Being able to anticipate and shape the future is the goal of every leader. "Fortune favors the prepared mind," wisely advised Louis Pasteur more than 100 years ago. So, how well do modern institutions prepare? In recent decades, leaders have often been caught unaware by momentous events—oil shortages and gluts, the collapse of the Soviet empire, and technology that quickly transformed whole…
Wheelen and HungerÂ’s class-tested approach to teaching Strategy is brought into sharper focus with a new theme: environmental sustainability. By bringing the sustainability theme into focus, this text equips students with the strategic concepts they will need to know as they face the future consequences such as climate change, global warming and energy availability. Table of Contents : …
Strategy--and the planning that created it--has too often failed to deliver its promised results. The reasons for this failure are many and varied, but include an over-reliance on the "next big thing" in strategic methodology, a failure to recognize and deal with the total change that strategy requires in an organization, and an inability to deal with uncertainty. Wilson argues that strategy is…
Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures explores the allure of entrepreneurship, teaching you how to successfully launch and grow your own company through a clear and easy 4-step process. Using real business profiles of inspiring young entrepreneurs, the text provides relevant examples that are easily relatable. The 7th Edition features new experiences and/or insights from leading…
Part 1. Organizations, Management and the Networked Enterprise Information Systems in Global Business Today Global E-Business and Collaboration Information Systems, Organizations and Strategy Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems Part 2. Information Technology Infrastructure IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Informa…