ESOP course 1998

1. S TANDFORD E XECUTIVE P ROGRAMME ON S TRATEGY AND O RGANISATION EPSO ‘98

2. EPSO ‘98 : T ABLE OF C ONTENTS T HINKING vs P LANNING S TRATEGY & M ANAGEMENT L EADERSHIP & I NTENT B USINESS S TRATEGY T O C OMPETE T O O RGANISE A DVANTAGE & C HANGE S TRATEGIC P OSITION G LOBALISATION T O M ANAGE I NFLUENCE & P OWER WRAP-UP P AGE 3 P AGE 24 P AGE 39 P AGE 51 P AGE 74 P AGE 95 P AGE 111 P AGE 138 P AGE 154 P AGE 179 P AGE 206 P AGE 214

3. EPSO ‘98 S TRATEGY & M ANAGEMENT

7. STANFORD - EPSO 98 “ Frontier” Lower Cost Differentiate STRATEGY Moving [A] to the frontier (“operational excellence”) vs taking[B] a position (“strategic choice”) [A] [B]

12. Determinants of Performance STANFORD - EPSO 98 PERFORMANCE Strategy Resources Capabilities Position Environment PIE Competitors Customers Suppliers Complementors Government Social ... Organisation People Features Activities PERFORMANCE

24. EPSO ‘98 T HINKING vs P LANNING

39. EPSO ‘98 L EADERSHIP & I NTENT

51. EPSO ‘98 B USINESS S TRATEGY

74. EPSO ‘98 T O C OMPETE!

95. EPSO ‘98 T O O RGANISE

100. Organising for Performance and Growth STANFORD - EPSO 98 Trade-off Initiative Co-operation More entrepreneurial More co-operative TO ORGANISE

102. Organising for Performance and Growth STANFORD - EPSO 98 Disaggregated Firm Initiative Co-operation Market/entrepreneurial Firm Classic Bureaucracy TO ORGANISE

104. Organisational Learning STANFORD - EPSO 98 Behavioural Objectives of Design Architecture Processes/Routines Culture (Capability-based) Sustainable Competitive Advantage Initiative Co-operation Learning TO ORGANISE

111. EPSO ‘98 A DVANTAGE & C HANGE

116. Defending Positional Advantage STANFORD - EPSO 98 Evolution: industry stages Emerging Growth Maturity Decline ADVANTAGE & CHANGE