<p><b>The authority on developing strategies and a strategic plan for any public and nonprofit organization</b> <p><i>Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations</i> is the comprehensive, practical guide to building and sustaining a more effective organization, delivering a clear framework for designing and implementing a better strategic planning and management process. The field's leading authorities share insights, advice, helpful tools, and specific techniques, alongside a widely used and well-regarded approach to real-world planning. <p>This revised and updated Sixth Edition contains new literature cited, new cases, more information on international public and nonprofit concerns, and a more extensive discussion of design and agile methods of strategy development and implementation. In this book, readers will learn how to: <ul> <li>Establish an effective approach to the strategic planning process that helps clarify mission and mandates, identify issues, establish a vision, develop strategies, and implement plans</li> <li>Manage the process with continual learning and linking unique assets and abilities to better accomplish the central mission</li> <li>Create significant and enduring public value and navigate political, economic, societal, technological, environmental and legal developments, both locally and internationally</li> </ul> <p>Innovation and creativity produce great ideas, but these ideas must be collected and organized into an actionable plan bolstered by a coalition of support to make your organization great. <i>Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations</i> provides everything public and nonprofit leaders need to help bring all of your vision, talent, and assets together into a workable organizational strategy.