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The strategic management process at the public planning unit level
Author(s) -
Montanari John R.,
Bracker Jeffrey S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.4250070306
Subject(s) - public sector , business , process (computing) , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , strategic planning , unit (ring theory) , state (computer science) , process management , agency (philosophy) , management process , private sector , normative , strategic management , public service , new public management , public relations , marketing , operations management , economics , management system , political science , computer science , economic growth , sociology , social science , philosophy , economy , mathematics , algorithm , law , linguistics , biology , operating system , paleontology , mathematics education
This paper describes a normative strategic management process for the public sector. It focuses on the state agency or department as the strategic public planning unit (SPPU). Each department within a state Government provides a distinctly different service to a more or less homogeneous segment of the state's citizenry. Therefore, for strategic management purposes, each state unit operates in its unique context and must meet the demands of varied constituency publics if it is to be a viable and effective provider of its service. The process herein described recognizes the unique aspects of public sector strategic management and integrates several stages that are specific to the public sector into an established private sector strategic management framework.