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RECORD NUMBER: 2071 OF 2493Main Title | Strategic management of public and third sector organizations : a handbook for leaders / | |||||||||||
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Author | Nutt, Paul C., | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Jossey-Bass Publishers, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1992 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 23766440 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1555423868; 9781555423865 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Public administration ; Nonprofit organizations--Management ; Nonprofit organizations--Planning ; Strategic planning ; Strategisch management ; Openbaar bestuur ; Niet-commercièele organisaties ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Organisation ; Unternehmensleitung ; èOffentliches Unternehmen ; Planning Techniques ; Public Sector ; Organizations, Nonprofit ; Organization and Administration ; Sociedades no lucrativas ; Planificaci on estrat egica ; Associations sans but lucratif--Gestion ; Associations sans but lucratif--Planification ; Planification strat egique ; Administration publique | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xxii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-471) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Part 1: The importance of strategy in the public and nonprofit sectors -- The need for strategic management -- Why strategic management is different in public and third sector organizations -- Part 2: An overview of strategic concepts and issues -- Types of strategy and their uses -- Applying strategic approaches to public and third sector organizations -- Understanding strategic issues -- Part 3: The strategic management process -- Organizing the process -- Formulating and implementing strategy: a step-by-step approach -- Tailoring the process for specific needs -- Part 4: Useful support techniques -- Search techniques for uncovering information and new ideas -- Making sense of information: synthesis techniques -- Techniques for setting strategic priorities -- Combing techniques to match types of strategy -- Part 5: Strategy in practice: three cases -- Strategic challenges to a nonprofit Social Services Agency -- Innovation in local government -- Forging a new mission for a State Health Agency -- Conclusion: strategic principles for organizational transformation -- Resource A: Forms, worksheets, and handouts to support process stages -- Resource B: forms and worksheets for support techniques. |