This book encompasses an approach to strategic planning for public and non-profit organizations that reveals how the theoretical framework of strategic planning translates to practice. The use of real case studies to demonstrate how the appli-cation of theory varies in a real environment across the spectrum of strategic planning provides learners with engaging material that will both hit home with in-service and pre-service students alike this is certainly a must for any graduate course in strategic planning!
Warren Eller, West Virginia University, USA
Strategic planning in today's world is one of the most widely used tools for planning and decision-making in the public and non-profit sectors. Yet, there is much ambiguity around the elements and the process of successful strategic planning. This book is among the very few that not only makes it easy for students and practitioners to understand the complexities around strategic planning, but also connects theory to practice. The case studies in particular make the book an excellent resource for graduate and undergraduate teaching.
Meghna Sabharwal, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Dr. Valcik draws from his extensive professional experience to give a compre-hensive guide to strategic planning. He walks students through the process of designing and implementing strategic change, illustrating each step with practical exercises and case studies.
Aaron Wachhaus, University of Baltimore, USA
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING FOR PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
This book provides administrators in public and non-profit organizations with direction and a framework from which to lead their organizations effectively. Taking a global approach to the issues administrators need to examine when managing a group of employees at any level (including budgeting and expenditures, forecasting, policy creation and execution, communication and reporting), this book explores the driving forces in organizational decision-making.
Author Nicolas Valcik takes a holistic view on organizational management, beginning with the core aspects of public organizations and the leadership com-petencies necessary to manage an organization successfully. Designed to be used on undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration and in public affairs programs, the book discusses the basics of organizational structure, delves into risk management issues, and offers a set of tools that can be used by administrators to make informed decisions based on actual data or documented pro-cesses. Throughout the book, real-world case studies provide students and practitioners with a clear understanding of how exactly the right decision tool may be applied when facing a particular decision in any organization.
Nicolas A. Valcik serves as the Director for Institutional Research at West Virginia University, USA.
ASPA SERIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
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Editor-in-Chief
Mission: Throughout its history, ASPA has sought to be true to its founding principles of promoting scholarship and professionalism within the public service. The ASPA Book Series on Public Administration and Public Policy publishes books that increase national and international interest for public administration and which discuss practical or cutting-edge topics in engaging ways of interest to practitioners, policy makers, and those concerned with bringing scholarship to the practice of public administration.
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Title: Strategic planning and decision-making for public and non-profit organizations / by Nicolas A. Valcik.
Description: New York : Routledge, 2015. | Series: American Society for Public Administration series in public administration & public policy ; 19 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
