ABSTRACT

Public Sector Strategy explores how strategic decisions are developed and implemented in the public sector, and examines the psychology underpinning strategic decision-making.

Combining knowledge from traditional perspectives with contemporary insights on strategic management, this book considers how managers make their decisions and provides key concepts and practical tools to aid delivery of strategy within highly institutionalised settings. This book provides theoretical grounding, real-life global cases, and practical examples of strategic decisions in an international public-sector context by working through the underpinnings of strategy, the influencing factors of strategic decision-making, strategic implementation, and strategic tools in practice.

It should be a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying public sector strategy and strategic management more broadly. It will also be of benefit for public sector managers, consultants, and private sector organisations who wish to interact with the public sector.

chapter |6 pages

Prelude

Introduction to the book

section Section 1|17 pages

The public sector

chapter Chapter 1|15 pages

What is the “public sector”?

section Section 2|52 pages

Theoretical underpinnings of strategy

chapter Chapter 2|10 pages

Approaches to developing strategy in the public sector

chapter Chapter 3|40 pages

Traditional approaches to strategy and value creation

section Section 3|80 pages

Factors that influence strategic decision-making

chapter Chapter 4|19 pages

Influences on strategy development

Classical models

chapter Chapter 5|21 pages

Influences on strategy development

Neo-institutional theory & organisational fields

chapter Chapter 6|19 pages

The psychology of decision-making

section Section 4|71 pages

Strategic tools in practice

chapter Chapter 9|18 pages

Revealed cognitive causal mapping

Theoretical underpinning and approaches to analysis

chapter Chapter 10|22 pages

Running a strategy workshop – a practical guide

section Section 5|6 pages

Summary

chapter Chapter 12|4 pages

Summary and conclusions