Toward a More Strategic View of Strategic Planning Research
John M. Bryson, Lauren Hamilton Edwards, David M. Van Slyke
Routledge, August 2022
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This book summarizes the current state of research on strategic planning and offers an agenda for future research.
The book edition comes with a new introduction that argues that strategizing by public, nonprofit and business organizations should be a major focus of research. Strategizing is what links aspirations, capabilities, and implementation.
Strategic planning should be viewed as one approach, but not the only approach, to strategizing. A focus on strategizing prompts researchers to consider issues of vertical and horizontal alignment of purpose, including across sectors; competence and scalability; co-production; decision-making and change management; and trust, transparency, authenticity and accountability.
Additionally, the role of various strategizing techniques and information technology should be analyzed further.