Corporate strategy for Irish companies / Gerry Gallagher.

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This comprehensive Irish text covers a broad range of material on managing organisations from a strategic perspective. It is aimed at both undergraduate and post-graduate business students, as well as those preparing for final examinations of the professional accountancy bodies. Subjects covered include: leadership and corporate culture; creating a vision for the organisation; corporate governance, ethics and CSR; analysis of the business environment and strategic capability; evaluation of strategic options; implementation of strategy; and leading change. This second edition is a comprehensive rewrite of the text which analyses corporate strategy in the current recession. In particular, it takes a critical view of the recent failures in leadership and governance. The text now also includes a fuller section on corporate culture, as well as greater emphasis on the use of information systems as a strategic tool in developing and implementing corporate strategy. The chapter dealing with implementation now includes a detailed section on project management.The book is written in an accessible style and from an Irish perspective, and contains up-to-date examples throughout from a wide variety of Irish companies, as well as well-known multinational corporations. This new edition also contains a set of comprehensive case studies. Case study teaching notes are available as a lecturer's resource, along with a full set of PowerPoint slides for each chapter.