"Thanks for picking up the second edition Strategy: Theory, Practice, Implementation! In the crowded market for strategy textbooks, we appreciate that you have identified with our aim of helping students to think, communicate, and act like strategists. Our approach to writing this book has emerged from our shared experiences in teaching, consulting, researching and leading strategy work in different settings. In particular, we noticed a gap between the formal theoretical approaches to strategy typically taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and the practices and processes of strategy adopted by organizational practitioners. It may be that those we were working with had internalized previously studied theoretical frameworks, or that through practice and experience they have developed an ability to think strategically without making an explicit reference to theoretical constructs in their work. Our feeling, though, was that there was a missing 'middle-ground' in which the realities of addressing strategic issues and opportunities could be connected with the theories that can help frame, explain, and resolve strategy challenges in an effective way. Responding to strategic problems, issues, and opportunities always involves decision-making"--

Strategy: Theory, Practice, Implementation

Business & Money

Arevuo, Mikko

MacKay, David

Meadows, Maureen

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

What does strategy mean to a Head of Environment, Social, and Governance in a globally-leading asset management company in London?How does the Chair of a not-for-profit community interest company, which supports women in Scotland to thrive in business, use learning to shape strategy?How is innovation, digitalization, and disruption viewed by the CEO of a Singaporean fintech start-up?Strategy: Theory, Practice, Implementation represents a new breed of textbook for this discipline. Developed in consultation with lecturers, students, and professionals, the book's research-driven Process-Practice Model of Strategy places implementation at its core, enabling students to develop acrystal clear understanding of how strategy operates in a culture of dynamism, adaptability, and change.The authors' wealth of teaching, research, and practitioner experience shines through in their writing as they strike the perfect balance between clarity and rigour. They expertly cover all the core areas of strategy, using carefully paced, step-by-step guidance to apply theories and models ofstrategy to a diverse range of examples, making the text the most practical of its kind.Moving beyond the limits of traditional texts, Strategy offers unique Practitioner Insights (and accompanying video interviews) gathered from professionals engaged in a range of strategic roles, across multiple industries and sectors worldwide, to help students grasp the complex reality of strategicmanagement in practice.Strategy: Theory, Practice, Implementation ultimately provides students with a lively, critical, and highly practical approach to thinking, talking, and acting like a strategist. This text will inspire them and fully prepare them for their future career in business.Online resources accompaning the textbook include:For registered adopters:- A test bank- PowerPoint slides- Answers to, or guidance on, the chapter-opening case study questions in the book- A series of 'Boardroom Challenges' for use in group role play exercises / action learning simulations- Teaching notes on using the 'Boardroom Challenges' in classFor students:- Video interviews with the practitioners from the Practitioner Insights, and further videos providing advice on how students can enhance their employability.- Research Insights to broaden students' perspectives of academic research and its impact on strategic thinking- Links to articles, cases, chapters, or multimedia resources to support students' further reading- Additional case studies with exercises or discussion questions- Video interviews with the authors in which they discuss key theories and implementation issues- MCQs- Guidance on how to analyse a case study- Flashcard glossary

MacKay, Brad

Little wear to boards. Content bright . DJ has little tears to edges and toning.

A flock of words: An anthology of poetry for children & others;

Bodley Head

Breakthrough to Literacy: Pupil's Word Folder (Breakthrough to Literacy)

Hall, Christine

Thompson, Brian

Coles, Martin

Schaub, Pamela

Knowles, Frances

Children's Books

Longman

This is a book about identity and modernity. The first concerns the understanding of place and memory, the second the understanding of now - the now of the present and recent times. The circumstances of its recent political and cultural history, and its relative smallness, make Barcelona an excellent laboratory for examination, and its architecture the ideal medium.

Modern Architecture in Barcelona 1854-1939

Blackwell Science Ltd.

In the Wake of Cook: Exploration, Science and Empire, 1780-1801

Croom Helm

Alive with controversy, architectural modernism gets an international comprehensive analysis in both Spanish and English.

The Modern House

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Taylor Trade Publishing

Originally published in 1985. After the epoch-making voyages of exploration of Captain Cook, a series of further exploratory missions was financed by the British government to add to the knowledge of the lands of the southern hemisphere: 'a more minute examination of the coast' was, for example, the brief of the voyage of the Investigator. Specimens of plants and fauna were to be collected, and useful products noted. The combination of the commercial streak with a commitment to empirical science was typical of the interests of the eighteenth century. This book traces the explorations and achievements of those who undertook missions of this kind, as extensions of their patrons' eyes, as it were. The commercial possibilities - of cotton, furs, foodstuffs, and other products - were exploited to the full, and the achievements of science thus helped to strengthen the imperial effort. Notable figures include the distinguished naturalist Sir Joseph Banks and the notorious Captain Bligh of the Bounty. The fascination and wide-ranging story is told with full scholarly documentation and many new insights and discoveries.

In the Wake of Cook: Exploration, Science and Empire, 1780-1801 (Routledge Library Editions: The British Empire)

History

Asia

Routledge

Originally published in 1985. After the epoch-making voyages of exploration of Captain Cook, a series of further exploratory missions was financed by the British government to add to the knowledge of the lands of the southern hemisphere: 'a more minute examination of the coast' was, for example, the brief of the voyage of the Investigator. Specimens of plants and fauna were to be collected, and useful products noted. The combination of the commercial streak with a commitment to empirical science was typical of the interests of the eighteenth century. This book traces the explorations and achievements of those who undertook missions of this kind, as extensions of their patrons' eyes, as it were. The commercial possibilities - of cotton, furs, foodstuffs, and other products - were exploited to the full, and the achievements of science thus helped to strengthen the imperial effort. Notable figures include the distinguished naturalist Sir Joseph Banks and the notorious Captain Bligh of the Bounty. The fascination and wide-ranging story is told with full scholarly documentation and many new insights and discoveries.

The American military presence in Scotland during the Cold War was greater than in either of the World Wars, bringing with it the largest peace-time number of foreign military personnel in Scotland's history. This military power was delivered by individuals - the forgotten heroes. They worked to high standards of professionalism and most had no true concept of the danger they faced from the Soviet threat. This reality was only ever confronted during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The author, a former Cold War special forces officer, brings his personal expertise into play, examining this intriguing story by reaching out to more than one hundred veterans and expert witnesses. Their contributions cover the nitty-gritty end of history, not high-end diplomacy. This fast-moving account of their endeavours, often in long working conditions, highlights the value of teamwork, training and determination.Scotland was an active centre of US strategic operations and the vital importance of its geographic position is clearly demonstrated as each location is examined, and its benefits listed. There were six significant bases, the most important being America's only nuclear-armed submarine squadron in the Holy Loch. Overall, this book provides an important addition to the conventional US/UK Cold War narrative. The author presents a convincing narrative that Scotland was at the epicentre of the Cold War's most terrifying episode - the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy's success was greatly assisted by these Scottish bases which provided him with the firepower and intelligence to outwit Khrushchev. One section of the book deals with the visit of JFK's top advisor to Holy Loch - a story that has never been revealed before. The author has interviewed senior intelligence officers and their input is revealing. These were exciting times for the young Americans who crossed the ocean to serve their country and this is their Cold War story. Author hometown: Scotland

Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War

Europe

Whittles Publishing

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