Strategic Management
Theory and Practice
- John A. Parnell - University of North Carolina, Pembroke
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Strategic Management & Business Policy (General)
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“An excellent introduction to the field of business strategy, which can be used at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The book defines key concepts by using up-to-date examples and case studies that students will find interesting and relevant.”
“The varieties of levels of strategic analysis (reading, real-time case, traditional case) make the Parnell text perhaps the most flexible and adaptable strategic management text on the market.”
“The case analysis questions provide the student with a clear roadmap to completing a comprehensive strategic analysis, from defining the industry through identifying and choosing strategic alternatives, and determining how to measure their success in practice.”
“The biggest advantage I see in the text is that it is readable. The undergraduate students do not have the problems caused by other textbooks.”
“The writing style is the biggest asset of the text. In addition, the multiple examples on a topic allow students to receive different points of view to understand these concepts.”
This is not the easiest of books to use, although once you have a full grasp of the book it does provide some interesting insights and case studies to consider.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of strategic managment. The use of timely examples clearly illustrates the role of strategy in practice.
Great layout. Clearly written with strong cases.
Great for practical cases and examples of strategy in corporate settings
Although the fourth edition features the same strategic management model presented in the third edition, a number of changes have been made. The integration of new concepts and the enhancement of existing ones can be seen throughout the chapters, including a large number of global strategy references and a chapter devoted entirely to a perspective on the organization based on ethics and social responsibility. Specifically, key changes to the fourth edition include:
• The coverage of ethics and social responsibility has been expanded and integrated with other topics related to organizational direction in chapter 5.
• Coverage of the external environment has been expanded into two chapters. Chapter 3 explores political, legal, and economic forces while Chapter 4 discusses social and technological forces.
• A large number of recent examples have been added. Many of these address the effects of social, technological and other external forces on firm performance. Others highlight the success and failure of specific firms.
• A new section on Emerging Trends in Chapter 12 integrates key topics in the text along the themes of global competitiveness, the Internet, sustainability, strategic complexity, and crisis management.
• This edition features 11 new traditional cases. Real-time cases have been updated as well.
• References have been completely updated and a large number of new global references have been added to this edition.
• The online student research page has been updated and expanded to provide practical assistance for students conducting case research.
