... challenge in satisfying its stated remit. Findings It considers whether an all‐embracing enterprise strategy – with clear ownership and shared commitment – is a realistic alternative to the more piecemeal approach we have experienced in the past. The issues are grounded in key lessons from systems...

... service. Following the steps of the “STAIR” (strategy, targets, assessment, implementation, results) model, public sector organisations in Greece are presented with the challenge of transforming themselves from rigid bureaucracies to strategically thinking and acting agencies. Global competition, market...

... of strategy and strategic partnering for smaller local authorities. The paper considers the extent to which the views of this group develop or interlink with the thinking around strategy, in the literature on strategy in the private sector, and with views of public sector strategic management, particularly...

... implemented. © MCB UP Limited 2003 National Health Service Human resources management Strategy United Kingdom The present UK Government has placed a particular emphasis on the value of strategic human resource management (HRM) in improving the delivery of healthcare reforms. However...

... of their purchasing function, seeking to compare and challenge existing approaches. The “hard core” comprise a central, small team of purchasing professionals, their role is to be responsible for the purchasing and supply process, purchasing information systems, purchasing strategy, strategic relationships...

... to interstate highways. Adequate mass transit service. Adequate paved roads. Adequate passenger rail service. 1. (9) Arts and culture: © MCB UP Limited 2001 Quality Lifestyles Surveys Strategy Public sector USA Variables pertinent to the study were collected...

... seemed to be important which led to a conceptualisation, i.e. the concepts which respondents mentioned were now articulated as explanatory variables. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Procurement Purchasing Higher education Strategy Relationships There is growing recognition...

... Sourcing Strategy In the mid‐1970s only 21 per cent of procurement managers reported that they frequently participated in their employer’s corporate planning process. By the mid 1980s the percentage had increased to 43 per cent. A reasonable question therefore as the millennium approaches is, does...

...Marie McHugh Focusing on one of the “Next Steps” agencies, explores the difficulties which many organizations experience in relation to the process of strategy implementation. States that agentization has created a need for public sector organizations to embark on strategic change. However...

... and senior officers in these organizations by focusing on the distinctions drawn between strategy, policy and operations. Argues that the language of policy has increasingly been replaced by the language of strategy and that this corresponds to the evacuation of policy questions from the local public sphere...

... systems. Many theorists[ 3 , 4 , 6 , 11 , 12 ] approach management strategy from a competitive positioning perspective. This perspective is, itself, a competitively focused expression of the political contingency viewpoint: But in his work they are presented as political devices. Pfeffer...

...David F. Birks There is great emphasis in local authorities for strategy development to reflect the characteristics and views of a local populace. Initiating research which effectively supports strategy development is problematic, as the gaps in strategists′ knowledge of a populace are not self...

..., the agency′s board, and the professional staff. Suggests a general approach to a strategy for managing agencies: do the work envisaged in the founding legislation, while managing the primary relationships with Minister and Government and the Board, and monitoring the constraints of lateral relationships...

...Damien D. Ejigiri Provides a framework for analysing and accomplishing programme objectives, both in the public and private sectors. The framework provokes analysis beginning from what is the business of an agency to determining the appropriate mix of strategies for accomplishing programme...