Management in a Dynamic Environment : Concepts, Methods and Tools

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""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Table of Figures""; ""1 Basic Models of the Enterprise""; ""1.1 Basic Concepts of Management Studies""; ""1.2 Enterprise and Environment""; ""1.2.1 Enterprise-Specific and General Environment""; ""1.2.2 Stakeholder Concept""; ""1.2.3 Environmental Developments""; ""1.3 Enterprise as a Transformation Model""; ""1.3.1 Input - Transformation - Output""; ""1.3.2 Operational Functions""; ""1.4 Enterprise and Management""; ""1.4.1 Concept of Management""; ""1.4.2 Functions of Management""

""1.4.3 Management as an Institution""""1.4.4 Management Competences""; ""1.5 Management Methods and Tools""; ""1.5.1 Problem Definition""; ""1.5.2 Problem Processing""; ""1.5.3 Decision-Making""; ""1.6 Development Phases of the Company""; ""1.7 Explanatory Approaches to Management Studies""; ""1.7.1 Scientific Management""; ""1.7.2 Administrative Approach""; ""1.7.3 Humanistic Approach""; ""1.7.4 Strategic Success Factors - the 7-S-Concept""; ""1.7.5 Magic Trilogy as Structural Dimension""; ""1.8 Corporate Model""; ""Chapter Appendix""; ""Case study: Merger of BP and ARAL""; ""Literature""

""Notes""""2 System-Based Approach""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 System Characteristics""; ""2.2.1 Definition""; ""2.2.2 System Stability and Instability""; ""2.3 Cybernetics in System Theory""; ""2.4 Synthesis - System Attributes of an Enterprise""; ""Chapter Appendix""; ""Case study: Integration of a System""; ""Literature""; ""Notes""; ""3 Management Cybernetics""; ""3.1 Self-Regulating System - Control Circuits""; ""3.2 Enterprise as an Open System""; ""3.3 Enterprise as a Viable System""; ""3.4 Situational Relativism""; ""Chapter Appendix""

""Case study: Technology-Based Enterprise Start-Up""""Literature""; ""Notes""; ""4 Holistic Problem-Solving Methodology""; ""4.1 Problem Situations""; ""4.2 Consequences for Holistic Problem-Solving""; ""4.3 System Methodology Approach""; ""Chapter Appendix""; ""Case study: Challenger Disaster""; ""Literature""; ""Notes""; ""5 Synthesis - Holistic Management""; ""Chapter Appendix""; ""Case study: Shell Brent Spar""; ""Literature""; ""Notes""; ""6 Strategy""; ""6.1 Strategy Basics""; ""6.1.1 Origins""; ""6.1.2 Strategy and Success Potentials""; ""6.1.3 Characteristics of Strategic Thinking""

""6.1.4 Overview of Strategic Concepts""""6.2 Overview: Strategic Management as a Process""; ""6.3 Analysis of the Environment and the Enterprise""; ""6.3.1 Environmental Analysis""; ""6.3.2 Corporate Analysis""; ""6.4 Strategic Analysis""; ""6.4.1 SWOT Analysis""; ""6.4.2 Strategie Rules""; ""6.5 Strategic Framework - Vision and Mission""; ""6.5.1 Vision and Corporate Principles""; ""6.5.2 Corporate Political Process""; ""6.5.3 Corporate Policy Decisions""; ""6.5.4 Corporate Mission Statement""; ""6.5.5 Way to the Mission Statement as an Objective""; ""6.6 Strategy Development""

""6.6.1 Levels of Strategic Planning""

10.1007/978-3-8349-3748-3 [DOI]

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