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Strategic Thinking Summaries

If you only focus on your day-to-day business, you’ll soon lose your way. What’s extremely topical today might be of little importance tomorrow, or vice versa. Isn’t it time you sat down and considered the big picture?

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The Zigzag Principle

Rich Christiansen

McGraw-Hill, 2011

(7)

Blue Ocean Strategy
 

W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne

Harvard Business Review Press, 2005

(10)

Seven Strategy Questions
 

Robert Simons

Harvard Business Review Press, 2010

(8)

The Strategist
 

Cynthia A. Montgomery

HarperBusiness, 2012

(7)

The 4 Disciplines of Execution
 

Sean Covey et al.

Free Press, 2012

(8)

In Search of Excellence
 

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman

HarperBusiness, 1988

(9)

The Decision Book
 

Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler

Profile Books, 2011

(7)

The Black Swan
 

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House, 2007

(10)

The Innovator's Dilemma
 

Clayton M. Christensen

Harvard Business Review Press, 1997

(10)

Business Model Generation

Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

(9)

Kill the Company
 

Lisa Bodell

Bibliomotion, 2012

(8)

The 1% Windfall
 

Rafi Mohammed

HarperBusiness, 2010

(8)

Execution
 

Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan

Crown, 2002

(9)

Serial Innovators
 

Claudio Feser

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011

(9)

Judgment Calls
 

Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville

Harvard Business Review Press, 2012

(9)

Analytics at Work
 

Thomas H. Davenport et al.

Harvard Business Review Press, 2010

(8)

Designing for Growth
 

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie

Columbia UP, 2011

(8)

Plan B

David Kord Murray

Free Press, 2011

(9)

Resilience
 

Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy

Free Press, 2012

(8)

The Innovator's Manifesto
 

Michael E. Raynor

Crown, 2011

(9)

Competitive Advantage
 

Michael E. Porter

Free Press, 1998

(10)

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Strategic Thinking

It’s one thing to acknowledge the critical role of strategy in your organization’s overall approach to conducting business. But developing and implementing strategic thinking is an entirely different matter. Fortunately, you’ll find plenty of advice and guidance in the large assortment of getAbstract summaries that focus on strategic planning, development and execution.

Effective business strategy requires focusing on short- and long-term goals. You need to understand your market and the behavioral tendencies of your customer base. You must also assess the strengths and weaknesses of your competition so that your strategic initiatives can be quickly implemented in order to take advantage of opportunities. Strategic thinking also mandates that your workforce understands your organizational objectives and has the capabilities and resources to carry out your plans. getAbstract summaries provide keen insight into the vital role of employee engagement in the context of strategic implementation.

Strategic Adjustments

Flexibility is also an essential component of any strategic development plan. GetAbstract will demonstrate how successful companies acknowledge the possibility of change in their market or industry and are prepared to make the necessary adjustments.

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