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January 2015
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322
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978-1-4533-6951-7

Mastering Strategic Management

Version 1.1
By Dave Ketchen and Jeremy Short

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Mastering Strategic Management, v. 1.1

 

Dave Ketchen and Jeremy Short

WHAT'S NEW IN 1.1:

    • MASTERING THE EVIDENCE:

Each chapter now includes one or more “Research Roundups.” A brief paragraph is used to summarize the findings of cutting-edge business research and to explain the implications of the findings.

    • MASTERING ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGIES:

Each chapter now includes one or more “Small Business Spotlights.” Here we focus on small businesses that have devised unique innovations in order to succeed. This material helps students understand how small firms can make a big impact.

    • MASTERING THE MOMENT:

Keeping a textbook current is essential. Each chapter in this new edition features updated cases and fresh examples. All material has been thoroughly reviewed by the authors and other leading academics to ensure that students have the most current and relevant knowledge.

In writing Mastering Strategic Management, the authors' goals were clear and simple:


  • Enhance student engagement in strategic management courses.
  • Create a better teaching experience for professors.

This textbook is suitable for these courses: Strategic Management

This textbook is suitable for 2 and 4 year institutions.

PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES:

    • VISUAL ADAPTATIONS OF KEY CONCEPTS:

It is well documented that many of today’s students are visual learners. Therefore, this textbook contains multiple graphic concept pages in every section of every chapter of the book. Think of graphic concept pages as almost like infographics for key concepts in each section. This feature sets Mastering Strategic Management apart from any strategic management book on the market today.

    • REAL WORLD COMPANY EXAMPLES:

Utilizing well-known, currently operating corporations such as Apple helps students harness the conceptual coverage of the chapter in a relatable application for students.

    • STRATEGY AT THE MOVIES:

This feature, in each chapter, links course concepts with a popular motion picture. In Chapter 1, for example, the authors describe how “The Social Network” illustrates intended, emergent, and realized strategies.

    • CUSTOMIZABILITY:

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  • About the Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dedications
  • Preface

    • Chapter 1: Mastering Strategy: Art and Science

  • 1.1 Defining Strategic Management and Strategy
  • 1.2 Intended, Emergent, and Realized Strategies
  • 1.3 The History of Strategic Management
  • 1.4 Understanding the Strategic Management Process
  • 1.5 Conclusion

    • Chapter 2: Leading Strategically

  • 2.1 Vision, Mission, and Goals
  • 2.2 Assessing Organizational Performance
  • 2.3 The CEO as Celebrity
  • 2.4 Entrepreneurial Orientation
  • 2.5 Conclusion

    • Chapter 3: Evaluating the External Environment

  • 3.1 The Relationship between an Organization and Its Environment
  • 3.2 Evaluating the General Environment
  • 3.3 Evaluating the Industry
  • 3.4 Mapping Strategic Groups
  • 3.5 Conclusion

    • Chapter 4: Managing Firm Resources

  • 4.1 Resource-Based Theory
  • 4.2 Intellectual Property
  • 4.3 Value Chain
  • 4.4 Beyond Resource-Based Theory: Other Views on Firm Performance
  • 4.5 SWOT Analysis
  • 4.6 Conclusion

    • Chapter 5: Selecting Business-Level Strategies

  • 5.1 Understanding Business-Level Strategy through “Generic Strategies”
  • 5.2 Cost Leadership
  • 5.3 Differentiation
  • 5.4 Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation
  • 5.5 Best-Cost Strategy
  • 5.6 Stuck in the Middle
  • 5.7 Conclusion

    • Chapter 6: Supporting the Business-Level Strategy: Competitive and Cooperative Moves

  • 6.1 Making Competitive Moves
  • 6.2 Responding to Competitors’ Moves
  • 6.3 Making Cooperative Moves
  • 6.4 Conclusion

    • Chapter 7: Competing in International Markets

  • 7.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Competing in International Markets
  • 7.2 Drivers of Success and Failure When Competing in International Markets
  • 7.3 Types of International Strategies
  • 7.4 Options for Competing in International Markets
  • 7.5 Conclusion

    • Chapter 8: Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies

  • 8.1 Concentration Strategies
  • 8.2 Vertical Integration Strategies
  • 8.3 Diversification Strategies
  • 8.4 Strategies for Getting Smaller
  • 8.5 Portfolio Planning and Corporate-Level Strategy
  • 8.6 Conclusion

    • Chapter 9: Executing Strategy through Organizational Design

  • 9.1 The Basic Building Blocks of Organizational Structure
  • 9.2 Creating an Organizational Structure
  • 9.3 Creating Organizational Control Systems
  • 9.4 Legal Forms of Business
  • 9.5 Conclusion

    • Chapter 10: Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility

  • 10.1 Boards of Directors
  • 10.2 Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility
  • 10.3 Understanding Thought Patterns: A Key to Corporate Leadership?
  • 10.4 Conclusion
    • Instructor’s Manual

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    Dave Ketchen Auburn University

    Dave Ketchen serves as Lowder Eminent Scholar and Professor of Management at Auburn University. An award-winning educator, Ketchen has taught Strategic Management, Principles of Management, and Franchising. His research interests include strategic management, entrepreneurship, research methods, and strategic supply-chain management. He has published more than one hundred thirty articles in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, and Strategic Management Journal. He has served on thirteen editorial boards, including those of Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Management Studies. He has served as associate editor for seven journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Organizational Research Methods. Ketchen serves on the teaching team for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at Florida State University, has acted as an expert witness, and has assisted a variety of private and public sector entities with strategic planning. He is the former chair of the board of directors for the Alabama Launchpad (a statewide business plan competition) and served on the Steering Committee for the Michelin Development–East Alabama (an entity that provided low-interest loans to fuel job creation).

    Jeremy Short University of North Texas - Denton

    Jeremy Short (PhD Louisiana State University) is the G. Brint Ryan Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of North Texas. His research examines crowdfunding and the drivers of business performance in both entrepreneurial and larger firms. Jeremy’s teaching expertise was recognized with the Regent’s Award for Superior Teaching when he was on faculty at the University of Oklahoma. Jeremy has also written several traditional and unorthodox low-cost textbooks including a graphic novel focusing on management and entrepreneurship (Atlas Black: The Complete Adventure), as well as a graphic novel focusing on franchising and family business (Tales of Garcón: The Franchise Players). Jeremy was inducted as a Southern Management Association Fellow on several factors, including the publication more than 100 articles and book chapters in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Academy of Management Learning and Education, and Journal of Business Venturing. His work has also been featured in media outlets such as CNBC, Forbes, Scientific American Mind, The Wall Street Journal, BizEd, Franchise Times, Tulsa World, and The Oklahoman. Jeremy also served as editor for several leading journals including Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Organizational Research Methods, and Family Business Review. 

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