List Books » Strategic Planning for Public and NonProfit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement
Authors: John M. Bryson
ISBN-13: 9780787967550, ISBN-10: 0787967556
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: September 2004
Edition: 3rd Edition
John M. Bryson is a professor of planning and public affairs in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. He consults widely on leadership and strategic planning with public, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations in the United States and abroad. His most recent book (with Fran Ackermann, Colin Eden, and Charles Finn) is Visible Thinking: Unlocking Causal Mapping for Practical Business Results.
When it was first published more than sixteen years ago, John Bryson's Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations introduced a new and thoughtful strategic planning model. Since then it has become the standard reference in the field. In this completely revised third edition, Bryson updates his perennial bestseller to help today’s leaders enhance organizational effectiveness. This new edition:
“John Bryson is THE expert on strategic planning in the public and nonprofit sector. I’ve learned a great deal from his work, as have thousands of practitioners. This latest edition of his classic work is even richer, with its new material on strategy mapping, stakeholder analysis, and strategic management.”David Osborne, coauthor of Reinventing Government, Banishing Bureaucracy, The Reinventor’s Fieldbook, and The Price of Government.
“The concepts presented in John Bryson’s book are applicable to all nonprofit and government organizations on a wide variety of complex issues. If you are looking for a new approach, a new way of approaching an issue, a way of changing the strategic direction of your organization, of making systemic change happen, then read this book!”
—Gary L. Cunningham, director, African American Men’s Project; director, Primary Care for Hennepin County, Minnesota; and CEO of North Point Health and Wellness Center
1 | Why strategic planning is more important than ever | 3 |
2 | The strategy change cycle : an effective strategic planning approach | 30 |
3 | Initiating and agreeing on a strategic planning process | 65 |
4 | Clarifying organizational mandates and mission | 94 |
5 | Assessing the environment to identify strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges | 123 |
6 | Identifying strategic issues facing the organization | 153 |
7 | Formulating and adopting strategies and plans to manage the issues | 183 |
8 | Establishing an effective organizational vision for the future | 224 |
9 | Implementing strategies and plans successfully | 238 |
10 | Reassessing and revising strategies and plans | 264 |
11 | Leadership roles for making strategic planning work | 297 |
12 | Getting started with strategic planning | 317 |
A | Stakeholder identification and analysis techniques | 335 |
B | The oval mapping process : identifying strategic issues and formulating effective strategies | 355 |
C | Strategic planning in collaborative settings | 377 |