The Cube of Strategic Management: The Distinctive Advantage of Organizations
Mihai V. PutzThe book is a quintessence of the historical theories of the various 8th fold ideas of management (Taylor, Drucker, Peters & Waterman, Covey) and applies them in an innovative new way: The author uses the cube and its 8 corners for the first time to represent 8 forms of the strategic management way of business, in that the 8 corners of a cube represent the competitive advantage of (any) organization. Their link, dynamics, symmetries, inter-conversion, and extension stay at the basis of the so-called "cube of strategic management." The symmetrical nature of the cube allows for rotation, inversion, and numerous other manipulations that contribute to the individuality of the research. The book makes use of the cubic framework in order to help readers visualize the computation of proposed management strategies"--