From the million-copy-bestselling author of Execution 'Ingenious . In this lively, accessible guide, Ram Charan - million-copy-bestselling author and advisor to some of the world's top CEOs - reveals that the tech giants have radically rewritten the rules of business.

Taking a truly international approach, Strategic Management offers you comprehensive coverage of all the core areas of business strategy in a reader-friendly way.

This text offers students a treatment of strategic operations management. It provides an understanding of the importance and nature of operations strategy by determining exactly which management activities, core competencies, resources and technologies underpin an operational strategy.

The examples are all internationally known retail companies, to facilitate an understanding of what is involved in strategic retail management and illustrate best practices. In the third edition, all chapters were revised and updated.

An introduction to the concepts and tools of strategic supply chain management, supported by real-life case studies and examples of best practice.

* Helps managers to understand how their organisations' performance could be improved. * Presents an overview of the advice on organisational improvement facing managers. * Classifies and evaluates various different approaches. * Highlights the relationships between strategy and capability.

Provides a comprehensive selection of essential readings, covering six key areas in business strategy: What is Strategy?; Competition and Industry Effects; Resources, Capabilities and Core Competencies; Strategic Innovation and Firm Size; Organisational Structures, Learning and Knowledge Management; and the Global Information Economy.

Written by an expert team and praised for its refreshing approach, this essential text offers a critical, holistic understanding of strategy theory and practice.

The worldwide bestseller - updated inside and out

To be a successful manager, you need to master the skills that characterize strategic thinking from examining situations to interpreting information and know how to apply those skills on the job. This title helps you learn to: understand what strategic thinking is and why it is valuable; and view strategic thinking as a process.

There are no unorganisable workers, only workers yet to be organised.

The antidote to heavy-going, complex and lengthy textbooks on studying strategy.