{"product_id":"rethinking-public-strategy-sean-lusk-9781137377562","title":"Rethinking Public Strategy","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrategy is vital to effective and efficient public service delivery as well as successful governance and leadership. This new text provides a concise yet systematic overview of the achievements, downfalls and complexities of public strategy in today's globalized and often market-driven world. It describes the place of strategy in civic societies whose citizens are more interconnected and vocal than ever. It shows that successful strategic planning goes well beyond problem-solving to developing adaptable plans that can evolve as requirements and circumstances change. And it explains why muddling through simply won't work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmphasizing the importance of applying a variety of techniques to the process of strategy-creation, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Public Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e reassesses the key factors that can deliver significant improvements in public services and build public value. It looks at why public strategy is distinctive, as well as the principles it has in common with the corporate domain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis text includes numerous case studies from around the globe - from South Africa to Singapore, the USA to Germany, and from China to the Czech Republic - that ground the exposition in real experience. Based on state-of-the-art research by two expert practitioners in the field, it offers an essential guide to the art of strategy in the contemporary public sector, and encourages readers to evaluate critically the various approaches to strategy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Lusk, Nick Birks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137377569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137377562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Globe Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Sean Lusk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947793776895,"sku":"9781137377562","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f64df221-708e-4a5e-9751-621bb3ebea36.jpg?v=1681520836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-public-strategy-sean-lusk-9781137377562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}