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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington

December 18, 2007
I bought this book only for one reason - to pass an upcoming June 2008 ACCA Paper P3 'Business Strategy' exam. And I did! I had only 9 days allocated for this paper so my only hope was this book. Its language is very understandable, though sometimes I felt that material is too much detailed (maybe because I hadn't much time).

With the book you receive access to an online content. At that time the content was incomplete and was partly lacking business case scenarios, but the tests module was perfect. For every chapter you have many multiple-choice questions and all your answers and results are being recorded. So you can easily see where an improvement required. Also you have an option to download mp3's summarizing the content of ... Read More:

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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes

November 22, 2006
Yes, this is the best of them all, forget all the others don't even look at them, they're not worth a second glance.

I first started reading an earlier edition of this over 5 years ago after seeing someone else with it but it was big and bulky and I found it hard to carry around. At that tme I was an AAT student.

Five years on now struggling with TOPCIMA, a management accountancy exam, I bought this latest edition out of desperation and its absolutely fantastic. In between I've been ploughing through Porter's strategy books which are excellent, but this one beats those hands down. There's a wealth of information and case studies all clearly set out and easy to read. Added to this is the on line resource which is really ... Read More:

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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Media Edition: Text and Cases: Media Edition

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington

June 01, 2006
Yes, this is the best of them all, forget all the others don't even look at them, they're not worth a second glance.

I first started reading an earlier edition of this over 5 years ago after seeing someone else with it but it was big and bulky and I found it hard to carry around. At that tme I was an AAT student.

Five years on now struggling with TOPCIMA, a management accountancy exam, I bought this latest edition out of desperation and its absolutely fantastic. In between I've been ploughing through Porter's strategy books which are excellent, but this one beats those hands down. There's a wealth of information and case studies all clearly set out and easy to read. Added to this is the on line resource which is really useful. ... Read More:

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Exploring Corporate Strategy

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington

December 18, 2007
Yes, this is the best of them all, forget all the others don't even look at them, they're not worth a second glance.

I first started reading an earlier edition of this over 5 years ago after seeing someone else with it but it was big and bulky and I found it hard to carry around. At that tme I was an AAT student.

Five years on now struggling with TOPCIMA, a management accountancy exam, I bought this latest edition out of desperation and its absolutely fantastic. In between I've been ploughing through Porter's strategy books which are excellent, but this one beats those hands down. There's a wealth of information and case studies all clearly set out and easy to read. Added to this is the on line resource which is really useful. ... Read More:

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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington

May 15, 2008
Yes, this is the best of them all, forget all the others don't even look at them, they're not worth a second glance.

I first started reading an earlier edition of this over 5 years ago after seeing someone else with it but it was big and bulky and I found it hard to carry around. At that tme I was an AAT student.

Five years on now struggling with TOPCIMA, a management accountancy exam, I bought this latest edition out of desperation and its absolutely fantastic. In between I've been ploughing through Porter's strategy books which are excellent, but this one beats those hands down. There's a wealth of information and case studies all clearly set out and easy to read. Added to this is the on line resource which is really useful. ... Read More:

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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases: Enhanced Media Edition (Enhanced Media Text & Case)

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington

June 01, 2006
I used this book as main textbook on one of the units on my universtiy and I have to say that it is one of only few course books that I would recommend. It is well written in terms of structure and explaining the specific terms. It also contains many nice case studies that can help you see how the theory works in practice. Strong recommendation to all business-related students.

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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes

December 01, 1998
Yes, this is the best of them all, forget all the others don't even look at them, they're not worth a second glance.

I first started reading an earlier edition of this over 5 years ago after seeing someone else with it but it was big and bulky and I found it hard to carry around. At that tme I was an AAT student.

Five years on now struggling with TOPCIMA, a management accountancy exam, I bought this latest edition out of desperation and its absolutely fantastic. In between I've been ploughing through Porter's strategy books which are excellent, but this one beats those hands down. There's a wealth of information and case studies all clearly set out and easy to read. Added to this is the on line resource which is really useful. This edition ... Read More:

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Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases

by: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington

November 22, 2004
I found this book to be invaluable during the Strategic Management module of my DMS. Not only was it informative, but it actually made the subject interesting (a course text book that is hard to put down!?!). The case studies are in themselves of interest and they relate very nicely to the concepts that are introduced. During my written assignment (which I passed easily) I drew heavily on the concepts and ideas introduced in this publication, which includes a wide variety of references from other recognised authors that I also found very useful.
Now I am studying for the Marketing module of my DMS, and this book is even helping with this, as it helps relate strategy to marketing.
I think anyone taking a DMS or MBA will find this book invaluable.

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Exploring Public Sector Strategy

by: Gerry Johnson

October 19, 2000
I found this book to be invaluable during the Strategic Management module of my DMS. Not only was it informative, but it actually made the subject interesting (a course text book that is hard to put down!?!). The case studies are in themselves of interest and they relate very nicely to the concepts that are introduced. During my written assignment (which I passed easily) I drew heavily on the concepts and ideas introduced in this publication, which includes a wide variety of references from other recognised authors that I also found very useful.
Now I am studying for the Marketing module of my DMS, and this book is even helping with this, as it helps relate strategy to marketing.
I think anyone taking a DMS or MBA will find this book invaluable.

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Strategy as Practice: Research Directions and Resources

by: Gerry Johnson, Ann Langley, Leif Melin, Richard Whittington

August 02, 2007
I found this book to be invaluable during the Strategic Management module of my DMS. Not only was it informative, but it actually made the subject interesting (a course text book that is hard to put down!?!). The case studies are in themselves of interest and they relate very nicely to the concepts that are introduced. During my written assignment (which I passed easily) I drew heavily on the concepts and ideas introduced in this publication, which includes a wide variety of references from other recognised authors that I also found very useful.
Now I am studying for the Marketing module of my DMS, and this book is even helping with this, as it helps relate strategy to marketing.
I think anyone taking a DMS or MBA will find this book invaluable.