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Sun Tzu and the project battleground : creating project strategy from 'the Art of war' / David E. Hawkins and Shan Rajagopal

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xviii, 221 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1403943214 (cloth)
  • 9781403943217 (cloth)
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Contents:
The battleground -- Laying plans -- Waging war -- Attack by stratagem -- Tactical disposition -- Energy -- Weak points and strong -- Manoeuvring -- Variations in tactics -- The army on the march -- Terrain -- The nine situations -- The attack by fire -- The use of spies
Review: ""'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu has influenced many generations of business leaders as well as strategy gurus. Yet for many people in businesses and students of management the translation of strategy into business execution remains a mystery. For the first time Hawkins and Rajagopal provide a fully comprehensive account of this work and the influence of Sun Tzu in creating project strategy effectively to translate good strategic thinking into actionable and achievable plans that will yield desired operating results. Their book will give the reader the opportunity to appreciate and benefit from the knowledge that successful implementation of business strategies are supported by excellence in project strategy execution.""--BOOK JACKET
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Includes index

The battleground -- Laying plans -- Waging war -- Attack by stratagem -- Tactical disposition -- Energy -- Weak points and strong -- Manoeuvring -- Variations in tactics -- The army on the march -- Terrain -- The nine situations -- The attack by fire -- The use of spies

""'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu has influenced many generations of business leaders as well as strategy gurus. Yet for many people in businesses and students of management the translation of strategy into business execution remains a mystery. For the first time Hawkins and Rajagopal provide a fully comprehensive account of this work and the influence of Sun Tzu in creating project strategy effectively to translate good strategic thinking into actionable and achievable plans that will yield desired operating results. Their book will give the reader the opportunity to appreciate and benefit from the knowledge that successful implementation of business strategies are supported by excellence in project strategy execution.""--BOOK JACKET

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