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Practitioner’s Perspective—Have We Missed the Boat on Planning?
Author(s) -
Cohen Melanie P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02281.x
Subject(s) - strategist , unit (ring theory) , sociology , strategic planning , citation , enforcement , administration (probate law) , law enforcement , public relations , management , library science , political science , public administration , business , marketing , law , computer science , psychology , economics , mathematics education
Hierarchical government bureaucracy has been the predominant organizational model for delivering public services and fulfi lling public policy goals. Public managers were and continue to be rewarded by accomplishing highly routine, professional tasks with uniformity. However, increasing complexity in scope is forcing public offi cials to develop new governance models. In many ways, our problems simultaneously have become both more global and more local. We are now sailing in uncharted, turbulent waters, and the traditional, hierarchical government model is strained to meet the complex demands of the twenty-fi rst century.