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PRACTISING STRATEGY PEET VENTER (EDITOR)
(editors) CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES T Brevis and M Vrba
om these organisations.
PEET VENTER is a Professor of Strategy at the Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) at the University of South Africa (Unisa). He has more than 25 years’ industry and academic experience in marketing and strategic management. His research interests include strategy and marketing as practice, and strategic information systems. During 2008 and 2010, Peet was a Visiting Research Fellow and International Fellow at the Open University Business School in the UK. He has published several journal articles, conference papers and research reports, and has co-authored and -edited a number of academic books.
MPORARY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
• 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.
is the distinguishing characteristic of the business environment worldwide and it affects rganisations operate and deal with change. Organisations still need to do more with less. In ed to provide for the needs of customers who, with more exposure to local and global markets, xpectations relating to the cost, quality, speed and innovation of the services and products they
This book is aimed at undergraduate students as well as every practitioner interested in strategic management.
to this global need for managing change, ‘new’ forms of organisation are replacing the ‘old’ traditional ureaucracy and presenting managers with unique challenges. Thus managers of contemporary organisations need
to take a holistic view of the changes in their environments and need to apply a completely new set of skills.
The approach towards contemporary management principles offered in this publication integrates discussions on vital managerial competencies and skills with information on traditional and essential managerial concepts that
ve been effective in the past and are still effectively used today in many business organisations.
hasis is on the vital role of human resources in the success of an organisation and the need for modern o self-actualise and embrace the practice of life-long learning.
e book:
of the history of management theory, from the Industrial Revolution to the point where the
Information Revolution
ontemporary view of general management principles and their application in modern
ary organisations that differ substantially from traditional organisations, and the mpanying these
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ational change and the role of the individual in the change process
wer, politics, conflict resolution, negotiation and workforce diversity in
orporate social responsibility and corporate governance in the
ment and gives an overview of the leading and direct role ment processes and activities
mpact of electronic media and e-business on the dividual qualities and behaviour as well as ly as an integral part of successful
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
e in the field of management
T Brevis and M Vrba (editors)
PRACTISING STRATEGY
There are a number of strategy books, international and local, available in the South African market. Why another one? What makes this book different?
PRACTISING STR ATEGY A southern African context
FIVE KEY APPROACHES:
• This publication focuses on strategy implementation and not just on the thinking and
analytical aspects of strategic management.
• It explores the idea that strategy is often emergent, messy and experimental, unlike most other strategic management books which unrealistically portray it as a neat, analytical and rational process.
• It unpacks the recent concept that other strategists, not just top management, influence strategic direction.
• It recognises strategy as something people do rather than something an organisation possesses. Since people are the building blocks of strategy, it is a cognitive and political activity.