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Title: Strategic Management & Organizational Dynamics by Ralph D. Stacey ISBN: 0-273-61375-8 Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $62.50

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Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: So what is stable?
Comment: Stacey takes a different approach, an argumentative stand against the realms of bounded rationality. He argues the paradigm-models formerly explored by management gurus like Porter, Handy, etc. who have implored upon the usage of scientific management and logic. The truth is, humans have irrational possibilities, logic aside. We bend under stress, and we do crazy things disbelieved by others. But we as individuals each add value whether positive or negative to the system (Senge). Stacey brings this to light in this book. Chaos theory is not a theory, but merely an isometric view of systems and particles within - a holistic approach... a welcome to radical change.

Rating: 5
Summary: Unique book amongst strategic management books
Comment: I think that unlike many strategic management books which are prescriptive, Stacey's book is unique. He emphasizes that very often strategy cannot be planned, that management has to learn to cope with uncertainty as it unravels. Traditional strategic management emphasizes negative feedback, but Stacey says that positive feedback or amplification is possible and makes matters worse. He uses chaos theory to try to explain that there is order in uncertainty. He emphasizes the need for an organization to learn from bottom up, and that top-down strategic planning may not work in such uncertain situations. I fully recommend this book to anyone who wants a different perspective of strategic management.

Rating: 2
Summary: Difference between ordinary and extraordinary management
Comment: there is not strategic management but psicological beaheviour of human in every situation. complexity and incertanty are the keys words of this book and we must to be creative and innovative to deal with the unpreviusly world.