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Strategy: Theory and Practice Paperback – 27 December 2016

by Stewart R. Clegg (Author), Jochen Schweitzer (Contributor), Andrea Whittle (Contributor),

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Providing a fresh perspective on strategy from an organizational perspective through a discursive approach featuring key theoretic tenets, this text is also pragmatic and emphasizes the practices of strategy to encourage the reader to be open to a wider set of ideas, with a little more relevance, and with a cooler attitude towards the affordances of the digital world and the possibilities for strategy's futures.

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I love that this book reflects what students want. It is very readable and approachable, and makes complex topics simple to understand. -- Emma Wilson, final year Business and Management student Published On: 2016-09-30

′We chose Strategy: Theory and Practice because it offers a ‘softer’, more sociological approach to strategy and addresses the issue of corporate scandals in a holistic approach when it comes to decision making′ -- Konstantinos Pitsakis Published On: 2016-12-31

Unravels the neatness of traditional economics-based views of strategy and replaces them with much needed social, political and organizational lenses. The authors have produced a refreshing book which rightly establishes organization theory at the centre of strategic analysis and practice. -- David C. Wilson Published On: 2016-12-31

The authors have produced a text that offers a critical overview of strategy in a global context that illuminates the flows of value, not merely over-emphasizing the economic dimension but linking to sociological and bio-medical issues, throughout the world in the context of the enframing social processes that structure and maintain them. Its style is accessible and its detail is authoritative, current and precise so students, professors and general readers will enjoy it. For many university and business school courses it will quickly become the preferred introduction. -- David Weir Published On: 2016-12-01

A timely book, impressive in its scope, authoritative in its analysis, and wonderfully written. An extremely enjoyable intellectual journey into many of the intricate aspects of strategy. A must read for all serious students of strategy. -- Mahmoud Ezzamel Published On: 2016-12-31

This is an excellent textbook that manages to translate the latest strategy knowledge into a form and language that is accessible to students and practitioners alike. A refreshing alternative to the traditional, economics-based strategy textbook! -- Professor David Seidl Published On: 2017-03-22

About the Author

Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney.

Jochen Schweitzer is an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Trained as both an engineer and a social scientist, his research on issues of strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation with a particular interest in design thinking and emerging technologies. Jochen also serves as the Faculty Director of UTS’s Executive MBA and Bachelor in Entrepreneurship (Honours) programs. He was Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) School of Design Thinking at Potsdam University. Jochen is a winner of the Strategic Management Societies’ Best Paper Award, and he received Honourable Mention by the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management. Jochen is a passionate educator who has taught at universities in the UK, Japan, China, the US, Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand. Before becoming an academic, Jochen was Principal at PwC’s European Strategy Consulting practice.

Andrea Whittle is Professor of Management at Newcastle University Business School. Andrea’s academic interest in strategy started without any plan or intention, like many strategies also emerge. First, in her doctoral research, she became fascinated with the social, political, material and discursive practices through which the group of management consultants she was studying sought to influence the strategic direction of the firm. Since then, she has conducted research on strategic change in a number of organizational settings as well as studying how the strategies of firms are scrutinized by the media and politicians. The common theme in her research is the role of discourse in shaping how people and societies make sense of organizations and the strategies they pursue.

Christos Pitelis is Head of Department of International Business, Professor of International Business and Sustainable Competitiveness, University of Leeds and Life Fellow, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics, a member of the Cambridge Political Economy Society and the literary executor of the collected papers of Edith Penrose. He has also coordinated projects, taught, consulted, trained, and designed policies for international organizations, national governments and regions, NGOs and businesses. He was International Expect of the European Commission Networking for Innovation (NETWIN) program on innovation clusters.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sage Publications Ltd; 2nd edition (27 December 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 616 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1473938457
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1473938458
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.8 x 3.5 x 19.1 cm

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Jochen is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He also serves as the Course Director of the UTS Executive MBA. Trained as an engineer and a social scientist, his work focuses on issues of strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation, with a particular interest in design, emerging technologies and the future of work. Jochen was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Hasso Plattner Institute at Potsdam University. He has taught at the UTS Schools of Design and Architecture, Macquarie University, Shanghai University and Sydney School of Entrepreneurship. Before becoming an academic, Jochen was a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategy practice.

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Blessed
It is s book that value of money
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2018
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Really good book, it breaks down the various theories and is written in a tone and manner that an under graduatewill understand.

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Aaron
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Purpleheart
Superb academic level book that is clear without oversimplifying
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2018
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This textbook is a superb overview of strategic management. It's clearly aimed at university students or people doing an executive MBA, for example but it's so clearly and accessibility organised and written that it's useful for any reader who wants to gain some insights into the subject matter.

It's co-authored by a team of leading academic and it guides you through the essentials, then bringing everything up to date whilst looking at how strategy works in society at large as well as in companies etc. There are links to a comprehensive website, podcasts and journal articles.

I particularly like the Test yourself boxes a the end of each chapter and the exercises for embedding your learning. Excellent.

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Purpleheart

Superb academic level book that is clear without oversimplifying

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2018
This textbook is a superb overview of strategic management. It's clearly aimed at university students or people doing an executive MBA, for example but it's so clearly and accessibility organised and written that it's useful for any reader who wants to gain some insights into the subject matter.

It's co-authored by a team of leading academic and it guides you through the essentials, then bringing everything up to date whilst looking at how strategy works in society at large as well as in companies etc. There are links to a comprehensive website, podcasts and journal articles.

I particularly like the Test yourself boxes a the end of each chapter and the exercises for embedding your learning. Excellent.

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Doug
An enjoyable and easy to read textbook, which cover the topic well.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2017
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This is very much a textbook or a formal book on Strategy for those interested in a more formal and academic introduction into Strategic Theory.

That said it is written in a an engaging style, making it a pleasant, enjoyable and informative read.

There is, as other reviewers have mentioned, a website which can be accessed for additional content which is very useful along with an ebook option to download.

Case studies include UK based examples which is refreshing, as I find all too often books of this nature tend to be very USA orientated in outlook.

The inclusion of learning objectives is useful in a book of this nature.

This is an excellent, detailed book which takes the reader on a journey, it would be a good introductory text, which would give the reader the background knowledge to be able to take their studies of Strategic Theory to a higher level.

Recommended.

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Ben Saunders
Almost exclusively focused on business/management strategy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2018
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I ordered this book because I have a broad interest in strategy, particularly political strategy (in my day job) and military/game strategy (as a hobby). On receiving the book and taking a closer look at the contents, I was immediately disappointed that it’s much narrower in focus – almost entirely devoted to business/management strategy. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with such a focus, but I think it could have been more clearly communicated by the title. This is NOT a comprehensive textbook covering strategy in all domains, as might be suggested by the very general title.

I did find some bits of interest, for instance the chapter on strategy and organizational politics starts and ends with Machiavelli and draws some connections to politics and power, though it doesn’t say too much about these. On the whole though, I found it rather heavy-going. Some parts seem to belabour fairly basic points, while others introduce many distinctions to little obvious purpose.

Indeed, sometimes the terminology introduced seems swiftly to be forgotten by the authors themselves. For instance, the chapter on innovation draws a distinction between radical innovation (fundamentally changing the product or service on offer) and incremental innovation (small or continuous improvements). This is presented in a little blue highlight box, used throughout for key definitions, on p. 121, yet by p. 127 we’re told that sustaining technologies that merely “improve the performance of existing products rather than replace them… do not produce innovation.” This is odd because, while they may not be radical innovations, they seem to fit the definition of incremental innovation from half a dozen pages previously.

I imagine most people will buy this only if it’s a set text for some course or other and, in that case, I guess you’re stuck with whatever the teacher prescribes. I wouldn’t recommend it for a general reader though. While I don’t know this field well enough to suggest better alternatives, I didn’t find this particularly engaging.

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