Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement / Edition 5

by John M. Bryson

Overview

Shows leaders and managers of public and nonprofit organizations both how and why they should use strategic planning to improve the performance of their organizations. This expanded edition includes many examples to illustrate both successful and unsuccessful planning efforts, while new chapters address planning implementation, strategy evaluation and reassessment, and key leadership roles vital to effective strategic planning. In addition, the author presents a planning process used successfully by many public and nonprofit prganizations--the Strategy Change Cycle--along with detailed guidance on its application.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119071600
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/04/2018
Series:	Bryson on Strategic Planning
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	424,892
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

JOHN M. BRYSON is McKnight Presidential Professor of Planning and Public Affairs in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Exhibits xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments for the Fifth Edition xxv

The Author xxix

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING 1

1 Why Strategic Planning Is More Important Than Ever 3

2 The Strategy Change Cycle: An Effective Strategic Planning and Management Approach for Public and Nonprofit Organizations 35

PART TWO: KEY STEPS IN THINKING, ACTING, AND LEARNING STRATEGICALLY 75

3 Initiating and Agreeing on a Strategic Planning Process 77

4 Clarifying Organizational Mandates and Mission 115

5 Assessing the Environment to Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges 144

6 Identifying Strategic Issues Facing the Organization 187

7 Formulating and Adopting Strategies and Plans to Manage the Issues 221

8 Establishing an Effective Organizational Vision for the Future 269

9 Implementing Strategies and Plans Successfully 281

10 Reassessing and Revising Strategies and Plans 321

PART THREE: MANAGING THE PROCESS AND GETTING STARTED WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING 351

11 Leadership Roles in Making Strategic Planning Work 353

12 Getting Started with Strategic Planning 380

RESOURCES 400

Resource A: A Guide to Stakeholder Identification and Analysis Techniques 401

Resource B: Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Social Media in the Strategic Planning Process 424

References 461

Name Index 485

Subject Index 493