Essentials of Strategic Management: The Quest for Competitive Advantage

by John E. Gamble, Arthur A. Thompson Jr., Margaret A. Peteraf

Essentials of Strategic Management responds head-on to the growing requests by business faculty for a concisely-written strategic management text that’s robust and theory-driven and supported with a compelling collection of cases. This text was written with four objectives in
1) Although relatively brief in length, the text provides students with an up-to-date and thorough understanding of essential strategic management concepts and analytic tools;
2) It simplifies the task of demonstrating student learning through course embedded assessment;
3) The concepts are supported by contemporary, well-written cases involving headline strategic issues; and lastly,
4) The text serves as the theoretical foundation of a teaching approach incorporating a business strategy simulation.

Genres: Business, Textbooks, Management

560 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Yari]

Excellent resource on strategic management and specifically crafting and executing strategy. Read this for a class at Liberty University.