Managing Strategy Implementation

Foreword.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction: Stephen Carroll and Patrick Flood.

Part I: New Perspectives on the Strategy Implementation Process:.

1. Strategic Management in a World Turned Upside Down: the Role of Cognition, Intuition and Emotional Intelligence: Paul Sparrow.

2. Implementing Strategic Plans through Formalized Goal Setting: Stephen Carroll.

3. Analysing Strategic Activity through Narrative Analysis: Sarah Moore.

4. Strategy Implementation and Polarity Management: Tony Dromgoole and David Mullins.

Part II: Behavioural Barriers and Problems in Strategy Implementation: .

5. The Emotional World of Strategy Implementation: David O'Donnell.

6. Change Mangement and Stress: Carol Borrill and Sharon Parker.

7. Strategy Implementation in Public Sector Organizations: David McKevitt.

8. Leading and Managing the uncertainty of Strategic Change: Jean Hartley.

Part III: Key Roles in Strategy Implementation: .

9. From Key Advice to Execution: Consulting Firms and the Implementation of Strategic Decisions: Timothy Morris. .

10. The Leadership of Learning: the Core Process of Strategy Implementation: Dennis Gillen.

11. Middle Management Resistance to Strategic Change Initiatives: Saboteurs or Scapegoats?: Mark Fenton-O'Creevy.

12. Constraints on Strategy Implementation: the 'Problem' of Middle Managers: Philip Stiles.

Part IV: Barriers and Enablers to Strategy Implementation: .

13. The Primacy of Imagination: Charles Carroll.

14. Developing and Implementing Strategy through Learning Networks: Tony Dromgoole and Liam Gorman.

15. Implementing Turnaround Strategies in Strongly Unionized Environments: Niall Saul.

16. Teams in Strategy Implementation: Some Case Examples: Ken Smith and Henry Sims Jr.

Editor's Conclusion.

Bibliographical Notes.

Index.