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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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10 Rules for Strategic Innovators
 

Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble

Harvard Business Review Press, 2005

(8)

5 Future Strategies You Need Right Now
 

George Stalk

Harvard Business Review Press, 2008

(8)

A Complaint Is A Gift

Janelle Barlow and Claus Moller

Berrett-Koehler, 1996

(7)

A Manager's Guide to Project Management

Michael B. Bender

FT Press, 2009

(6)

A Sense of Urgency
 

John P. Kotter

Harvard Business Review Press, 2008

(8)

Adapt
 

Tim Harford

FSG, 2011

(7)

Adaptability
 

Max McKeown

Kogan Page, 2012

(7)

Aiming High

Colonel Jay W. Spechler, Ph.D.

Authority Press, 2000

(8)

Always a Winner
 

Peter Navarro

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009

(8)

Analysis Without Paralysis

Babette E. Bensoussan and Craig S. Fleisher

FT Press, 2008

(7)

Analytics at Work
 

Thomas H. Davenport et al.

Harvard Business Review Press, 2010

(8)

Applied Mergers and Acquisitions

Robert F. Bruner

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004

(8)

Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step
 

Paul R. Niven

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002

(8)

Banishing Bureaucracy

David Osborne and Peter Plastrik

Perseus Books, 2006

(8)

Be the Elephant
 

Steve Kaplan

Workman Publishing, 2007

(9)

Becoming a Category of One
 

Joe Calloway

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003

(9)

Beep! Beep!

Chip R. Bell and Oren Harari

Warner Books, 2000

(6)

Best Practices

Robert Hiebeler et al.

Simon & Schuster, 1998

(9)

Beyond Performance
 

Scott Keller and Colin Price

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011

(7)

Beyond the Balanced Scorecard
 

Mark Graham Brown

Productivity Press, 2007

(7)

Beyond the Core
 

Chris Zook

Harvard Business Review Press, 2004

(9)

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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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