Developing Holistic Strategic Management in the Advanced ICT Era

From the lens of holistic systems theory, this book discusses strategic management adapted to evolving convergence in an era of advanced ICT from the viewpoint of the major management elements of strategy, organizations, technologies, operations and leadership.

To discuss corporate change in response to such advanced technology in a theoretical and empirical manner, it is necessary not only to analyze and consider individual management elements such as strategy, organizations, technologies, operations and leadership in a piece-meal manner but also to determine the research issues from a framework based on a holistic management perspective through systems theory including interaction between and among the respective individual management elements (from micro to macro elements).

Applying both innovation theory and capabilities theory, this book presents a new framework and knowledge for holistic strategic management from a systems theory lens that focuses on the issue of how major corporations can develop capabilities to achieve strategic innovation in response to the impacts of advanced ICT on corporate management.
Contents: About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsIntroductionReview of Previous Studies and a New Theoretical Framework:Ongoing Advancements in ICT and the Need for Holistic Strategic ManagementA Theoretical Framework for Holistic Strategic ManagementHolistic Strategy Dynamics — Macro and Micro ViewsHolistic Organizational Dynamics — Macro and Micro ViewsIn-Depth Qualitative Analyses and Case Studies:Strategic Innovation and Sustained Growth Through Triad Strategic Communities — Comparative Case Analyses of Advanced ICT Companies in Europe, United States and AsiaNew Business Innovation in the Telecommunication Industry — Case Studies of Telecom Carriers in the WorldNew Business Model Innovation in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry — A Case Study of SoftBankNew R&D and Manufacturing Innovation — A Case Study of FANUCStrategic Innovation System as Autopoiesis — Innovation in the Semiconductor IndustryDiscussion and Implications:Sustainable Growth Through Holistic Strategic ManagementImplications and Future Research IssuesResearch Methodology and Data CollectionIndex
Readership: Those working in industry at a leadership level, researchers working in business development. Strategic Management;Innovation;Strategy Transformation;Systems Theory0Key Features:The book presents a framework for new organizational capabilities called "strategic innovation capabilities" (SIC) that entail the dynamic integration of "dynamic capabilities" and "ordinary capabilities", and is characterized by its discovery of new value in the essence of ordinary capabilitiesThe book presents global companies developing, implementing and using advanced ICT (Apple, Cisco, Dyson, SAP, GE, Vodafone, Deutsche, Telekom, AT&T, Fanuc, SoftBank, QUALCOMM, and TSMC etc.), and analyses how these companies demonstrate strategic innovation capabilities (SIC) to bring about business ecosystems through new product and service innovations