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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1998 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
- ISSN
- 0951-3558
- DOI
- 10.1108/09513559810247894
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This paper presents some preliminary findings from a research project into strategic management initiatives in the Civil Services of four countries: Ireland, Northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and three states within a fifth country, the USA. While often hailed as strategic management, what occurs in practice is a limited form of strategic planning. The paper explores the context to the introduction of such planning, describes some of its main content and process features, and compares it to private sector models of strategic management. The paper concludes that strategic planning in the Civil Service typically suffers from being a dressed up version of management‐by‐objectives, utilises an unnecessarily mechanistic and rationalist planning process and fails to address the development of new core competencies to ensure a continuing role in the twenty‐first century.
Journal
International Journal of Public Sector Management – Emerald Publishing
Published: Dec 1, 1998
Keywords: Australia; Civil Service; Ireland; New Zealand; Strategic management; United Kingdom