Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business [Paperback]

Harvard Business School Press (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2005

Strategic execution drives business success. This book covers strategy from the ground up, explaining what strategy is, how to put together a strategic plan, what tools and resources are necessary to execute it, and how to measure results.

The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Whether you are a new manager seeking to expand your skills or a seasoned professional looking to broaden your knowledge base, these solution-oriented books put reliable answers at your fingertips.

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Harvard Business School Press Harvard Business Essentials The Reliable Source for Busy Managers The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Drawing on rich content from Harvard Business School Publishing and other sources, these concise guides are carefully crafted to provide a highly practical resource for readers with all levels of experience. To assure quality and accuracy, each volume is closely reviewed by a specialized content adviser from a world class business school. Whether you are a new manager interested in expanding your skills or an experienced executive looking for a personal resource, these solution-oriented books offer reliable answers at your fingertips.

Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591396328
• ISBN-13: 978-1591396321
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential guide to implementing business strategy, December 19, 2007

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This review is from: Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business (Paperback)

Too many businesses fail to make the connection between strategy and implementation. Having great ideas is terrific, but they won't do you much good if you can't execute them. Years ago, Sam Walton may have suspected that high volume and low prices would lead to extraordinary retail success, but he understood that he would need a dependable system to deliver the goods. This practical manual supplements clear explanations with sidebars that call attention to common stumbling blocks and offer useful tips, lists, charts, sample plans and forms, and with chapter summaries. The book also includes an appendix that provides worksheets, the address of a companion Web site, a glossary and useful suggestions for further reading. We believe that any executive or manager will be able to relate to the book's underlying message: If you're going to do something, do it right.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast reading - Easy understanding, July 5, 2009

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This review is from: Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business (Paperback)

This book is a nice option, if you would like to learn about Strategy.

It gives you some examples, so even if you haven't studied anything about business you will be able to learn generic strategies from it.

It doesn't provide deep details. But there are references to the original sources in the book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Insight, October 19, 2008

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Jack of All Trades (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business (Paperback)

I found this book to be a nice review of business planning and implementation. Although much of the content is common sense, it is presented in a very thoughtful and organized approach. Additionally, I found it surprising to see that the contents are almost entirely adopted as-is at the Fortune 100 company in which I work.