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The Challenge of Performance Management in Community Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

These systems allow public managers to define the organization’s purpose, identify its priorities, set clear expectations, measure progress toward those expectations, and analyze the data from the measurement process to make data-informed decisions.

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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.