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Summary:
This comprehensive textbook on managing organisations from a strategic perspective covers a broad range of topics, from leadership and organisational culture through to the evaluation of strategic options and the implementation of strategy.
Publisher: Chartered Accountants Ireland
ISBN: 9781917822367
Published: September, 2026.
Format: Paperback, 666 pages.
It is aimed at both undergraduate and post-graduate business students, as well as those preparing for final examinations of the professional accountancy bodies.
Subjects covered include:
leadership and organisational culture;
creating a vision for the organisation;
corporate governance, business ethics and ‘environmental, social and governance’ (ESG);
analysis of the business environment and strategic capability;
evaluation of strategic options;
implementation of strategy; and
leading change.
Each chapter in this fourth edition includes updated examples, illustrations and references throughout. The importance of good governance and leadership for effective corporate strategy is highlighted, including the evolution of ‘ESG’ from corporate social responsibility, and its contemporary application. This new edition also features pervasive analysis of how digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, can be used as tools in developing and implementing strategy.
Written in an accessible style and from an Irish perspective, this textbook presents up-to-date examples from a wide variety of Irish organisations and well-known multinational corporations, as well as an appendix of 16 case studies, six of which are wholly new, for students to analyse and discuss.
About the Author:
Gerry Gallagher is Managing Director of GBCL Governance Ltd, which provides consulting services in corporate governance and strategy for a wide variety of organisations. Previously, Gerry lectured in the Munster Technological University for two decades at undergraduate level as well as on the Master of Business and MBA programmes. He also taught on the Final Admitting Examination programme of CAI. Gerry is a former Irish Army officer with experience in operational units, Army Headquarters and on active service with the United Nations in Lebanon.
Summary:
This comprehensive textbook on managing organisations from a strategic perspective covers a broad range of topics, from leadership and organisational culture through to the evaluation of strategic options and the implementation of strategy.
Publisher: Chartered Accountants Ireland
ISBN: 9781917822367
Published: September, 2026.
Format: Paperback, 666 pages.
It is aimed at both undergraduate and post-graduate business students, as well as those preparing for final examinations of the professional accountancy bodies.
Subjects covered include:
leadership and organisational culture;
creating a vision for the organisation;
corporate governance, business ethics and ‘environmental, social and governance’ (ESG);
analysis of the business environment and strategic capability;
evaluation of strategic options;
implementation of strategy; and
leading change.
Each chapter in this fourth edition includes updated examples, illustrations and references throughout. The importance of good governance and leadership for effective corporate strategy is highlighted, including the evolution of ‘ESG’ from corporate social responsibility, and its contemporary application. This new edition also features pervasive analysis of how digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, can be used as tools in developing and implementing strategy.
Written in an accessible style and from an Irish perspective, this textbook presents up-to-date examples from a wide variety of Irish organisations and well-known multinational corporations, as well as an appendix of 16 case studies, six of which are wholly new, for students to analyse and discuss.
About the Author:
Gerry Gallagher is Managing Director of GBCL Governance Ltd, which provides consulting services in corporate governance and strategy for a wide variety of organisations. Previously, Gerry lectured in the Munster Technological University for two decades at undergraduate level as well as on the Master of Business and MBA programmes. He also taught on the Final Admitting Examination programme of CAI. Gerry is a former Irish Army officer with experience in operational units, Army Headquarters and on active service with the United Nations in Lebanon.