Strategy safari : a guided tour through the wilds of strategic management / Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-395) and index.

"And over here, ladies and gentlemen: the strategic management beast" -- The design school: strategy formation as a process of conception -- The planning school: strategy formation as a formal process -- The positioning school: strategy formation as an analytical process -- The entrepreneurial school: strategy formation as a visionary process -- The cognitive school: strategy formation as a mental process -- The learning school: strategy formation as an emergent process -- The power school: strategy formation as a process of negotiation -- The cultural school: strategy formation as a collective process -- The environmental school: strategy formation as a reactive process -- The configuration school: strategy formation as a process of transformation -- "Hang on, ladies and gentlemen: You have yet to meet the whole beast".