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The Challenge of Performance Management in Community Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In a forthcoming book, I define performance management as a continuous and cyclical process of making data-informed decisions to improve organizational outcomes. Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management.

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February 2017 | Some Principles of Strategic Thinking, By John M. Bryson

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

For the next several months I’ll be concentrating on writing the fifth edition of Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. From the very first edition I have emphasized that strategic thinking, acting, and learning matter most, not any particular approach to strategic planning.