Horizon Information Portal

HSPLS site

eBooks/Audiobooks

Reading Program

Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations [electronic resource] : a guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement / John M. Bryson.

by Bryson, John M. (John Moore), 1947-

View full image

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004.

Strategic planning.

Nonprofit organizations -- Management.

Public administration.

Electronic Resource

http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8162444D-F764-4961-BEBF-E03E5ACBE368 This title is available online; click here to access

0787976601 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)

xxvi, 430 p. ; 25 cm.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The author -- Part 1. Understanding the dynamics of strategic planning. 1. Why strategic planning is more important than ever -- 2. The strategy change cycle : an effective strategic planning approach -- Part 2. Key steps in using the strategic change cycle. 3. Initiating and agreeing on a strategic planning process -- 4. Clarifying organizational mandates and mission -- 5. Assessing the environment to identify strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges -- 6. Identifying strategic issues facing the organization -- 7. Formulating and adopting strategies and plans to manage the issues -- 8. Establishing an effective organizational vision for the future -- 9. Implementing strategies and plans successfully -- 10. Reassessing and revising strategies and plans -- Part 3. Managing the process and getting started with strategic planning. 11. Leadership roles for making strategic planning work -- 12. Getting started with strategic planning -- Resources. A. Stakeholder identification and analysis techniques -- B. The oval mapping process : identifying strategic issues and formulating effective strategies -- C. Strategic planning in collaborative settings -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.

This new edition features the strategy change cycle, a proven planning process used by a large number of organizations; offers detailed guidance on implementing the planning process and includes specific tools and techniques to make the process work in any organization; introduces new material on creating public value, stakeholder analysis, strategy mapping, balanced scorecards, collaboration, and more; includes information about the organizational designs that will encourage strategic thought and action throughout the entire organization; and contains a wealth of updated examples and cases.

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

Powered by Dynix

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal