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Corporate strategy in construction : understanding today's theory and practice / Steven McCabe.

By: McCabe, Steven.
Publisher: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781405159128 (pbk.); 140515912X (pbk.).Subject(s): Construction industry -- Management | Strategic planningDDC classification: 624.0684
Contents:
Strategic management theory: its origins, development and relevance to contemporary organisations -- A short socio-historical analysis of the development of the British construction industry -- Understanding the environment: markets and competition -- Strategy and its connection with consumers and customers: the keys to success -- Developing and maintaining organisational resources: the basis for delivering strategy -- Organisation[al] matters: a strategic perspective of the importance of how to manage people -- Knowledge, innovation and technology: the keys to the future -- Change: the only constant in strategy -- Considering the development of strategic options -- Implementing the strategy: issues, dilemmas and delivery of strategic outcomes -- Turning theory into practice: some empirical examples of strategy in construction organisations.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-299) and index.

Strategic management theory: its origins, development and relevance to contemporary organisations -- A short socio-historical analysis of the development of the British construction industry -- Understanding the environment: markets and competition -- Strategy and its connection with consumers and customers: the keys to success -- Developing and maintaining organisational resources: the basis for delivering strategy -- Organisation[al] matters: a strategic perspective of the importance of how to manage people -- Knowledge, innovation and technology: the keys to the future -- Change: the only constant in strategy -- Considering the development of strategic options -- Implementing the strategy: issues, dilemmas and delivery of strategic outcomes -- Turning theory into practice: some empirical examples of strategy in construction organisations.