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The management of strategic change
Long Range Planning, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 143 to 145, 1988 Printed in Great Britain
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The following notes on books received are not reviews. They are mainly single sentence descriptions of each book to enlighten the reader on its apparent intention. The expectation is that more books can be described to readers than has proved possible by publishing only critical reviews. The descriptive information should enable interest in the books to be raised beyond that induced by listing the titles only. However, it is recognized that a critical review can be far more informative about a book than is attempted with Review Briefs and, accordingly, offers to review any books are solicited. Having been described in Review Briefs, a review should critically examine the contents of a publication as an assessment of whether its stated intentions have been met and whether the way it achieves these intentions is attractive to the reader. It is expected that each review will require 100~1500 words and will be fully attributed. The reviewer keeps the book but Long Range Planning makes no payment. As an alternative, it may be apparent that either a single ‘milestone’ class publication or several books on a single topic could constitute a wider perspective Essay Review. This would be expected to comprise an article of some 3000-4000 words and would have a written introduction by the Review Editor. The Journal would make its usual article contribution payments to the author of an Essay Review. Readers interested in reviewing any book in Review Briefs should be prepared to offer a copy deadline some 3 months ahead which can be relied on in planning the Journal. As a matter of readership policy, reviewer preference will be given to practising managers, or planners. Your interest should be expressed as a specific request to review a book from Review Briefs, preferably giving some intimation as to why you think your review would be of interest to readers, addressed to: BRUCE LLOYD, Book Review Editor, 48 Aberdare Gardens, London NW6
Long Range 3QA, U.K.
national Labour Office study within the framework of the World Employment Programme. Its aim is first to analyse feasible alternatives to unemployment which can be implemented within the next decade, and second to assess the experience and methodologies for mediumto long-term employment forecasting of experienced practitioners in this field. The editor’s synthesis attempted to provide new insights into the more refined use of forecasting techniques, as well as yielding more information on the value of investment forecasting and further material for economic theorists and policy planners. A book for specialists, rather than managers. Nowhere are the words Enterprise or Entrepreneur mentioned. Although the subtitle of the study was ‘The Employment Problem in Industrial Countries’, little impression was given that these macro-economic model builders understand what went on at a micro level.
The Management of Strategic Change, Ed. ANDREW PETIIGREW, (1595) Basil Blackwell (February 1988), 370 pp. A29.95. This volume arose from an international research seminar held under the auspices of the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, at Warwick University. The publishers claim that the book represents one of the first major attempts to summarize and synthesize the new dynamism in key areas of business activity and that it provides a coherent, state-of-the-art coverage of the range of issues associated with the management of strategic change. They also argue that, although the chapters are written by leading academics, their intention is ‘to be accessible to the corporate executive’. It is a very thoroughly researched exercise, full of detail, but it is not easy to find the essential messages. In many ways a study more relevant to other academics (and possibly MBA students?) than the practising manager.
Planning,
Scenarios and Strategic Management, MICHAEL GODET, Butterworth Scientific (August 1987), 210 pp. E27.50. (1597) Employment Forecasting, Ed. MICHAEL J. HOPKINS, Frances Pinter (January 1988), 257 pp. A25.00. (1591) This
book
consists
of seven
papers
prepared
for an Inter-
This book was originally produced in French as Prospective et plakjication Strategiqlre in 1985 and was awarded the HarvardExpansion Grand Prix 1985. The author analyses the blending
Book
143
Reviews
Edited by Bruce
Review
0024-6301/88 $3.00 + .OO Pergamon Press plc
Lloyd
Briefs
The following notes on books received are not reviews. They are mainly single sentence descriptions of each book to enlighten the reader on its apparent intention. The expectation is that more books can be described to readers than has proved possible by publishing only critical reviews. The descriptive information should enable interest in the books to be raised beyond that induced by listing the titles only. However, it is recognized that a critical review can be far more informative about a book than is attempted with Review Briefs and, accordingly, offers to review any books are solicited. Having been described in Review Briefs, a review should critically examine the contents of a publication as an assessment of whether its stated intentions have been met and whether the way it achieves these intentions is attractive to the reader. It is expected that each review will require 100~1500 words and will be fully attributed. The reviewer keeps the book but Long Range Planning makes no payment. As an alternative, it may be apparent that either a single ‘milestone’ class publication or several books on a single topic could constitute a wider perspective Essay Review. This would be expected to comprise an article of some 3000-4000 words and would have a written introduction by the Review Editor. The Journal would make its usual article contribution payments to the author of an Essay Review. Readers interested in reviewing any book in Review Briefs should be prepared to offer a copy deadline some 3 months ahead which can be relied on in planning the Journal. As a matter of readership policy, reviewer preference will be given to practising managers, or planners. Your interest should be expressed as a specific request to review a book from Review Briefs, preferably giving some intimation as to why you think your review would be of interest to readers, addressed to: BRUCE LLOYD, Book Review Editor, 48 Aberdare Gardens, London NW6
Long Range 3QA, U.K.
national Labour Office study within the framework of the World Employment Programme. Its aim is first to analyse feasible alternatives to unemployment which can be implemented within the next decade, and second to assess the experience and methodologies for mediumto long-term employment forecasting of experienced practitioners in this field. The editor’s synthesis attempted to provide new insights into the more refined use of forecasting techniques, as well as yielding more information on the value of investment forecasting and further material for economic theorists and policy planners. A book for specialists, rather than managers. Nowhere are the words Enterprise or Entrepreneur mentioned. Although the subtitle of the study was ‘The Employment Problem in Industrial Countries’, little impression was given that these macro-economic model builders understand what went on at a micro level.
The Management of Strategic Change, Ed. ANDREW PETIIGREW, (1595) Basil Blackwell (February 1988), 370 pp. A29.95. This volume arose from an international research seminar held under the auspices of the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, at Warwick University. The publishers claim that the book represents one of the first major attempts to summarize and synthesize the new dynamism in key areas of business activity and that it provides a coherent, state-of-the-art coverage of the range of issues associated with the management of strategic change. They also argue that, although the chapters are written by leading academics, their intention is ‘to be accessible to the corporate executive’. It is a very thoroughly researched exercise, full of detail, but it is not easy to find the essential messages. In many ways a study more relevant to other academics (and possibly MBA students?) than the practising manager.
Planning,
Scenarios and Strategic Management, MICHAEL GODET, Butterworth Scientific (August 1987), 210 pp. E27.50. (1597) Employment Forecasting, Ed. MICHAEL J. HOPKINS, Frances Pinter (January 1988), 257 pp. A25.00. (1591) This
book
consists
of seven
papers
prepared
for an Inter-
This book was originally produced in French as Prospective et plakjication Strategiqlre in 1985 and was awarded the HarvardExpansion Grand Prix 1985. The author analyses the blending