Strategy safari = Your complete guide through the wilds of strategic management [printed text] / Henry Mintzberg, Author ; Bruce Ahlstrand, Author ; Joseph Lampel, Author  . -  2nd Edition . - London : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2009 . - xvii, 396 p. : ill (b & w) ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-273-71958-8
The world of strategy can seem to be an impenetrable jungle. Strategy Safari presents a powerful antidote to the dilemma of needing to know about strategy and yet not being able to find any comprehensible guidelines.

Class number:	658.4012
Abstract:	This revised edition is a comprehensive, colourful and illuminating tour through the wilds of strategic management. In this provocative, jargon-free and extremely readable guide, top strategy authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel clearly set out and critique each of the ten major schools of strategic management thinking to help you grasp what you really need to know. Take the strategy safari -- your business will thank you for it.
Contents note:	Chapter 1 'And over here, ladies and gentlemen: the strategic management beast; Chapter 2 The design school: strategy formation as a process of conception; Chapter 3 The planning school: strategy formation as a formal process; Chapter 4 The positioning school: strategy formation as an analytical process; Chapter 5 The entrepreneurial school: strategy formation as a visionary process; Chapter 6 The cognitive school: strategy formation as a mental process; Chapter 7 The learning school: strategy formation as an emergent process; Chapter 8 The power school: strategy formation as a process of negotiation; Chapter 9 The cultural school: strategy formation as a collective process; Chapter 10 The environmental school: strategy formation as a reactive process; Chapter 11 The configuration school: strategy formation as a process of transformation; Chapter 12 'Hang on, ladies and gentlemen, you have yet to meet the whole beast References; Index.