Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement (Bryson on Strategic Planning)

by John M. Bryson

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

, 2018

Overview

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations is the comprehensive, practical guide to building and sustaining a more effective organization. Solid strategy is now more important than ever, and this book provides a clear framework for designing and implementing an effective and efficient planning process. From identifying stakeholders and clarifying a shared vision, to implementing plans and revising strategies, the discussion covers all aspects of the process to help you keep your organization united and on track into the future. The field's leading authority shares insight, advice, helpful tools, and specific techniques, alongside a widely used and well-regarded approach to real-world planning. This new fifth edition includes new case studies and examples along with up-to-date resources and references, and new multimedia-related content.

Innovation and creativity produce great ideas, but these ideas must be collected and organized into an actionable plan supported by a coalition of support to make your organization great. This book provides expert guidance and perspective to help you bring everything together into a workable organizational strategy.

Discover an effective approach to the strategic planning process

Identify issues, establish a vision, clarify mandates, and implement plans

Manage the process with continual learning and revising

Link unique assets and abilities to better accomplish the central mission

Public and nonprofit leaders are forever striving to do more with less, and great strategic planning can help you build efficiency and effectiveness into your organization's everyday operations. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations provides the framework and tools you need to start planning for tomorrow today.

Product Details

• Title: Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement
• Author: John M. Bryson
• Edition: Fifth
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 544
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Strategic planning; Nonprofit organizations; Public administration; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS › Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
• ISBNs: 9781119071792, 1119071798
• Resource ID: LLS:STRTGCPLNPLNNNG
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-06T18:40:51Z

About John M. Bryson

John M. Bryson, is a professor of Planning and 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. He is the author of Strategic Planning for Not-for-Profit Organizations (1994) and Successful Strategic Planning: A Guide for Nonprofit Agencies and Organizations (1993).