Exploring Techniques of Analysis and Evaluation in Strategic Management

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
6. Scenarios made easy
   David Mercer
7. Competitor analysis
   Gerry Johnson, Cliff Bowman and Peter Rudd
8. Strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis
   Tony Jacobs, Jill Shepherd and Gerry Johnson
• Part III: Organisational culture and stakeholders
9. Mapping and re-mapping organisational culture
   Gerry Johnson
10. Stakeholder mapping: a practical tool for managers
    Kevan Scholes
11. Corporate responsibility audit
    David Clutterbuck
12. Discovering and defining the process of strategy development
    Andy Bailey and Clare Avery
• Part IV: Evaluation and choosing strategic options
13. Portfolio matrices
    David Faulkner
14. Gap analysis
    Jon Billsberry
15. Understanding and using shareholder value analysis
    Roger W. Mills
16. Corporate-level strategy
    Andrew Campbell and Michael Goold
17. Strategy and creative thinking in business
    Stephen Reid

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.