The Bending Moment Energizing Corporate Business Strategy [Hardcover]

This book draws upon the idea that internal and external pressures and stresses can result in a change in the shape and form of the organization, the bending moment. It suggests the importance of a holistic business strategy as a crucial part of building for success in the complexity of the market place and relates this to a range of themes and topics including mergers and acquisitions, risk management, leadership and change management.The Force of Balance Corporate Silos Customers and Competitors Business Environment Mergers and Takeovers Acquisitions Partners and Outsourcing Market Knowledge Strategic Stakeholders Strategic Stress Holistic Self-Assessment Allies Corporate Initiatives Strategic Sustainability Finance Management Goals and Objectives Planning and Processes Risk Management Leadership Tactics Change Management Visibility Collaboration Agents and Representatives Optimising Strategy Creating Destiny Testing the Temperature Adapting the Direction Building for the Next Shift

'Organizational change is an on-going requirement in response to an increasingly turbulent business environment. Managing the dynamics of that change process is the focus of The Bending Moment which provides a new angle on this pressing issue' - Professor Martin Christopher, Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

'David takes a very broad view of business strategy. He will particularly appeal to company executives and students of business administration. I don't think I have ever seen a book that covered all of the relevant areas as comprehensively as this one.' - Dr. Gunther Kruse, Scope Management (ex-Director, KPMG)

'David Hawkins has explained so well, how companies can leverage networks in their language. He describes how the shift to network- based thinking and culture is not only obvious, but necessary for survival. The Bending Moment is prerequisite reading for any organizationlcX