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Business CATALOGUE 2025|2026 29978 1 48513 264 6 ZAR R586.00978 1 48513 265 3 ZAR R501.003rd EDITION 2022 Ed450 PAGESPractising Strategy A Southern African Context P VENTER & T BOTHAThere are a number of strategy books, international and local, available in the South African market. Why another one? What makes this book different?The 3rd edition of the book features a number of new chapters, focusing on strategy implementation and change management, resource allocation and responsible leadership. It also includes a more detailed coverage of managing strategic risk. CONTENTS%u2022 The relationship between general management principles and strategic management%u2022 Introducing the practice of strategy%u2022 A process perspective of strategic management%u2022 Strategising and strategists%u2022 The external context of strategy%u2022 Strategic resources and capabilities%u2022 Developing and choosing appropriate strategies%u2022 Strategy implementation as change management%u2022 The learning organisation%u2022 Resource allocation for strategy implementation%u2022 Organisational culture and strategy%u2022 Responsible strategic leadership%u2022 Organisational structure and strategy%u2022 Strategic control and risk managementSUITABLE FORAll undergraduate courses on Strategic Management as well as any manager who wants to enhance strategic skills.SUPPORT MATERIALKEY FEATURES%u2022 This publication focuses on strategy implementation and not just on the thinking and analytical aspects of strategic management.%u2022 It explores the idea that strategy is often emergent, messy and experimental, unlike other strategic management books, which unrealistically portray it as a neat, analytical and rational process. %u2022 It unpacks the recent concept that other strategists, not only just senior management, influence strategic direction.%u2022 It recognises strategy as something people do rather than something an organisation possesses. Since people are building blocks of strategy, it is a cognitive and political activity.%u2022 It uses primary research conducted among southern African top and middle managers and draws on these managerial perspectives to enrich the text with first-hand accounts of strategy experience.