Making Strategic Leaders
Motivated by a desire to improve the effectiveness of the development of strategic leaders, this book focuses on the individual charged with shaping strategy and leading change in organizations. It offers a new and insightful model of strategic leader cap
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Making Strategic Leaders Narendra Laljani
© Narendra Laljani 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-57749-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN 978-1-349-36721-4 ISBN 978-0-230-24863-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230248632
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For Mangho and Shanta Laljani and with an eye to the future, for Milan
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Contents List of Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 From Classroom to Boardroom: A Gap in Knowledge and Practice The problem Research overview Purpose Objectives Philosophical orientation Approach
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2 The Strategic Leader Introduction to Phase I Methodology Perspectives on strategy and the strategic process Strategy The strategic process Strategic process typologies Bridging the planning/learning divide The strategic process: A dynamic view The strategic leader Resource-based view Strategic leadership perspective Roles in the strategic process Key themes
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3 Strategic Leader Capability: A Conceptual Framework Thinking and acting strategically Orientation and animation, direction and action Strategic paradoxes Cognitive and behavioural complexity Cognitive complexity: A closer look Behavioural complexity: A closer look The strategic conversa
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