Competitive manufacturing management Book

If they were ever relevant, this book's theories are almost completely outdated and misleading now.

Still the core concepts are useful to understand, because they've been drilled into the heads of most MBA's - and many haven't learned to question Porter's dangerously misleading precepts. Learning them will reveal a set of blind spots that afflict many of your partners, clients and competitors. (In fact, "blind spots" may be too mild. For some they're an Achilles Heel.)

Awareness of these common defects helps you protect your clients and partners and win over competitors or convert them into allies. Now *there* is where Porter can help your strategic thinking. Just read it with a critical eye, with those goals in mind. Don't take it at face value or drink the counterproductive Kool Aid.

Also, a lot of the language and buzzwords here influenced 1980s and 1990s American business-speak, and that can help in communicating and working with old school businessfolk. They play an important role and it helps to speak their language.