Gary Hamel

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Gary Hamel (left) interviews Eric Schmidt

Gary Hamel (* 1954) is an American economist and business consultant .

Life

Gary Hamel, a graduate of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan , is the head of Strategos, a consulting firm based in Chicago , Illinois , and visiting professor of strategy management at the London Business School . Hamel is also director of the Woodside Institute, a non-profit research foundation in Woodside, California . Hamel is considered one of the most influential management thinkers.

Hamel also previously worked as a visiting professor for international business at the University of Michigan ( Ph.D. 1990) and the Harvard Business School.

Work

In the book Competing for the Future , developed together with CK Prahalad , Hamel examines two ways to improve the profitability of companies: growth and cost reduction . One of the key tenets is that while there are these two options, most businesses focus on cutting costs. Hamel and Prahalad see a “lack of vision” in this, which leads to small-small strategies instead of growth.

To change, they suggest developing a vision of what is not (yet) there and working out a strategy on how to get there. This strategic intent ( strategic intent ) then forces the organization to look beyond the horizons of today. Hamel and Prahalad define Strategic Intent as an ambitious and irresistible dream that gives drive. It provides the emotional and intellectual energy for the journey into the future.

They put a second concept of strategic expansion ( strategic stretch ) alongside the concept of strategic adaptation to the environment ( strategic fit ) and claim that long-term success depends on the appropriate use of both.

In addition, Hamel, together with CK Prahalad, is considered to be the originator of the concept of core competencies , extraordinary, rare combinations of resources and skills that can be used in different markets, have a significant share in the perceived value of the product and are difficult to copy.

Fonts

  • The Core Competence of the Corporation , Harvard Business Review 1990
  • Strategy as Revolution , Harvard Business Review 1996
  • Competing for the future , Harvard Business School Press 1997
  • Leading the Revolution , Harvard Business School Press 2000
  • The Future of Management , Harvard Business School Press 2007
  • What matters now , Jossey Bass John Wiöey & Sons Inc. 2012
    • German edition What matters now. Successful in times of uncompromising change, brutal competition and unstoppable innovation . Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-52750713-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Hamel, Gary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Economist and management consultant, head of a consulting company
DATE OF BIRTH 1954