Strategy Safari: The complete guide through the wilds of strategic management (2nd Edition)

Certainly one of the best books I ever read about Strategic Management! Mintzberg, Ahlstrand and Lampel succeeded in providing a comprehensive overview about strategic management. Most text book on strategic management are focusing on a general introduction to Strategic Management, internal/external analysis, strategic options, strategy formation and the like. Mintzberg and colleagues turn this approach around and focus on "schools of thoughts" rather than the mentioned linear approach. This helped me to gain a much better overall understanding over the subject by seeing the different perspectives. Furthermore the authors do not only "blindly" depict the major concepts and thinkers on strategy, but give to each school of thoughts their own advantages and disadvantages. Certainly one might not always agree on their comments but it makes the reader think and form his/her own opinion. I guess this is an indented outcome by the authors. What I further liked is the detailed referencing to academic work. This gives the chance to dig even deeper into the topic if necessary respectively wished. Last but not least a word of caution: For practitioners who look for a practical guide and a quick-fix to their strategic problems might be disappointed.

I'm a participant of a master programme in enterprise architecture at inno.com and this book has given me a tremendous and fast insight in the evolution of strategic thinking. I consider this a must read for everyone who wants to understand how different people look at strategic thinking over time. It is not imposing anything but is excellent in helping you to get a personal view on how to see strategy. A must have & a must read !

Other than Porter, MBA students are likely to hear Mintzberg mentioned more than any other author. It's a great book that breaks down two decades of research on strategy, categorizing them into ten schools; then gives the pros & cons of each.

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My appreciation of this book is beyond words. The book title states that it's "Your complete guide..." which I cant agree more. The elaborations, the short cases, the cartoons and the graphs are all excellent. IMHO, it's a must for any senior managers, consultants and academics (so their students dont have to go through the same torture I got from attending "Corporate Strategy" in my MBA studies, though the professors/lectures may want to keep this brilliant shortcut to themselves. In short, highly recommended!

Too much personal infliction in the writings.

Extremely frustrated that this 2nd edition is not available on Kindle! Amazon please apply some of your market power to convince this publisher to do the right thing and make 2nd edition available electronically. Current Kindle version is copyright 1998 - pathetic.

Dr. Mintzberg is a genius, and a bit of an iconoclast (in a good way). This is a must read for those who long for the truth about strategic planning.

主要な戦略マネジメントを整理してあり、統合的に理解できます。内容については、初版について多くのレビューがありますのでそちらを参考にしてください。ここでは初版と新版の比較を中心に、経営実務者・学習者の視点からレビューします。 筆者によれば、主に、“dynamic capabilities” “relationship between cognition and competition” “real options” “impact of top and middle-management on strategic decision making” “strategy-as-practice movement”を書き加えたとしています。 基本的な内容はほとんど変更されていません。微修正とコラム追加が主ですが、Configuration Schoolと最後のまとめはやや大きく加減されています。 本の校正は変わりました。小見出し、中見出しが増え、フォント割振りが変わり、パラグラフ配置が変わりました。今風の構成でずっと学習しやすくなりました。またキーフレーズを欄外に抜出すことにより、初版の単調さが消え、読んでいて飽きにくくなりました。 すでに内容を理解し、実務にとりこめている人は、更新版を購入する必要はないかもしれません。Design、Planning、Positioningの各スクールには変更が殆どないかからです。以前初版を読んでわけがわからなかったのであれば、新版を再読する価値があります。キーフレーズが明示されていてずっと理解しやすくなりました。それでも読み切るのは大変です。もしこれから学習するのなら、新版のほうがずっとわかりやすく、お勧めです。 「戦略サファリ」翻訳版にも、新版の内容を取り込んでほしいと思います。また、これからミンツバーグについて書かれる専門家のかたには、新版でなぜこのような情報追加、修正が行われたか、解説をしてほしいと思います。経営環境変化に対応して、主張をすこしずつ修正する学者が多い中、これほど変化させない人も珍しいと思います。よろしくお願いします。

Delivery: 5 stars Book: 3 stars the book is interesting and I advice it to students like me (I study Engineering management)

This is an excellent kick-start for the imaginative strategic leader. Mintzberg, et al deliver on every aspect of building excitement for strategic leadership practice and the exploration of the environments where strategic leadership can influence organizations most completely. A must read if you are looking to practice strategioc leadership beyond the bare principles addressed in texts and business journals.

Habe einiges gelesen zu den Thema. Mintzbergs Buch ist das Beste was mir untergekommen ist

A solid, historical journey which provides a broader context to the often messy subject of strategic management. Challenges traditionally held viewpoints, which still form part of the core of an MBA strategy syllabus. Will help the MBA student think outside of the 'tool kits' that they have been instructed to use, by suggesting fallacies in the way these tool kits attempt to decipher the present, and construct options for the future. An invaluable resource to truly encourage broader, self questioning thinking.