| Acknowledgements | 6 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| List of Figures | 10 |
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| List of Tables | 14 |
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| Part I Original Concepts of Strategic Management and the Evolution of Management Systems | 17 |
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| 1 Epistemological Underpinnings and Original Concepts of Strategic Management | 18 |
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| The Contingency Perspective | 18 |
| Simplicity, Complexity, and Requisite Variety | 20 |
| The Original Concepts of Strategic Management | 22 |
| Two Styles of Organizational Behavior | 22 |
| Entrepreneurial Behavior | 23 |
| Differences in Organizational Profiles | 24 |
| Strategic and Operations Management | 26 |
| Summary | 30 |
| Exercises | 30 |
| 2 Why Make Strategy Explicit? | 31 |
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| Concept of Strategy | 31 |
| Strategy and Performance | 33 |
| When to Formulate Strategy | 35 |
| Difficulties Encountered in Implanting Strategy Formulation | 36 |
| Summary | 37 |
| Exercises | 37 |
| 3 Evolution of Management Systems | 38 |
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| Evolution of Management Systems | 38 |
| Long Range Planning and Strategic Planning | 40 |
| Strategic Posture Management | 43 |
| Strategic Issue Management | 45 |
| Weak Signals and Graduated Response | 47 |
| Strategic Surprise Management | 49 |
| Choosing the Management System for a Firm | 51 |
| Managing Complexity | 52 |
| Summary | 53 |
| Exercise | 53 |
| 4 From Strategic Planning to Strategic Management | 54 |
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| Doubts About Strategic Planning | 54 |
| Does Planning Pay? | 55 |
| Design of the Study | 56 |
| Results of the Study | 57 |
| The Chandlerian Perspective | 58 |
| Four Stages of Evolution | 60 |
| Theoretical Underpinnings of Strategic Posture Management | 63 |
| Summary | 64 |
| Exercises | 65 |
| 5 Modes of Strategic Behavior | 66 |
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| Unmanaged Organic Adaptation | 66 |
| Systematic Planning | 67 |
| Ad hoc Management | 69 |
| Choice of Strategic Behavior Mode | 70 |
| Strategic Learning | 73 |
| A Map of Strategic Management | 75 |
| Historical Development | 77 |
| Environment | 80 |
| Strategy | 82 |
| Capability | 83 |
| Part II Planning Strategic Posture | 87 |
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| 6 Strategic Diagnosis | 88 |
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| Two Key Problems for Strategic Management | 88 |
| Strategic Success Paradigm | 90 |
| Strategic Aggressiveness | 92 |
| Responsiveness of the Firm’s Capability | 95 |
| *Strategic Diagnosis | 96 |
| Short and Long Version of the Strategic Diagnosis | 98 |
| Validation of the Strategic Success Paradigm | 98 |
| Conceptual Map of the Book | 100 |
| Summary | 101 |
| Exercises | 102 |
| 7 Concept of Organizational Capability | 103 |
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| Functional Capability | 103 |
| Evolution of General Management Capability | 105 |
| Definition of General Management Capability | 109 |
| General Management Capability Profile | 111 |
| An Illustrative Example | 113 |
| Summary | 114 |
| Exercises | 114 |
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