Strategy formation and policy making in government /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johanson, Jan-Erik (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Three Modes of Strategy Formation; The Organisation of the Book; References; Chapter 2 Policy Making in Government; Parts of Society; The Economy; Polity; Civil Society; References; Chapter 3 Strategy Formation in Government; Strategic Design: Strategic Planning and Evaluation; Internal Strategic Scanning: Administrative Reform; NPA; NPM; PVM; NPS; NPG; Strategic Governance: Regulation in Governance; References; Chapter 4 Strategy Formation in Public Agencies; The Public Agency Context
  • Analytic DimensionsThe Role of Strategy; Assumptions About Environment; Primary Types of Capital; The Role of the Public Manager; The Position of Professions; Managerial Control; Strategic Design Mode; The Internal Strategic Scanning Mode; Strategic Governance Mode; References; Chapter 5 Strategic Design; Public and Private Strategic Design; Politics as Markets; Organisational Processes; Performance Regimes; Further Avenues; References; Chapter 6 Internal Strategic Scanning; Research-Based View; Knowledge-Based Considerations; Dynamic Capabilities; References; Chapter 7 Strategic Governance
  • Public AgenciesTriadic Constellations; Public Agencies in Network Context; The Non-Partisan 'The Mediator'; Tertius Gaudens 'The Business Partner'; Divide et Impera 'The Antitrust Agent'; References; Chapter 8 Strategy and Performance; Strategic Management; Performance Measurement; The Strategy-Performance Interface; Defining Action Sequences; Employing Heuristics; Managing External Interactions; Buffering Goals; Administering Doses for Survival; Weighing Reciprocities; Harvesting Legitimacy; Creating Innovation; Integrating Communities; References; Chapter 9 Conclusions; References; Index