Learning to Think Strategically
Learning to Think Strategically by Julia Sloan is an updated and revitalized edition published by Routledge in 2014, comprising 293 pages. This book serves as a primer for students, executives, and policy leaders, encouraging them to broaden their understanding of strategy beyond traditional planning models. It emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking in response to innovation and ongoing change, providing a comprehensive overview of the evolution of strategy.
Readers will discover a detailed exploration of the distinctions between strategic thinking and strategic planning, as well as the impact of culture on these processes. The book identifies five key attributes essential for developing strategic thinking skills and highlights the critical role of learning in transforming these skills into a sustainable competitive advantage. By connecting the concepts of strategic thinking and the learning process, Sloan offers insights that are applicable in both academic and everyday contexts, making this edition a valuable resource for those interested in business, management, and leadership.
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This updated and revitalized edition is a unique primer on how successful strategists learn to think strategically. The author impels students, executives and policy leaders to expand their focus beyond a strategic planning model to a more expansive and complex notion of strategy that includes strategic thinking as a response to innovation needs and perpetual change.
This authoritative book traces the history of strategy, differentiates strategic thinking from strategic planning, describes the influence of culture, streamlines the roles of rationality and intuition and identifies five key attributes for learning to thinking strategically. Learning to Think Strategically asserts that learning is the critical link to transforming strategic thinking into a sustainable competitive advantage.
Sloan presents a previously unexamined account of the relationship between strategic thinking and the learning process involved — taking learning from the academic to the everyday.
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