Gary Hamel or Dr. Gary is a management expert in the United States. He established Strategos. The company works as an international management consulting firm. Its headquarters are located in Chicago. Gary Hamel was born in 1954. He is a graduate of Andrews University and the Ross School of Business (Michigan).
Along with the business Gary Hamel started is the creation of the Core Competencies. Core competency is the aspect in a business that is central to the way the business runs or the employees work. There are three criteria as part of the concept. First, core competency will provide consumer benefits. Secondly, it is not easy for competitors to follow. Lastly, the concept can be leveraged widely for several products and markets.
Gary Hamel has been extremely successful in his career, becoming a professor of strategic management. He is a visitor of the London Business School, and also at the University of Michigan. Hamel was also asked to speak at Harvard Business School about his thoughts on strategic management. Strategic management talks about a plan of action that will achieve a specific goal. The tactics to reach that goal vary in business, making it important those managers are able to change with the tactics.
The professor has written several books on strategic management and his theory of Core Competence. Gary Hamel has written nine papers and books detailing his views on business management. A few of the papers are reviews of other concepts he has been asked to look at.