to this, Dess and Lumpkin thoroughly weave these themes into every
chapter of the text, as part of the text flow and within the "Strategy Spotlight"
boxes that appear in every chapter.
- The text features an
extensive use of sidebars (approximately six per chapter). These sidebars, known as "Strategy
Spotlights," provide relevant, interesting illustrations of real managerial practices
and reinforce student interest and learning. Many of them underscore the key text themes
of ethics, globalization, and technology.
- Many key text concepts are
applied to start-up firms and smaller businesses, which is particularly important and
relevant given the fact that many students will begin their professional careers in just
these kinds of smaller firms.
- McGraw-Hill's Knowledge
Gateway - The Complete Resource for Teaching Online Courses. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, in
partnership with Eduprise, is proud to bring this unique service to instructors. This
comprehensive Website contains a wealth of information for any professor interested in
teaching online. Level one is available to any instructor browsing our Website. Level two
is reserved for McGraw-Hill customers and contains access to free technical and
instructional design assistance.
- Authors Dess and Lumpkin
wrote their own Instructor's Manual which features the best chapter teaching notes
available today! While many books outline or summarize the text materials, Dess/Lumpkin
focus on "value added" materials. Each chapter includes many suggested questions to
spur in-class discussion. In addition, there are many examples and "war stories" to
provide illustrations of key concepts. In addition to detailed lecture notes, the
following are the components available in the manual: a variety of options for selecting
cases; Test Bank; Video Guide; and Transparency Masters.
Supplements: Videos, Power
Point Presentation Software, OLC to accompany Strategic Management, Instructor's Manual,
Test Bank andTransparency Masters, Brownstone Computerized Testing.
Table of Contents
PART 1: Strategic Analysis
- Chapter
1 - Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages
- Chapter
2 - Analyzing the External Environment of the Firm
- Chapter
3 - Assessing the Internal Environment of the Firm
- Chapter
4 - Recognizing a Firm's Intellectual Assets: Moving Beyond a Firm's Tangible
Resources
Part II: Strategy Formulation
- Chapter
5 - Business-Level Strategy: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantages
- Chapter
6 - Corporate-Level Strategy: Creating Value Through Diversification
- Chapter
7 - International Strategy: Creating Value in Global Markets
- Chapter
8 - The Internet and E-Commerce: Creating Value through E-Business Strategies
Part III: Strategy
Implementation
- Chapter
9 - Implementing Strategy: Achieving Effective Strategic Control
- Chapter
10 - Implementing Strategy: Creating Effective Organizational Designs
- Chapter
11 - Effective Strategic Leadership: Creating a Learning Organization and an Ethical
Culture
- Chapter
12 - Effective Strategic Leadership: Fostering Corporate Entrepreneurship and New Venture
Creation
Part IV: Case Analysis
- Chapter
13 - Analyzing Strategic Management Cases
455 pages