TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Strategy : a history A1 - Freedman, Lawrence, kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press YR - 2013 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/vaari.1765366 AB - In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman captures the vast history of strategic thinking, how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman's narrative is moving from the advanced strategy practiced in primate groups, to the opposing strategies of Achilles and Odysseus in The Iliad, the strategic advice of Sun Tzu and Machiavelli, the great military innovations of Baron Henri de Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz, the grounding of revolutionary strategy in class struggles by Marx, the insights into corporate strategy found in Peter Drucker and Alfred Sloan, and the contributions of the leading social scientists working on strategy today. The core issue at the heart of strategy, the author notes, is whether it is possible to manipulate and shape our environment rather than simply become the victim of forces beyond one's control. Time and again, Freedman demonstrates that the inherent unpredictability of this environment-subject to chance events, the efforts of opponents, the missteps of friends-provides strategy with its challenge and its drama. Armies or corporations or nations rarely move from one predictable state of affairs to another, but instead feel their way through a series of states, each one not quite what was anticipated, requiring a reappraisal of the original strategy, including its ultimate objective. Thus the picture of strategy that emerges in this book is one that is fluid and flexible, governed by the starting point, not the end point. AB - In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman captures the vast history of strategic thinking, how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman's narrative is moving from the advanced strategy practiced in primate groups, to the opposing strategies of Achilles and Odysseus in The Iliad, the strategic advice of Sun Tzu and Machiavelli, the great military innovations of Baron Henri de Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz, the grounding of revolutionary strategy in class struggles by Marx, the insights into corporate strategy found in Peter Drucker and Alfred Sloan, and the contributions of the leading social scientists working on strategy today. The core issue at the heart of strategy, the author notes, is whether it is possible to manipulate and shape our environment rather than simply become the victim of forces beyond one's control. Time and again, Freedman demonstrates that the inherent unpredictability of this environment-subject to chance events, the efforts of opponents, the missteps of friends-provides strategy with its challenge and its drama. Armies or corporations or nations rarely move from one predictable state of affairs to another, but instead feel their way through a series of states, each one not quite what was anticipated, requiring a reappraisal of the original strategy, including its ultimate objective. Thus the picture of strategy that emerges in this book is one that is fluid and flexible, governed by the starting point, not the end point. --Provided by publisher. NO - Sisältää hakemiston. SN - 9780190229238 pehmeäkantinen SN - 978-0-19-932515-3 sidottu KW - Strategy : History. KW - Military history. KW - Strategic culture. KW - Strategic planning. KW - strategiat KW - historia KW - politiikka KW - sosialismi KW - sotahistoria KW - sodat KW - liikkeenjohto KW - yritysstrategiat KW - strateginen suunnittelu KW - strateginen johtaminen KW - peliteoria KW - organisaatiot KW - suunnittelu KW - johtaminen KW - teoriat KW - sodankäynti KW - ajattelu KW - filosofia KW - politik KW - socialism KW - krigshistoria KW - krig KW - företagsledning KW - företagsstrategier KW - strategisk planering KW - strategisk ledning KW - spelteori KW - strategier KW - organisationer KW - planering KW - ledarskap (verksamhetsledning) KW - teorier KW - krigföring KW - tänkande KW - filosofi KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. KW - Militärhistoria KW - planning KW - management KW - strategiakulttuuri KW - strateginen kulttuuri ER -