Strategic Management And Business Policy, 3/e

Part I: An Overview Of Strategic Management and Business Policy

1. Introduction To Strategic Management And Business Policy

Part II: Establishment Of Strategic Intent

2: Hierarchy Of Strategic Intent

Part III: Strategy Formulation

3. Environmental Appraisal

4. Organisational Appraisal

5. Corporate-Level Strategies: Concentration, Integration, And Diversification

6. Corporate-Level Strategies: Internationalisation, Cooperation, And Digitalisation

7. Corporate-Level Strategies: Stability, Retrenchment And Restructuring

8. Business-Level Strategies

9. Strategic Analysis And Choice

Part IV: Strategy Implementation

10. Activating Strategies

11. Structural Implementations

12. Behavioural Implementation

13. Functional And Operational Implementation

Part V: Strategic Evaluation

14. Strategic Evaluation And Control

Part VI: Applying Strategic Management

Case Studies:

1. Air Deccan

2. Maruti Udyog Limited

3. The Petroleum Industry of India in 2008

4. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

5. On the Job: Strategy Case of Naukri.Com

6. Reliance Retail

7. Food World

8. Banking on Paradise

9. the Internationalisation Strategy of Wipro in Europe

10. A Strategy Case of the Rajasthan Shiksha Karmi Project

New Features

? The book presents the concepts, techniques, and applications of strategic management in a lucid and learner-friendly manner and fully meets the requirements of the students of management. ? The extensive revision is aimed at making the book shift its focus from ?business policy issues? to ?strategic management issues? as per the needs of the time. The salient features of this edition are as follows: ? Title changed from ?Business Policy and Strategic Management? to ?Strategic Management and Business Policy? ? One out the six parts of the book devoted exclusively to cases ? Also cases at the beginning and end of each chapter ? A total of 4 industry profiles from India among the cases ? Food Processing Industry, Retailing Industry, Mobile Telecom Industry, Oil and Gas Industry ? More than 90% of the exhibits in the earlier edition have either been replaced or rewritten ? Wide coverage of different types organizations - Private family owned, Professionally managed, Public sector, NGOs, Co-operatives etc. ? Emphasis on strategic management in the context of globalization ? including an extensive section on internationalization strategies ? Emphasis on strategic management in the context of information technology ? including an extensive section on digitalization ? Discussion of latest theories of strategic management ? Resource-based view, dynamic cabilities, business odeling, business intelligence systems etc. ? Reference to research work on strategic management in th Indian context