TY - BOOK AU - Ehlers,Tienie AU - Lazenby,Kobus AU - Cronjé,Shani AU - Maritz,Rachel AU - TI - Strategic management : : southern African concepts and cases / SN - 9780627026546 U1 - 658.40120968 EH.S 2007 G.C 23 PY - 2007/// CY - Pretoria : PB - Van Schaik KW - Strategic planning KW - South Africa KW - Case studies KW - Decision making N1 - Donated by: Amira Shousha; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Strategic decision making occurs in all types and sizes of organisations, from Pick 'n Pay to the small hardware store. Many people's lives and jobs are affected by strategic decisions, and even the organisation's very survival is often at stake. In a South African business environment characterised by change, turbulence and competitiveness, strategy is even more crucial today than ever before. This book is divided into four parts. The first three cover the stages of the strategic management process, with a strong emphasis on competitive advantage, while the fourth examines two contemporary special-case applications of the theory: strategic management in not-for-profit organisations and in the global marketplace ER -