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• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Publisher Acknowledgements
• Embarkation
• 1 ‘And over here, ladies and gentlemen: the strategic management beast’
• Why ten?
• A field review
• Five Ps for strategy
• Strategies for better and for worse
• Strategic management in the classroom
• 2 The design school: strategy formation as a process of conception
• Origins of the design school
• The basic design school model
• Premises of the design school
• Critique of the design school
• The design school: contexts and contributions
• 3 The planning school: strategy formation as a formal process
• The basic strategic planning model
• Sorting out the hierarchies
• Premises of the planning school
• Some more recent developments
• Planning’s unplanned troubles
• The fallacies of strategic planning
• The context and contribution of the planning school
• 4 The positioning school: strategy formation as an analytical process
• Enter Porter
• Premises of the positioning school
• The first wave: origins in the military maxims
• The second wave: the search for consulting imperatives
• The third wave: the development of empirical propositions
• Critique of the positioning school
• Contribution and context of the positioning school
• 5 The entrepreneurial school: strategy formation as a visionary process
• Origins in economics
• The literature of the entrepreneurial school
• Visionary leadership
• Premises of the entrepreneurial school
• Contribution, critique, and context of the entrepreneurial school
• 6 The cognitive school: strategy formation as a mental process
• Cognition as confusion
• Cognition as information processing
• Cognition as mapping
• Cognition as concept attainment
• Cognition as construction
• Premises of the cognitive school
• Critique, contribution, and the context of the cognitive school
• 7 The learning school: strategy formation as an emergent process
• Formation vs formulation
• Emergence of a learning model
• New directions for the learning school
• From organizational learning to the learning organization
• Critique of the learning school
• Contribution and context of the learning school
• 8 The power school: strategy formation as a process of negotiation
• Micro power
• Upper echelons theory: strategic management at the top
• Macro power
• Conclusion
• 9 The cultural school: strategy formation as a collective process
• The nature of culture
• Premises of the cultural school
• Culture and strategy
• The Swedish wing of the cultural school
• Resources as the basis of competitive advantage
• Critique, contribution, and context of the cultural school
• 10 The environmental school: strategy formation as a reactive process
• Premises of the environmental school
• The contingency view
• The population ecology view
• Institutional pressures to conform
• Critique, contribution, and context of the environmental school
• 11 The configuration school: strategy formation as a process of transformation
• Configuration and transformation
• Splitters and lumpers
• Premises of the configuration school
• Researching configuration
• Transforming organizations
• Critique, context, and contribution of the configuration school
• 12 ‘Hang on, ladies and gentlemen, you have yet to meet the whole beast’
• Of tails and tusks, plans and patterns
• Taming the wilds of strategic management
• Toward seeing the whole beast
• The hunt for strategic management
• References
• Index