Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement

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John Wiley & Sons, Jul 5, 2011 - Business & Economics - 576 pages
How can leaders use strategic planning to strengthen their public and nonprofit organizations? In this fourth edition of his perennial bestseller Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Bryson provides the most updated version of his thoughtful strategic planning model and outlines the reasons public and nonprofit organizations must embrace strategic planning to improve their performance.

Introduced in the first edition and refined over the past 18 years, the Strategy Change Cycle--a proven planning process used successfully by a large number of nonprofit and public organizations--is the framework used to guide the reader through the strategic planning process. Bryson offers detailed guidance on implementing the process, and specific tools and techniques to make the process work in any organization. In addition, he clarifies the organizational designs through which strategic thought and action will be encouraged and embraced throughout an entire organization.

In addition to updated examples, new cases, and additional information on boundaries, distinctive competencies, Actor-Network theory, Bryson will creat an instructor's manual with sample syllabi, PowerPoint teaching slides, and additional cases.

 

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Contents

Cover
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE FOURTH EDITION
TAILORING THE PROCESS TO SPECIFIC
SUMMARY
Design Features and Context
Initiating and Agreeing on
DEVELOPING AN INITIAL AGREEMENT
Strategic Planning Process Is to Succeed
Religious Order
Formulating and Adopting
Establishing an Effective
Reassessing and Revising Strategies
4 Road Map for Virginias Future
MANAGING THE PROCESS
MAKING AND IMPLEMENTING DECISIONS
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

PROCESS DESIGN AND ACTION GUIDELINES
HAVE REALISTIC HOPES FOR THE PROCESS
Clarifying Organizational Mandates
1 A Stakeholder Map for a Government
Assessing the Environment
Identifying Strategic Issues Facing
RESOURCES
A Guide to Stakeholder Identification
APPLICABILITY OF WEBBASED TOOLS
CONCLUSION
List of Illustrations

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About the author (2011)

John M. Bryson is the McKnight Presidential Professor of Planning and Public Affairs in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and in 2011 received the Dwight Waldo Award from the American Society for Public Administration for "outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended scholarly career." He consults widely on strategic management with public, nonprofit, and business organizations in the United States and abroad.

Bibliographic information

TitleStrategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement
Volume 1 of Bryson on Strategic Planning
AuthorJohn M. Bryson
Edition4
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN1118050533, 9781118050538
Length576 pages
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Business & Economics / General
Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General
  
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