Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

The authority on developing strategies and a strategic plan for any public and nonprofit organization

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations is the comprehensive, practical guide to building and sustaining a more effective organization, delivering a clear framework for designing and implementing a better strategic planning and management process. The field’s leading authorities share insights, advice, helpful tools, and specific techniques, alongside a widely used and well-regarded approach to real-world planning.

This revised and updated Sixth Edition contains new literature cited, new cases, more information on international public and nonprofit concerns, and a more extensive discussion of design and agile methods of strategy development and implementation. In this book, readers will learn how to:

• Establish an effective approach to the strategic planning process that helps clarify mission and mandates, identify issues, establish a vision, develop strategies, and implement plans
• Manage the process with continual learning and linking unique assets and abilities to better accomplish the central mission
• Create significant and enduring public value and navigate political, economic, societal, technological, environmental and legal developments, both locally and internationally

Innovation and creativity produce great ideas, but these ideas must be collected and organized into an actionable plan bolstered by a coalition of support to make your organization great. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations provides everything public and nonprofit leaders need to help bring all of your vision, talent, and assets together into a workable organizational strategy.

John M. Bryson is McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He works in the areas of leadership, strategic management, collaboration, and the design of organizational and community change processes. He is a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Public Administration.

Bert George is a Professor in Public Management at the Department of Public and International Affairs of the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. His teaching, research and service focus on strategy processes and practices in the public and nonprofit sectors, and behavioral public policy and administration. He was Editor of Public Administration Review (2021-2024) and is currently Deputy Editor of Public Management Review.