Business strategy Books

Book SynopsisWhat separates the most successful sportsmen, politicians, businessmen and artists from their peers? Skill and talent are vital components of success but lasting attainments can only be achieved when coupled with a truly focused, flexible and determined mental attitude. Rob Moore, best-selling author of Money, takes a deep dive through the history of ambition, entrepreneurship and competition to reveal the secrets behind the beliefs that will change your life forever.

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated and expanded edition showcases the most current research and insights, featuring a new chapter that provides a theoretical framework for analyzing organizational learning and presents evidence about how the organizational context affects learning processes and outcomes.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Organizational Learning Curves: An Overview. 2. Organizational Forgetting. 3. Organizational Memory. 4. Micro Underpinnings of Organizational Learning. 5. Knowledge Transfer in Organizations. 6. Tensions in the Learning Process and Future Directions. Index.

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Book SynopsisAlmost two decades after it emerged as an essential business tool, competitive intelligence is still finding its way. Despite its recognized importance, companies struggle to acquire the kind of intelligence they need and measure its effectiveness and value. This book provides essential tools for selecting the right kind of CI and assessing its contributions to a company's financial performance.The authors identify three fundamental, intertwined mistakes a company can make, showing how to evaluate them and repair the damage they may have done. McGonagle and Vella dissect the current state of CI, survey its evolution into five distinct yet overlapping types, develop a framework for determining which types fit special needs, and evaluate means of communicating CI up and down the line. They discuss the most common raw data source categories—the bases of support for all CI analyses—and the workings of metrics in general. CI professionals and related end users are provided with a process they can employ immediately, right out of the box, which will not only help them select the right metric but will prove invaluable as they seek to evaluate the future metrics that are sure to come.Table of ContentsOverview Introduction Does CI Impact the Bottom Line? Two Significant Categories of Competitive Intelligence Active Competitive Intelligence Active CI: The Four Divisions Which Type(s) of Active Competitive Intelligence Should You Be Using? Where Should You Look for Raw Data for Active Competitive Intelligence? How and When Should You Deliver Active Intelligence Results? Untangling the Problems of Metrics in CI Choosing the Right Measurement(s) for the Active CI You Are Using Defensive CI Is Your Firm in a Competitive Environment That Demands a Defensive CI Program? What Kinds of Intelligence Efforts Should Your Competitors Be Mounting Against You? What Sources of Data on Your Company Should You First Include in Your Defensive Program? Choosing the Right Measurements for the Defensive CI Program You Are Managing Bibliography Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThis work describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks. It takes an in-depth look at the scope of global technological change and BI.

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Book SynopsisOrganizational success crucially depends on having a superior strategy and effectively implementing it. Companies that outperform their rivals typically have a better grasp of what customers value, who their competitors are, and how they can create an enduring competitive advantage.Successful strategies re flect a solid grasp of relevant forces in the external and competitive environment, a clear strategic intent, and a deep understanding of a company’s core competencies and assets. Generic strategies rarely propel a firm to a leadership position. Knowing where to go and finding carefully considered, creative ways of getting there are the hallmarks of successful strategy.

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Book SynopsisThis book is full of the kind of information you need to run a small business successfully - whether you are just starting out, or you have an established business and you want to develop it and ensure its survival. Through a series of 'Killer Questions' the authors highlight all the important things you need to think about to make your business a success and ensure you are heading in the right direction. The book is divided into three sections: the first deals with the business owner themselves, the second addresses other people involved in the business, whether they are customers, suppliers, staff or consultants, and the third looks at the structure of and planning in the business. The informal approach and short chapters means that the book can either be read straight through or be dipped in and out of for easy reference. The authors have a combination of fifty years' business experience between them and are both currently involved in business training and coaching.Trade ReviewBord Gáis Energy Book Club recommended read'...full of shrewd psychological as well as business tips'...'insightful'This book is a well-considered treatment by authors Baker and Hession, who bring their coaching and entrepreneurial experience to bear on the subject of setting up a business. -- Frank Dillon

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Book SynopsisThis is a planner for people who are simply too busy either in their head or in their life. I designed this for me first and foremost for that exact reason, and after sharing it with a lot of people, who in turn got sh*t done, I decided to make it a thing.

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Book SynopsisThe "cognitive foundations" of strategy have received increased attention in recent years. The last decade has witnessed a dramatic rise in empirical studies that seek to document the role of cognition in strategic outcomes, and in theoretical work that seeks to systematize this relationship. Drawing on psychological foundations in general, and on cognitive representation, framing, and categories in particular, this research has made significant progress, yet remains in a pre-paradigmatic phase where polysemy and terminological variety are still the norm.This volume has two goals. First, it intends to attract a representative sample of the most significant empirical and theoretical developments in the field of cognition and strategy. Second, it intends to take stock of these developments by proposing a preliminary synthesis of the disparate advances in this field.Table of ContentsTruce Breaking and Remaking: The CEO’s Role in Changing Organizational Routines. Microfoundations of Knowledge Recombination: Peripheral Knowledge and Breakthrough Innovation in Teams. Product Conceptual Systems: Toward a Cognitive Processing Model. Cognitive Categorization and Network Perception: Cognitive Aggregated Social Structures in Opaque Networks. The Nature of Expertise in Organization Design: Evidence from an Expert–Novice Comparison. Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance: Investigating Local Requirements for Entrepreneurial Decision-Making. Category Expectations, Category Spanning, and Market Outcomes. Understanding Organizational Advantage: How the Theory of Mind Adds to the Attention-Based View of the Firm. Competitive Memory: Bringing the Strategic Past into the Present. Managerial Overoptimism in Strategy Formulation: An Associative Explanation. Managing Market Attention. Organizational Attention and Technological Search in the Multibusiness Firm: Motorola from 1974 to 1997. A Design Cognition Perspective on Strategic Option Generation. Emotionalizing Strategy Research with the Repertory Grid Technique: Modifications and Extensions to a Robust Procedure for Mapping Strategic Knowledge. Cognition, Resources, and Opportunities: Managerial Judgment, Theories of Success and the Origin of Novel Strategies. Self-Assessment, Self-Enhancement, and the Choice of Comparison Organizations for Evaluating Organizational Performance. Cognitive Neurosciences and Strategic Management: Challenges and Opportunities in Tying the Knot. Leader Longevity, Cognitive Inertia, and Performance in Organizations with Stretch Goals: Evidence from “La Royale” and its Ambition to Gain Naval Supremacy Between 1689 and 1783. Copyright page. Cognition and Strategy. Introduction. Advances in Strategic Management. Cognition and Strategy. List of Contributors.

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Book SynopsisService Integration and Management (SIAM) Foundation Body of Knowledge (BoK), Second editionhas been updated to reflect changes to the market and is the official guide for the EXIN SIAM Foundation certification. Prepare for your SIAM Foundation exam and understand how SIAM can benefit your organization!

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