I enjoyed this safari through strategic management. It highlighted a lot of assumptions I never quite understood before, gave me great ideas for fiction, and gave me ideas for courses of action as a PhD learner - and may well inform my dissertation. ( )

Very well-developed book, based on the review of tons of material. The authors mentioned they may be somewhat biased to certain schools of thought on strategy. It shows, but the coverage of the different approaches and theories and the schools they've grouped them into is generally well-rounded. The coverage of each school share a similar breakdown, including how the theories developed and by whom, examples of studies, key premises, and good and bad points of each school. They also compare and discussion general aspects of strategy and how the different schools compare. Gets a bit heavy for someone not deeply into strategy formation, but is mostly easy to read and even funny in parts. ( )

http://www.shearonforschools.com/Strategy_Safari.htm ( )

Informative but humorous treatment of strategic scools of thought. Use of Saxe's poem of the blind men (sic) and the elephant to show that "we need them all". ( )

In this comprehensive book on corporate strategies the authors survey ten schools of thought on strategy, bringing many different perspectives to the table. Strategy Safari is well-written with many examples to illustrate concepts. It is a good starting place for anyone interested in the subject.