Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Modern organizations have been required to make significant transformations in response to an accelerating rate of change in technical, social, political, and economic forces. As a result of these changing forces, the management process has become more difficult, requiring greater skills aimed at guiding the future course of an organization in a rapidly evolving and uncertain world. These skills are the essence of strategic management. This Reference Provides A Comprehensive Examination Of Viable Strategic Management Practices Applicable To Governmental And Nongovernmental Organizations - Exploring Strategic Planning, Resource Management, Control, And Evaluation In Daily Operations, And The Role Of Information Management Systems. Includes Valuable Techniques To Identify And Improve Organizational Processes, As Well As Manage The Change That Accompanies Implementation.--jacket. 1. Strategic Management -- 2. Organizational Decision Making: The Framework For Strategic Management -- 3. Strategic Planning: Mission, Vision, Goals, And Objectives -- 4. Strategic Planning: Swot Analysis, Strategies, Policies, And Implementation -- 5. Productivity And Quality Improvement -- 6. Resource Management: Process Reengineering -- 7. Resource Management: Cost Analysis -- 8. Resource Management: Budgeting -- 9. Change Management -- 10. Organization Control -- 11. Performance Evaluation -- 12. Information Management And Decision-support Systems. Alan Walter Steiss. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preface......Page 9 Contents......Page 11 Strategic Management......Page 13 Organizational Decision Making: The Framework for Strategic Management......Page 33 Strategic Planning: Mission, Vision, Goals, and Objectives......Page 61 Strategic Planning: SWOT Analysis, Strategies, Policies, and Implementation......Page 85 Productivity and Quality Improvement......Page 111 Resource Management: Process Reengineering......Page 147 Resource Management: Cost Analysis......Page 195 Resource Management: Budgeting......Page 229 Change Management......Page 259 Organization Control......Page 295 Performance Evaluation......Page 333 Information Management and Decision-Support Systems......Page 377 Appendix......Page 419 Index......Page 443 The central resource for process improvement and innovation, this book includes valuable techniques to identify and improve organizational processes, as well as manage the change that accompanies implementation. Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations discusses SWOT analysis, TQM, systematic innovation, Six Sigma, quality function deployment, process mapping, gap analysis, and activity based costing. With helpful references to secondary sources and a comprehensive glossary, this text will benefit public administrators, financial managers, public planners, investment managers, policy analysts, and public policy specialists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. "This reference provides a comprehensive examination of viable strategic management practices applicable to governmental and nongovernmental organizations - exploring strategic planning, resource management, control, and evaluation in daily operations, and the role of information management systems. Includes valuable techniques to identify and improve organizational processes, as well as manage the change that accompanies implementation."--BOOK JACKET. A resource for process improvement and innovation, it includes techniques to identify and improve organizational processes, as well as manage the change that accompanies implementation. It discusses SWOT analysis, TQM, systematic innovation, Six Sigma, quality function deployment, process mapping, gap analysis, and activity based costing. Providing a comprehensive examination of viable strategic management practices applicable to governmental and nongovernmental organizations, this volume includes techniques to identify and improve organizations processes and manage the change that accompanies implementation