ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on analysing three examples of practical guidance about how to do strategic planning in the public sector. The first piece of guidance was issued to public sector organizations in Turkey following legally based reforms of public management that came into force in 2005. This guidance was presented as a general framework and practitioners were expected to comply with the main principles and the general structure offered, but they were also expected to modify it to suit their own organization. The second piece of guidance comprised checklists for departmental strategic planning and was designed by the Transparency and Accountability Office in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The third piece of guidance, which was developed in Australia, was prepared for use in strategic planning focused on land use and transport. This type of strategic planning, which has been an important part of government planning, tends to get overlooked or neglected by academic work focused on corporate management.
