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Author : John Moore Bryson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Planning
ISBN : WISC:89011023991
Author : F. Ellen Netting,Mary Katherine O'Connor,David P. Fauri
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781119187950
"As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides a guide for the manager, administrator, executive director, strategic planner, and CEO to embrace multiple planning strategies and the understanding of each. This is extremely worthwhile in a dynamic environment and an ever- changing landscape and worldview." —Paul D. McWhinney, ACSW, Director of Social Services City of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia "This is the book I've been waiting for. It provides not only a linear approach to program design, but gives language to the tacit knowledge many planners have of the circular nature of their work. Both linear and circular thinking are important to planning processes and now we have a resource for teaching." —Jon E. Singletary, PhD, MSW, MDiv, Baylor University, School of Social Work The first text on program planning to guide readers in selecting program planning approaches appropriate to setting, culture, and context Valuable for students and practitioners in the social work, public administration, nonprofit management, and community psychology fields, Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides practical and creative ways to effectively conduct program planning within human service organizations. Written by leaders in the social work education community, this innovative book explores program planning as a multi-layered and complex process. It examines both a traditional linear problem-solving model as well as an alternative emergent approach to program planning, helping professionals to successfully develop and enact effective and culturally competent planning in organizations and communities.
Author : Dennis A. Rondinelli,John Middleton,Adriaan Verspoor
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0822309661
This work, the first to apply contingency theory to education reform planning, is particularly useful in that it has applications to planning both in developing countries and in the United States and Europe. The basic approach applies to a wide variety of development programs and will influence project management and policy administration.
Author : Barbara C. Crosby,John M. Bryson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 078797840X
When it was first published in 1992, the first edition of Leadership for the Common Good presented a revolutionary approach to community and organizational leadership in a shared-power world. Now, in this completely revised and updated edition, Barbara Crosby and John Bryson expand on their proven leadership model and offer new insights and guidance to leaders. This second edition is a practical resource for a new generation of leaders and aspiring leaders and includes success stories, challenges, and real-world experience.
Author : Gert de Roo,Claudia Yamu,Christian Zuidema
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786439185
This Handbook shows the enormous impetus given to the scientific debate by linking planning as a science of purposeful interventions and complexity as a science of spontaneous change and non-linear development. Emphasising the importance of merging planning and complexity, this comprehensive Handbook also clarifies key concepts and theories, presents examples on planning and complexity and proposes new ideas and methods which emerge from synthesising the discipline of spatial planning with complexity sciences.
Author : John M. Bryson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787976606
When it was first published more than sixteen years ago, John Bryson's Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations introduced a new and thoughtful strategic planning model. Since then it has become the standard reference in the field. In this completely revised third edition, Bryson updates his perennial bestseller to help today’s leaders enhance organizational effectiveness. This new edition: Features the Strategy Change Cycle—a proven planning process used by a large number of organizations Offers detailed guidance on implementing the planning process and includes specific tools and techniques to make the process work in any organization Introduces new material on creating public value, stakeholder analysis, strategy mapping, balanced scorecards, collaboration, and more Includes information about the organizational designs that will encourage strategic thought and action throughout the entire organization Contains a wealth of updated examples and cases
Author : Lluis Godo,Andrea Pugliese
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642043888
This volume contains the papers presented at the Third International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management, SUM 2009, in Washington, DC, September 28-30, 2009. It contains 21 technical papers which were selected out of 30 submitted papers in a rigourous reviewing process. The volume also contains extended abstracts of two invited talks. The volume reflects the growing interest in uncertainty and incosistency and aims at bringing together all those interested in the management of uncertainty and inconsistency at large.
Author : Robert L. Schalock,C.V.D. Thornton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489935083
This book is written to help human service program administrators either in terpret or conduct program evaluations. Our intended audience includes admin istrators and those students being trained for careers in human services administration. Our focus is on persons interested in assessing programs in which people work with people to improve their condition. The book's title, Program Evaluation: A Field Guide for Administrators, describes how we hope you use this book-as a tool. In writing the book, we have attempted to meet the needs of persons who have to conduct program evaluations as well as those who must use those evaluations. Hence, we have attempted to make the book "user friendly. " You will find, for example, numer ous guidelines, cautions, and specific suggestions. Use the book actively. Our primary motive is to help administrators make better decisions. In fact, the primary reason for program evaluation is to help program administrators make good decisions. These decisions often must balance the goals of equity (or fairness in the distribution of goods and services among people in the economy), efficiency (obtaining the most output for the least resources), and political feasi bility. Take, for example, the administrator who must decide between a new program favored by some of the program's constituents, and maintaining the status quo, which is favored by other constituents.
Author : Shirley A. Olsen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015002086117
Author : T. Williams,K. Samset,K. Sunnevåg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230236837
An in-depth look at how to improve decisions on major projects at the concept stage, when there is scant information available. This book describes how to evaluate judgemental information. It looks at how scant information can actually be a strength, and can help establish a broad overall perspective.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Roads
ISBN : UCAL:C3470361
Author : Katia P. Sycara
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1558601643
Author : Paul C. Nutt,David C. Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781405161350
HANDBOOK OF DECISION MAKING This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of research and theories on decision making in organizations at the strategic level of analysis. Chapters are authored by leading international scholars, with some illustrative case vignettes from practitioners. Each contributor was selected for his/her special knowledge of the field. The Handbook addresses key questions confronting the decision making research of the past and the present, offers critiques, and suggests future research directions. Topics covered emphasize the classic decision theory perspectives while also incorporating recent insights from the fields of strategic choice, risk & uncertainty, scenario planning and complexity theory, with a broad social science perspective on the disciplinary roots of decision theory in economics, politics, and social theory. This is a landmark reference volume for the field, offering scholars and practitioners: Comprehensive, but accessible, coverage of classic and recent developments Chapters by established international experts Case analyses illustrating practical consequences of theories Guide to new research directions and theory
Author : Milan J. Dluhy,Kan Chen
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412850476
Critiques of traditional urban planning are numerous. The debate about direction within the profession and why urban planning seems to be in a state of despair continues. However, and as Milan J. Dluhy and Kan Chen note, the more critical issue is the future direction of planning, particularly interdisciplinary planning. In this regard, they note five principal areas of concern: planning is action research, planning is knowledge driven, planning is both process and technologically oriented, planning is interdisciplinary, and planning is adaptive to emerging concerns. Reviewing the literature and empirical studies on roles and attitudes, the editors note that planners seem committed to symbols and expressions of advocacy as well as traditional planning doctrine. This emphasizes rational planning and neutral policy roles for practitioners. Without a guiding theory to give a unified approach to practice, planners remain free to select the role most compatible with their personal background and training. This volume asserts that diversity need not be a drawback as long as careful analysis and open planning processes are used. This title will be an invaluable resource. Part I illustrates the critical dilemmas in planning, Part II focuses on planning skills and orientations, the third part focuses sharply on planning roles, while the final section answers a fundamental question: can interdisciplinary planning offer a more useful perspective than others on how to achieve more successful planning outcomes?
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022072982