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Strategic management and public organizations: lessons from the past and prescriptions for the future

By: Vinzant, Douglas H., Jr.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticlePublisher: 1996Description: p.1743-779.Subject(s): Management - United States | Public administration - United States | Public administration In: International Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: The 1990s have become a decade of reflection and rethinking of foundational concepts in the field of public administration. Public administrationists are attempting to bring the best of management approaches to bear on the problems facing public organizations. Strategic management has been widely used in the private sector since the 1960s, and has gained increased acceptance in the public sector since the 1980s. It is a management approach that synthesizes much of what management theorists have long recognized as essential to effective management practice. This article traces the development of strategic management and examines what has been learned from the past that will improve future implementation efforts in public organizations. - Reproduced
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Volume no: 19, Issue no: 10 Available AR32233

The 1990s have become a decade of reflection and rethinking of foundational concepts in the field of public administration. Public administrationists are attempting to bring the best of management approaches to bear on the problems facing public organizations. Strategic management has been widely used in the private sector since the 1960s, and has gained increased acceptance in the public sector since the 1980s. It is a management approach that synthesizes much of what management theorists have long recognized as essential to effective management practice. This article traces the development of strategic management and examines what has been learned from the past that will improve future implementation efforts in public organizations. - Reproduced

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