Developing Strategic Thought: Rediscovering the Art of Direction-giving (McGraw-Hill Developing Organizations) Book

Stop Managing your organization and start Directing it. The difference between managing an organization and directing it is the difference between coping with present crises and formulating brighter, more profitable alternative futures. Explaining why few top managers have the training to give their businesses true direction, Developing Strategic Thought, edited by international organizational consultant Bob Garratt, forges the tools you need to make those futures come alive. With contributions from such top strategic thinkers as Henry Mintzberg, Max Boisot, and Christopher Lorenz, it shows you how to: rise above mere analytical planning to sysntesize messy, turbulent, fuzzy-edged information-and point your firm in productive new directions; sport and eliminate the root causes of poor quality, low productivity, ineffectiveness, customer dissatisfaction, wasted talent, and lack of accountability; tap insider secrets for cultivating the purpose, passion and vision you need to energize your organization; much more.Read More