The CIMA handbook of strategic management - John L Thompson

This CIMA handbook offers all managers an insight into the most important issues in strategic management for the 1990s, and should give financial managers a practical grasp of their role in developing and implementing business strategy.;The handbook focuses on the importance of strategic management using case studies and practical examples from a wide range of organizations. Linking strategy development into planning, budgeting, and control, it offers guidance on corporate and business strategy from its conception to implementation and assessment. All the papers have been specially written to provide a good balance of theory and application. A number of papers look at strategy purely from the perspective of the finance function. The handbook divides strategic management into three strands - content, process, and challenges.;This text is suitable for senior finance and other strategic managers, accountants, CIMA members and member organizations, CIMA Stage Four students, and postgraduate students.