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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter)

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Summary

Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to show for it？

If you read nothing else on strategy， read these 10 articles （featuring “What Is Strategy？” by Michael E。 Porter）。 We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution。

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:

• Distinguish your company from rivals
• Clarify what your company will and won't do
• Craft a vision for an uncertain future
• Create blue oceans of uncontested market space
• Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy
• Capture your strategy in a memorable phrase
• Make priorities explicit
• Allocate resources early
• Clarify decision rights for faster decision making"

This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "What Is Strategy？" by Michael E。 Porter， "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy，" "Building Your Company's Vision，" "Reinventing Your Business Model，" "Blue Ocean Strategy，" "The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution，" "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System，" "Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action，" "Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance，" and "Who Has the D？ How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance。"

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Reviews

Alimanzoor ，

Bunch of articles compiled like a book。 Each article got at least something to reflect， cherish， and of course to put into practice。 "Operational efficiency is not a strategy" - I love the fact Michael Porter stresses on Strategy。 Many entrepreneurs misunderstand this point。 In the making of strategy， many organizations end up somewhere else。 You will know what strategy is - a unique stand par excellence set by an organization that others can't copy。 That is strategy。 I think If every organizati Bunch of articles compiled like a book。 Each article got at least something to reflect， cherish， and of course to put into practice。 "Operational efficiency is not a strategy" - I love the fact Michael Porter stresses on Strategy。 Many entrepreneurs misunderstand this point。 In the making of strategy， many organizations end up somewhere else。 You will know what strategy is - a unique stand par excellence set by an organization that others can't copy。 That is strategy。 I think If every organization got the strategy right， the world would be a more innovative place。Articles on blue ocean strategy and strategy execution are superb。 You may not fully agree with certain ideas presented by the authors。 But the book would revolutionize your business thought process。 It's a good read for people and students of business， if not all。 。。。more

Lassi Koivisto ，

This book is indeed what it says to be， a collection of the top 10 articles on strategy。 These articles seem to be based on the authors books， and their key principles。 Even thought this book offers great strategic insights， I found the chapters be too narrow on the actual concepts that they represent。 Therefore this book is more for getting your feet wet on these concepts of strategy， deeper study is required to fully understand all the ins and outs of these concepts。 Looking forward to reading This book is indeed what it says to be， a collection of the top 10 articles on strategy。 These articles seem to be based on the authors books， and their key principles。 Even thought this book offers great strategic insights， I found the chapters be too narrow on the actual concepts that they represent。 Therefore this book is more for getting your feet wet on these concepts of strategy， deeper study is required to fully understand all the ins and outs of these concepts。 Looking forward to reading the other HBR's 10 must reads - maybe strategy is not the best subject to be so narrowly packed， it indeed is a complicated manner。 。。。more

Michelle ，

I had read most of the pieces contained within this text over the years， but it was good to revisit them and to also read a couple I had somehow missed。 The book generally survives time well but some concepts certainly have needed an update based on the continued evolution of the workplace。

Manaswini Condoor ，

It’s a great collection of articles and a highly recommended book for strategists- irrespective of how long you’ve been in the strategy field。 The book has innovative and applicable content and can help a lot in the current scenario of fast changing tech and role of strategy manager in the industry。

Jonathan Li ，

A collection of timeless classics。 Worth read up again from time to time。

Bethany ，

Good concepts covered in a short collection， but if you’ve gotten an MBA in the last 15 years， you’ve likely covered all the ideas。 It’s basically a how to get back on track when your huge company is spiraling out of control， complete with executive retreats to the Caribbean。

Edtin Ramasari ，

A classic， comprehensive reading about strategy and management。

Sahat P ，

Yes this book will inspire you to:• Distinguish your company from rivals• Clarify what your company will and won't do• Craft a vision for an uncertain future• Create blue oceans of uncontested market space• Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy• Capture your strategy in a memorable phrase• Make priorities explicit• Allocate resources early• Clarify decision rights for faster decision making"And this book is a collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "What Is S Yes this book will inspire you to:• Distinguish your company from rivals• Clarify what your company will and won't do• Craft a vision for an uncertain future• Create blue oceans of uncontested market space• Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy• Capture your strategy in a memorable phrase• Make priorities explicit• Allocate resources early• Clarify decision rights for faster decision making"And this book is a collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "What Is Strategy？" by Michael E。 Porter， "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy，" "Building Your Company's Vision，" "Reinventing Your Business Model，" "Blue Ocean Strategy，" "The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution，" "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System，" "Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action，" "Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance，" and "Who Has the D？ How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance。"。To many of author and perfective of this book to be feature and also to enrich our strategy perfective and side view of our strategy。 。。。more

Prashanth Bhaganna ，

Interesting readDepicts ground level issues faced by each organisation and how strategy can enable them to be more effective in achieving the long term goals

Darya ，

#bookstoread This week's pick is on #strategy。 HBR's 10 Must Reads Series from Harvard Business Review provides a lot to reflect on。 Here are my picks from the #book1。Operational effectiveness is not a strategy。 Strategy attempts to achieve sustainable competitive positioning。2。Forces （customers， suppliers， competitors， entrants， offerings） shape your strategy。3。Startegy should form long lasting company's vision。4。Great business model is proposed by strategic positioning。5。Follow blue ocean， don #bookstoread This week's pick is on #strategy。 HBR's 10 Must Reads Series from Harvard Business Review provides a lot to reflect on。 Here are my picks from the #book1。Operational effectiveness is not a strategy。 Strategy attempts to achieve sustainable competitive positioning。2。Forces （customers， suppliers， competitors， entrants， offerings） shape your strategy。3。Startegy should form long lasting company's vision。4。Great business model is proposed by strategic positioning。5。Follow blue ocean， don't enter red one。6。Clarify decision rights and ensure info flows to support strategic efficiency。7。Balanced score card is very supportive in strategic decision focus。https://www。linkedin。com/posts/dariya。。。#Book HBR's 10 Must Reads Series on Strategy#thoughtleadership #strategy #business #leadership #strategicmindset 。。。more

Haitham ，

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M。 ，

A great read from start to finish， you can agree or disagree with the ideas presented， but the reason for them and their basis of conclusion is clear， so you will always end up learning something new and gain a new， valid， point of view。

Andrew ，

Just like with all of the other HBR "Must Reads" books， this book， "On Strategy"， encourages you to think deeply about how to solve complex business problems。 This book consists of 10 articles that have appeared in the Harvard Business Review， each one carefully selected for the book based on timeliness， applicability， and overall benefit to the reader。 The real-world examples which accompany each article help the reader to apply the lessons to their own organizations so as to prevent what seems Just like with all of the other HBR "Must Reads" books， this book， "On Strategy"， encourages you to think deeply about how to solve complex business problems。 This book consists of 10 articles that have appeared in the Harvard Business Review， each one carefully selected for the book based on timeliness， applicability， and overall benefit to the reader。 The real-world examples which accompany each article help the reader to apply the lessons to their own organizations so as to prevent what seems like sometimes intractable business issues。 Yes， some of these articles are from many years ago， but are still important today。 Anyone looking to one day climb into the executive ranks of their company （or even those who are there now） should definitely read this book and those books in the companion set。 While reading this book is no substitute for an MBA， it does provide a good supplement to one's studies。 Calvin Coolidge one said that the business of America is business。 If you believe that to be true， then you should definitely read this book。 。。。more

Catgeo ，

A must read bible for those into innovation and business models

Ezzeddine Jradi ，

I started reading this book more than 2 years ago， never had the chance to finish it until today。 Ironically， two months back I was promoted to a strategy role。 I highly recommend this book for corporate management。 It has useful frameworks and insightful information。 I wonder if this book will have new version， which companies will be used as examples。

Bene Laszlo ，

A bit boring to be honest。 Michael Porter's two publications about strategy are priceless。 Lots of great insights。 The book is focused more on big enterprises， but the concepts apply to every business。 It's worth the read if you are curious about business strategy。 A bit boring to be honest。 Michael Porter's two publications about strategy are priceless。 Lots of great insights。 The book is focused more on big enterprises， but the concepts apply to every business。 It's worth the read if you are curious about business strategy。 。。。more

Teresa ，

Good book， but 2 out of 10 was read from other sources。Table of Contents1。 What Is Strategy？ Porter， Michael E。2。 The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy Michael E。 Porter3。 Building Your Company's Vision Collins， James C。 and Porras， Jerry I。4。 Reinventing Your Business Model Mark W。 Johnson， Clayton M。 Christensen， and Henning Kagermann5。 Blue Ocean Strategy W。 Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne6。 The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution Gary L。 Neilson， Karla L。 Martin， and Elizabeth Po Good book， but 2 out of 10 was read from other sources。Table of Contents1。 What Is Strategy？ Porter， Michael E。2。 The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy Michael E。 Porter3。 Building Your Company's Vision Collins， James C。 and Porras， Jerry I。4。 Reinventing Your Business Model Mark W。 Johnson， Clayton M。 Christensen， and Henning Kagermann5。 Blue Ocean Strategy W。 Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne6。 The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution Gary L。 Neilson， Karla L。 Martin， and Elizabeth Powers7。 Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System Robert S。 Kaplan and David P。 Norton8。 Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action Orit Gadiesh and James L。 Gilbert9。 Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance Michael C。 Mankins and Richard Steele10。 Who Has the D？: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko"Reinventing your business model" is also in "HBR's 10 Must Read on Business Model Innovation "。 "Blue Ocean Strategy" is from book "Blue Ocean Strategy"。 Strategy is making trde-offs in competing。 Strategy is creating fitamong a company's activities。 A well-conceived vision consists of two major components: core idology & envisioned future。Purpose should last at least 100 years， it is like a guiding star on the horizon - forever pursued but never reached。 For example: Disney's purpose is to make people happy， not to make cartoons。 Vision requires 10 to 30 years of effort to complete。 Our strategy and out mission may change， but our values never do。 Develop strategies to fulfill mission。 A mission statement informs a company's culture。 A strategy principle drives a company's strategy。 A mission statement is aspirational: it gives people something to strive for。 A strategic principle is action oriented: it enables people to do something now。 A mission statement is meant to inspire frontline workers。 A strategic principle enables them to act quickly by giving them explicit guidance to make strategically consistent choices。 GE's mission statement: always with unyielding integrity， passionately focused on driving customer success， create an environment of stretch， excitement， informality and trust。。。 The language is aspirational and emotional。 GE's strategic principle: be #1 or #2 in every industry in which we compete or get out。 。。。more

Nosemonkey ，

Classic business essays， with much that still stands - though most of the case studies are now so outdated as to risk undermining the solid theory。 Perfectly possible to get the fundamentals from Wikipedia rather than trace back to the source。

Alexis ，

Good but boringThere is a lot of great content but a bit hard to get through even though it is only short articles。 I put it down and came back to it a year later to finally get through the whole thing。

Craig Childs ，

This is a collection of the 10 best articles on business strategy published in the Harvard Business Review between 1996 and 2010。 （Each article runs about 20-25 pages each， on average。） I received this book as part of my company's Strategic Thinking training。 Several of the articles are dated but they still ask thought-provoking questions and provide useful theoretical and practical models。My favorites were:"The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" -- This is Michael Porter's 2008 upd This is a collection of the 10 best articles on business strategy published in the Harvard Business Review between 1996 and 2010。 （Each article runs about 20-25 pages each， on average。） I received this book as part of my company's Strategic Thinking training。 Several of the articles are dated but they still ask thought-provoking questions and provide useful theoretical and practical models。My favorites were:"The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" -- This is Michael Porter's 2008 update to his classic theory， first published in 1980。 Mandatory reading in any MBA course。"Reinventing Your Business Model" -- Provides a useful framework for analyzing and understanding your existing go-to market models。 Can be easily adapted for understanding the value proposition of any team inside a large organization。"Blue Ocean Strategy" -- Insightful discussion of how to think and behave in a red ocean industry vs。 a blue ocean。 "The Secrets to Successful Strategy" -- I never realized until reading this article that clarifying decision rights and enabling cross-departmental information flow is twice as important to ensure successful strategy implementation as aligning incentives and organizational structure。 I would have thought it was the other way around。 。。。more

Adam Šilhan ，

Pohledy na strategii od high-level Porterovy klasiky What is strategy přes formulování vize až k přenosu dílčích rozhodnutí na nižší úrovně a přenos strategie do běžného fungování firmy。 Pozdější kusy mi přišly už trochu roztahané。Minimálně jako námět k přemýšlení určitě hodnotné a některé věci mi přijdou relativně rychle implementovatelné v menší firmě。 Do půl roku bych chtěl aspoň něco z toho u nás zavést。

Ritvik Dhupkar ，

An excellent overview on all aspects of Strategy， including on positioning a company/ product in a market to dividing responsibilities effectively among local HQs and corporate HQs

Avory ，

Foundational articles on business strategy。 Definitely a corporate lean， but still useful for non-profit。

Michelle Gomes ，

Useful frameworks and practical insights ！

Yuan ，

Porter’s theory is more interesting。

Sujith Philipose ，

All the good articles on Business Strategy

Özkan Tezgin ，

I used this book for my Strategy class in Oxford。 Strategy could be quite boring and daunting topic to study for a finance student。 However this book will make you love strategy with its engaging and exciting literature。 Short but robust articles supported with real case scenarios。 This book will ensure you understand why strategy is the most important thing in an organisation whatever you are doing

Cameron McBroom ，

Some really good articles in this book - covering a range of different angles to consider for strategy。 I think this is a great starting point to understand strategy

Alexey ，

Books contains a high density of various strategic methodologies。 Recommended

Victor Volpe ，

Good and concise。 Presents the most important articles on strategy。 I loved how it starts on theory and ends with executional application。

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