- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall; 1 edition (14 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0131857770
- ISBN-13: 978-0131857773
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"Having previously read Strategy Safari by the same authos and enjoyed it for its clarity and common sense, I was keen to delve into this - their latest offering... The bytes are... short and punchy... Many are very funny, but all are thought provoking in their own way... it provides some insightful reflectons on the component parts of business strategy... a readable book that also made me laugh." --March Human Resources Magazine (circ: 28,538) - written by Kathy Osborne:
"A fun, wide ranging collection of perspectives on strategy ... This book would be good for any manager seeking fresh perspectives on strategy and wishing to break out of the 'same old, same old' way of thinking". The Value Partnership
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Strategy Bites Back is the antidote to conventional strategy books -- and conventional strategy formation. Edited by the legendary Henry Mintzberg, it contains contributions from everyone from Gary Hamel to Napoleon Bonaparte, Michael Porter to Hans Christian Andersen: essays, poems, case studies, cartoons, whatever it takes to 'free your mind' and unleash the crucial emotional side of strategy formation. Coverage includes: strategy and brinkmanship, culture, seduction; strategy lessons from your mother, from beehives, chess grandmasters, even the National Zoo. Along the way, Mintzberg and his colleagues take on the sacred cows and entrenched beliefs that keep strategists from recognizing their most powerful options. Strategy Bites Back doesn't just make strategy fun: it helps define strategies that offer huge upsides and real inspiration.
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Format:Paperback
I bought a copy of this book in January, planning to read it before a 2005 strategy session with some colleagues. You know the sort of thing; seven people in a room with a flip-chart trying to be creative and strategic without much inspirartion.
This book made me think, it made me smile and it made me think again. About what we were trying to do and how we were hoping to achieve it. Above all, it inspired me to go into our session prepared to try new things and prepared to challenge the seductively easy answers that always present themselves when you've all dutifully done SWOT plans.
Mintzberg, Ahlstrand and Lampel (the guys behind the excellent Strategy Safari) have pulled together some choice pieces of wit and wisdom on strategy and strategy making, and the parts come together to make an enjoyable whole. I loved Strategy as Little Black Dress (does your strategy work well in all situations an feel good when you're wearing it?) and The Tortoise and the Hare: a fable for senior executives.
A great read and a great little companion for creative strategists everywhere. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to give their business strategy some real bite
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I first found Henry Mintzberg's wisdom around 1990 with his book "Structures in fives" and have been a fan ever since. Even in his "serious" books he has a habit of telling things like they are without unneeded political correctness. And that is what everyone who tries to understand strategy, deserves. Now, strategy is a big monster and there are many viewpoints to it, as every reader of "Strategy Safari" know. But the viewpoints are not complete without stepping a bit outside of the theories and putting in a larger dose of humour. That is always a sign of best understanding in a field and a sign of mature culture. This book is the icing of the cake - for now.
What is particularly refreshing is that the writers are not too fond of their own voice and give room to other thinkers and writers - but not without critiques if needed. A fine book and a refreshing read.
What is particularly refreshing is that the writers are not too fond of their own voice and give room to other thinkers and writers - but not without critiques if needed. A fine book and a refreshing read.
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Extremely funny and light-harted way to understand the pros and cons of variety of strategic approaches.
I admit that it makes more to read fun if you have passed the hard-derscriptions cources for strategic methods that are "depicted" in this book.
However, I still believe that this book is worth reading as an "early warning signal" for students of (strategic) management even during college or early phase of getting-to-know strategy.
I admit that it makes more to read fun if you have passed the hard-derscriptions cources for strategic methods that are "depicted" in this book.
However, I still believe that this book is worth reading as an "early warning signal" for students of (strategic) management even during college or early phase of getting-to-know strategy.
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