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Saylor URL:http://www.saylor.org/booksSaylor.org1This text was adapted by The Saylor Foundation under aCreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Licensewithoutattribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee.
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Saylor URL:http://www.saylor.org/booksSaylor.org2PrefaceTeaching strategic management classes can be a very difficult challenge for professors. In mostbusiness schools, strategic management is a “capstone” course that requires students to draw oninsights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, andaccounting) to understand how top executives make the strategic decisions that drive whetherorganizations succeed or fail. Many students have very little experience with major organizationalchoices. This undermines many students’ engagement in the course.Our book is designed to enhance student engagement. A good product in any industry matches whatcustomers want and need, and the textbook industry is no exception. It is well documented thatmany of today’s students are visual learners. To meet students’ wants and needs (and thereby createa much better teaching experience for professors), our book offers the following:!Several graphic displays in each chapter that summarize key concepts in a visuallyappealing format.Chapter 1 “Mastering Strategy: Art and Science”, for example, offers graphicdisplays on (1) the “5 Ps” of strategy; (2) intended, emergent, and realized strategies; (3) strategy inancient times; (4) military strategy; and (5) the evolution of strategic management as a field of study.The idea for the graphic displays was inspired by the visually rich and popular series on businesspublished by DK Publishing.!Rich, illustrative examples drawn from companies that are relevant to manystudents.As part of our emphasis on examples, each chapter uses one company as an ongoingexample to bring various concepts to life. InChapter 1 “Mastering Strategy: Art and Science”, Apple isused as the ongoing example.!A “strategy at the movies” feature in each chapter that links course concepts with apopular motion picture.InChapter 1 “Mastering Strategy: Art and Science”, for example, wedescribe howThe Social Networkillustrates intended, emergent, and realized strategies.Politicians in many states are paying more and more attention over time to the cost of a collegeeducation, including the high prices of most textbooks. It is therefore reasonable to expect an ever-increasing number of professors to seek modestly priced textbooks. Professors still want to be
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