M. S. S. El Namaki
Strategic behavior is the process of formulating and expressing strategic choices. Systemic strategic behavior is behavior that expresses strategic choices that are congruent with structural business conditions. It rests on two fundamental, turbulence-prone forces: the capital resource base, and the competency profile of the organization. Capital resource base is a configuration of corporate capital resources, i.e., tangible … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: M.S.S. el Namaki | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: Strategy
Strategic Thinking for Turbulent Times
Very soon after the crash of 2008, most of the conventional conceptual and operational frameworks for strategy formulation and strategy choice ran out of steam. Five years later, as this author notes, the search is still on for more compatible models for strategy analysis, formulation, choice and implementation. In this article he offers a model and four options for applying it that he believes is … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: M.S.S. el Namaki | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: Strategy
Does the Thinking of Yesterday’s Management Gurus Imperil Today’s Companies
Ansoff’s Matrix, Porter’s Five Forces competitive analyses and Drucker’s Management By Objectives are 3 of the best known and most frequently applied management concepts. But are these vaunted concepts, incubated and given meaning in a relatively calm and predictable economic environment, valid in today’s much harsher and turbulent climate. Readers will find the answer in this article.
Content: Article | Author: M.S.S. el Namaki | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: Management