Toward a More Strategic View of Strategic Planning Research

<p>This book summarizes the current state of research on strategic planning and offers an agenda for future research. </p><p>The book edition comes with a new introduction that argues that <i>strategising</i> by public non-profit <i>and</i> business organisations should be a major focus of research. Strategising is what links aspirations capabilities and implementation. Strategic planning should be viewed as one approach but not the only approach to strategising. A focus on strategising prompts researchers to consider issues of vertical and horizontal alignment of purpose including across sectors; competence and scalability; co-production; decision-making and change management; and trust transparency authenticity and accountability. Additionally the role of various strategising techniques and information technology should be analysed further.</p><p>Beyond the book’s introductory overview of the field chapters focus on the following topics: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>planning styles</li> <p> </p> <li>collaboration strategic plans and government performance</li> <p> </p> <li>impacts of context and political responsibilities on government strategic planning efforts</li> <p> </p> <li>impacts of strategic planning in municipal governments</li> <p> </p> <li>impacts of austerity on strategic planning and government performance </li> </ul><p>The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal <i>Public Management Review.</i></p>