Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Jossey Bass Public Administration Series) (Paperback)

by John M. Bryson (Author), Farnum K. Alston (Author) "Strategic planning is "a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization (or other entity) is, what it..." (more)
Key Phrases: desired planning outcomes, effective implementation process, revised element, Worksheet Directions, Possible Desired Planning Outcomes, Still Appropriate (more...)

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"Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan teaches how to become a strategic organization. It begins by carefully defining what a strategic plan is, what it is not, what it can and can't do, and interestingly enough, when it shouldn't be attempted. You don't 'read' Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan, you 'participate' in it. Creative exercises and thought-provoking worksheets lead the novice and the pro through a field-proven step-by-step approach to creating lasting strategic change in any organzation." (Mark Baughman, deputy director, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)

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"John Bryson and Farnum Alston deliver proven tools to help public, nonprofit, and private sector leaders define and deliver on their organizations’ directions. I have used their tools with success in Calgary with its $1.6 billion budget and in very small organizations that have really big challenges. In both cases, Bryson and Alston set the standard!"
--Dale Stanway, former CEO and city manager, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan is both comprehensive and informative and is packed with the information and worksheets you will need to effectively develop and implement your strategic plan."
--Carol A. Jones, children’s services administrator, Los Angeles County, Department of Children & Family Services --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 117 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (October 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787901423
• ISBN-13: 978-0787901424
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #522,975 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very usefull, March 13, 2006

By	Rene Gonzalo Rivera Mendez (BOLIVIA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Clear, simple and very practical guide for strategical planning. Very flexible in this concepts and tools.

I suggest broadly.

3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable but..., June 28, 2003

By A Customer

This is a valuable book. But, you should also read "Strategic Organizational Change" by Beitler. They make a great combination.

14 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent companion to the main book!, July 23, 1998

By A Customer

Chockablock full of charts, checklists, tips and tricks for the practictioner in mind. Use this along with the main text and get ahead!