~:~i<br > Strategic Management: Strategy Formulation and Implementation，<br > tion， is a book designed to introduce you to the critical busines<br > planning and managing strategic activities. It incorporates thre~<br > approaches: text， cohesion cases， and business case studies.<br > The text portion of this book attempts to provide you with a<br > up-to-date introduction to the management of strategy in the busi~<br > prise. We have tried to integrate the work of strategic managemen~<br > practitioners， and researchers with a strong emphasis on real-wor<br > tions of strategic management concepts. To further this aim， we ha~<br > ~Strategy in Action" reports in each chapter that give current e:<br > the application of key concepts by well-known business firms.<br > The structure of the text material is guided by a comprehensiv<br > the strategic management process. The model will help you acquire<br > tive-level perspective on strategy formulation and implementation.<br > a visual display of the major components of the entire process ~<br > how they are conceptually related and how they are sequenced t~<br > process.<br > The major components of the model are each discussed in depth i<br > chapters， thereby enabling you to acquire detailed knowledge a:<br > skills within a broad framework of strategic management. The<br > model is also extended to the cohesion cases and the business ca<br > where you will be guided in your case analyses to pursue disciplin~<br > atic， and comprehensive studies of actual strategic dilemmas.<br > The cohesion case offers a particularly unique feature designed<br > student and teacher of strategic management and business policy<br > taken a well-known， multiindustry firm--Holiday Inns， Inc.--and<br > the basis of an in-depth case study to illustrate in detail the app<br > the text material. To do this， we provide a cohesion case section<br >