Exploring Techniques of Analysis and Evaluation in Strategic Management

VĂ©ronique Ambrosini, Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998, 284 pages

ISBN: 0-13-570680-7

Keywords: Strategy

Last modified: July 29, 2021, 9:07 a.m.

Exploring Techniques of Analysis and Evaluation in Strategic Management is the first book to be published in the Johnson/Scholes Exploring Corporate Series. The series aims to expand the coverage of issues from Exploring Corporate Strategy by providing further depth and/or focusing on specific issues or sectors. Like the main book this will be done in a practical and applied way while drawing on best practices from researchers, writers and practitioners.

This book has been developed with the assistance of the Strategic Planning Society. It contains 17 chapters, of which 6 are written by the Strategic Planning Society's Workshop Leaders. These chapters are practical rather than conceptual, and each one deals with an individual tool or technique that is useful for effective strategic management. The tools and techniques fall into four main categories which help the reader to:

  • Analyse organisational resources and capabilities
  • Analyse the business environment
  • Analyse organisational culture and stakeholders
  • Evaluate and choose strategic options

Exploring Techniques of Analysis and Evaluation in Strategic Management is fully cross-referenced to Exploring Corporate Strategy, which makes it an ideal complement to this book. It can be used by students and practising managers who would like to gain a further insight into the tools and techniques of strategy.

    • Strategy in action — illustrations and case studies
    • Foreword
    • Preface
  • Part I: Organisational resources and capabilities
    1. Getting to know your organisation's core competences
      Mahen Tampoe
    2. Understanding and using value chain analysis
      Andrew Shepherd
    3. Strategic financial accounting for analysing performance and resources
      Tony Grundy
    4. Comparative analysis: benchmarking
      Geoff Tomlinson
    5. A 'patient focus review' of surgical services: Business process re-engineering in health care
      Stuart D. Francis and Patrick G. Alley
  • Part II: The Business environment
    1. Scenarios made easy
      David Mercer
    2. Competitor analysis
      Gerry Johnson, Cliff Bowman and Peter Rudd
    3. Strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis
      Tony Jacobs, Jill Shepherd and Gerry Johnson
  • Part III: Organisational culture and stakeholders
    1. Mapping and re-mapping organisational culture
      Gerry Johnson
    2. Stakeholder mapping: a practical tool for managers
      Kevan Scholes
    3. Corporate responsibility audit
      David Clutterbuck
    4. Discovering and defining the process of strategy development
      Andy Bailey and Clare Avery
  • Part IV: Evaluation and choosing strategic options
    1. Portfolio matrices
      David Faulkner
    2. Gap analysis
      Jon Billsberry
    3. Understanding and using shareholder value analysis
      Roger W. Mills
    4. Corporate-level strategy
      Andrew Campbell and Michael Goold
    5. Strategy and creative thinking in business
      Stephen Reid

Reviews

Exploring Techniques of Analysis and Evaluation in Strategic Management

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Very Good ******** (8 out of 10)

Last modified: May 21, 2007, 3:04 a.m.

An excellent complement to J&S classical text. It is something as uncommon as a practical text on how to use the theoretical frameworks that normally are taught to MBAs.

If you miss it, it is your loss. If you buy it, I can promise you that you will not be disappointed. Excellent value for the money.

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