The Passion and Discipline of Strategy

Utilises the experiences of the best companies and leaders in emerging and mature markets to highlight the necessary linkage of passion and discipline in an effective strategy process. Passion motivates and maintains a manager's focus, whilst discipline is necessary to make passion productive and effective.

List of contents

1. What is Strategy Anyway? 2. Passion and Strategic Choices 3. Discipline of Strategy Execution: Sense Making and Territory 4. Discipline of Strategy Execution: Goals and Business Model 5. The Effect of Passion and Discipline - Competitive Advantage 6. What Makes a Good Strategy? 7. Company Adrift - Inertia, Organizational Games and Unsure Leaders

About the author

Krzysztof Obloj is Chair of the Strategic Management Department at the University of Warsaw and Kozminski University, Poland. He has extensive international experience in the US, Europe and China and teaches and consults in the areas of strategy, structure and culture in emerging markets. He is a member of three supervisory boards of large companies and an advisor to the President of Poland, Bronis?aw Komorowski.

Summary

Utilises the experiences of the best companies and leaders in emerging and mature markets to highlight the necessary linkage of passion and discipline in an effective strategy process. Passion motivates and maintains a manager's focus, whilst discipline is necessary to make passion productive and effective.

Product details

• Authors: K. Obloj, Krzysztof Obloj
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349462841
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46284-1
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 10 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 253 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 180 p.
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Management, B, Leadership, Economics, Business Strategy/Leadership, Small businesses & self-employed, Entrepreneurship, small business, Economics, general, Management & management techniques, Management science, Business Strategy and Leadership, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, business;organization;strategy