Glasgow, United Kingdom

Strategy and Organisation

Language: English Studies in English
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: www.strath.ac.uk
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Strategy
Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία stratēgia, "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a high-level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art of the general", which included several subsets of skills including "tactics", siegecraft, logistics etc., the term came into use in the 6th century CE in East Roman terminology, and was translated into Western vernacular languages only in the 18th century. From then until the 20th century, the word "strategy" came to denote "a comprehensive way to try to pursue political ends, including the threat or actual use of force, in a dialectic of wills" in a military conflict, in which both adversaries interact.
Strategy
Implementation, not strategy, is what usually separates winners from losers in most industries, and generally explains the difference between success and failure
Bob Sutton, Strategy Is For Amateurs, Logistics Are For Professionals (2010)
Strategy
Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the improvement of the original leading thought in accordance with continually changing situations.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, "On Strategy" (1871), as translated in Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings (1993) by Daniel J. Hughes and Harry Bell, p. 124As quoted in Government and the War (1918) by Spenser Wilkinson
Strategy
For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme,
Nor take her tea without a stratagem.
Edward Young, Love of Fame (1725-28), Satire VI, line 187
New membrane-electrodes assemblies with less platinum content can slash the costs of automotive fuel cells (FCs). An EU-funded project is developing a new electrode concept without compromising on FC efficiency and durability.
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