Strategic Management
Theory and Practice

Fourth Edition

John A. Parnell - University of North Carolina, Pembroke

Now published by SAGE!

Other Titles in:
Strategic Management & Business Policy (General)

June 2013 | 664 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Balancing theory with practice, this fully updated fourth edition of John A. Parnell’s acclaimed text continues to provide detailed, accessible coverage of the strategic management field. Taking a global perspective, the text addresses concepts sequentially, from external and internal analysis to strategy formulation, strategy execution, and strategic control. To help readers build their analytic skills as they master course concepts, Parnell aligns each chapter’s key concepts with 25 case analysis steps. Current examples and high interest cases, largely drawn from The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, illustrate the key role of strategic management in the United States and around the world. Ideal for the capstone strategic management course, Strategic Management is appropriate for a range of undergraduate and graduate courses.

Preface

About the Author

1. Fundamentals of Strategic Management

2. Industry Competition

3. The External Environment: Political-Legal and Economic Forces

4. The External Environment: Social and Technological Forces

5. The Organization: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

6. Corporate-Level Strategies

7. Business Unit Strategies

8. Functional Strategies

9. Strategy Formulation

10. Strategy Execution: Structure

11. Strategy Execution: Strategic Change, Culture, and Leadership

12. Strategic Control and Crisis Management

Appendix

Case Analysis

Real-Time Cases

Traditional Cases

Glossary

Index

Supplements

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Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:

A Microsoft® Word® test bank, is available containing multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
A Respondus electronic test bank, is available and can be used on PCs. The test bank contains multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions for each chapter and provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding. Respondus is also compatible with many popular learning management systems so you can easily get your test questions into your online course.
Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content, features, and artwork from the book.
Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content.
EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
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Our Student Study Site at https://edge.sagepub.com/parnell4e/student-resources is completely open-access and offers a wide range of additional features, including something no other publisher offers:

Interactive web quizzes allow for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.
Complete answers to all in-text chapter quizzes to help further understanding.
EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
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This is not the easiest of books to use, although once you have a full grasp of the book it does provide some interesting insights and case studies to consider.

Mr Christopher McKechnie

Scotton Hall, HM Forces

October 20, 2015

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This book provides comprehensive coverage of strategic managment. The use of timely examples clearly illustrates the role of strategy in practice.

Ms Jacqueline Harley

Dept of Health & Social Care, Chester University

December 15, 2015

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Great layout. Clearly written with strong cases.

Mr Paul D'Andrea

Management, Sacred Heart University

June 23, 2015

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Great for practical cases and examples of strategy in corporate settings

Ms Victoria Pagan

Business School, Newcastle University

June 22, 2015

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Did not consider

Dr Krishna Venkitachalam

Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University

May 25, 2015

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Well written

Professor David Fitzgerald

MASY, New York Univ Sch Cont Ed/Prof

February 9, 2015

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Very good book.
Extremely useful boom for the students - with the sections broken down clearly.

Mr Stuart Priestley

Sport, Myerscough College

February 3, 2015

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Text is a great book for students to get good information and have cases to work with.

Professor Ted J Takamura

Business Administration , Eastern Oregon University

January 29, 2015

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What we have been waiting for. A well written and well developed book, ordered for our library as a restricted - this will be never be on the shelf.

Mr Brian Boag

Faculty of Education,Health & Sciences, Derby University

May 7, 2014

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Comprehensive and thorough textbook with solid ethics and CSR material.

Professor Denise Frizzell

School of Continuing Studies, Dean College

January 21, 2014

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Key features

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

New coverage of technology, especially the Internet, illustrates technology's emerging role as both an external force and an internal component in strategy.
Updated and expanded coverage of ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) features additional material on agency theory and the CSR debate.
More than 10 new cases and 10 new Business + Strategy readings provide advanced and detailed discussions of chapter topics.
New and expanded coverage of the resource-based view (RBV) now includes more discussion on strategic capabilities.
An expanded strategic choice section (i.e., the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) and SW/OT matrix) now includes coverage of the SLSC matrix.
A wealth of additional examples gleaned from The Wall Street Journal and other sources bring the book completely up to date.

KEY FEATURES:

Global issues are covered in each chapter, discussing emerging nations and the realities of strategic management in today's global environment.
Coverage of the case analysis approach is integrated throughout the text, rather than relegated to a chapter at the end, allowing students to build their case analysis skills one step at a time.
30 brief Real-time Cases and 12 Traditional Cases feature small, private, and international enterprises representing a variety of industries.
"Strategy at Work" boxes provide detailed, real-world examples that illustrate text concepts, demonstrating the connection between theory and practice.
Coverage of crisis management, technology, and ethics give readers a strong grounding in these important, yet often overlooked topics.
Case Challenge Questions, Review Questions, Exercises, and Practice Quizzes allow students to think critically and apply new concepts.