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Strategic Planning In Human Service Agencies, Stephen A. Webster, Mary Wylie
Strategic Planning In Human Service Agencies, Stephen A. Webster, Mary Wylie
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Recent public policy initiatives including deinstitutionalization, deregulation, decentralization, and privatization have resulted in: (a) rapid growth in the number of private not-for-profit organizations; and, (b) competitive environments. These conditions have forced agencies to examine their planning processes to determine if agency goals are appropriate for meeting market demands. An exploratory study of 154 human service agencies examined if and how strategic planning was used to respond to these conditions. The Chief Executive Officers for those agencies reported that strategic planning was replacing incremental planning as a preferred planning model. However, the choice resulted because of pressure from outside influentials not …
The Army's Command Sergeant Major Problem, John C. Bahnsen, James W. Bradin
The Army's Command Sergeant Major Problem, John C. Bahnsen, James W. Bradin
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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