false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172037426m/134254.jpg 134254 6 Strategy making is considered the high point of managerial activity. But bombarded by fads and fixes, most managers have been groping blindly to get their arms around the proverbial elephant. Now Henry Mintzberg, author of the award-winning <I>The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning,</I> has teamed up with Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel to create a powerful antidote: a comprehensive and illuminating -- as well as colorful -- tour through the fields of strategic management. Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel have shaped each of ten different approaches into a coherent school of strategy formation. In the process, the authors clarify the enormous amount of confusion that exists. <P> The result is a <I>tour de force:</I> a brilliant, penetrating primer on business strategy that is, at the same time, immensely readable and fun. The authors provide a thorough critique of the contributions and limitations of each school -- from the design, planning, positioning, entrepreneurial, and cognitive schools to the learning, power, cultural, environmental, and configurational schools -- culminating in how they might combine to reveal that elephant. <P> Unique, insightful, and essential, <I>Strategy Safari</I> is the indispensable guide for the creative manager. 129343 1998 Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Mangament total:35|5:12|4:12|3:9|2:1|1:1| 35 138 63 4 0 0 false false Mon Jan 19 15:04:23 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:05:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:26:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:28:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 11:54:35 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 22 07:27:14 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Sep 29 22:59:41 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 23:00:53 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 11:40:51 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:40:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 24 04:41:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 04:41:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 13:41:15 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 15:49:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 09:13:33 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:13:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 02:45:33 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:56:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 09 04:51:16 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 04:51:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 21 17:48:13 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:57:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 20:56:37 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:56:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 29 10:17:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 10:17:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 22 13:57:44 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 13:57:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 10 01:16:36 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 01:16:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 26 02:53:25 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 02:53:25 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 21:35:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 21:35:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Feb 15 07:33:17 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:33:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 13:47:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:47:48 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 13:13:49 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:13:49 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=134254