Thinking Strategically in Turbulent Times: An Inside View of Strategy Making: An Inside View of Strategy Making [Hardcover]

An emergent approach to organizational strategy making assumptions that few organizations actually realize the goal of deliberative, top-down strategic planning, and that effective strategy making occurs on a continual basis and is a shared activity of the entire organization. This innovative book provides the first in-depth look at how real organizations are formulating and implementing strategic change under this new paradigm. The authors have dug deep into three large and varied organizations (Hewlett-Packard, the California State University system, and the County of Los Angeles) and identified each one's efforts to develop a new strategic planning process better-suited to match the current pace of change and environmental unpredictability. The book is filled with vignettes, quotes, and real-world examples that illustrate the trend toward faster, more adaptive strategic planning processes. It is relevant for a wide range of business, governmental, and non-profit settings, and should be required reading in any course on strategic planning.Provides a look at how real organizations are formulating and implementing strategic change. This book is filled with vignettes, quotes, and real-world examples that illustrate the faster, more adaptive strategic planning processes. It is relevant for a range of business, governmental, and non-profit settings.Chapter 1 Introduction: The Contextual Framework; Chapter 2 Thinking Strategically at Hewlett-Packard; Chapter 3 Thinking Strategically in Los Angeles County; Chapter 4 Thinking Strategically at the California State University; Chapter 5 When Sectors Collide; epi Epilogue;Alan M. Glassman is professor of management and director of the Center for Management and Organization Development at California State University, Northridge. He received his doctorate in labor relations with cognate areas in social psychology and organizational theory/behavior from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research interests focus olCM