Preparing for the future : strategic planning in the U.S. Air Force
Annotation "This study provides an inside look at how the Air Force came to formulate and declare its "strategic intent" for developing the organization's capabilities over a timeline of more than twenty years. Air Force strategic intent is not a plan, but a shared commitment to strengthening specific core competencies and critical future capabilities. Michael Barzelay and Colin Campbell reveal how one of the nation's most significant public organizations has reassessed its own strategic intent." "Drawing lessons from the Air Force experience, this book provides a significant contribution to public management research on innovation and executive leadership. One key lesson is that preparing for the future is a responsibility that organizations can discharge effectively if they combine insights with practical knowledge of executive leadership and the dynamics of policy change. Preparing for the Future provides a fresh argument about innovation and leadership in public management, while breaking new ground in the analysis of management practices, such as strategic visioning."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
eBook, English, ©2003
Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., ©2003
1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
9780815796077, 9780815708445, 9780815708452, 0815796072, 0815708440, 0815708459
55898039
Preface
1 Visioning, Strategic Planning, and Corporate Evolution
2 Precursors of Strategic Visioning: Discontinuous Change in the Early Post-Cold War Period
3 Planning with Dialogue and Passion: The Fogleman Round
4 The Ryan-Peters Round
5 Understanding Strategic Visioning as a Practice
6 Continuing Institutional Issues: Planning, Resourcing, and Governance
7 The Process of Implementing Strategic Intent
8 Processes for Corrective Visioning
9 Lessons from the Air Force's Efforts to Overcome Incrementalism: Toward Revitalized Governance
Notes. Methodological Appendix
Index
English
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