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Theory of Strategic Action for Public Policy
Strategic scenarios, concepts that assist business managers in developing market interventions, represent the action component of strategic management. In some fields of public policy (especially national defense and electoral politics) scenarios have been discussed for years. For the most part, however, a theory of action involving specific scenarios has not been given attention by scholars of public policy and administration. In this article, the literature of these fields, along with that of business strategy, is reviewed and synthesized for the purpose of beginning the process of developing a theory of action for managers of public policy. Two concepts in particular – the agency power matrix and the change scenario – are presented as necessary components of this theory. When completed, the theory of strategic action should be viewed as an integral part of the literature of strategic management.
Strategic management literature written for business firms provides executives with a sequence of sophisticated procedures for achieving corporate objectives in their chosen markets. Beyond procedures, however, this particular body of literature also conceptualizes possible scenarios that the firm may choose to follow (Leontiades, 1982; Tourangeau, 1981). Scenarios are stimulated courses of action that map alternative moves by the firm and likely reactions of competitors. In short, strategic management procedures allow business executives to plan and implement courses of action in the form of “if … then” propositions.
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Gender Distribution in Organizations
“Gender bilingual organizations” is a find of Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. She wrote a new book, “Because, like every author, I thought there was a book screaming to be written.” (1)
The book presents seven steps to building “bilingual’ organizations.”
One of the questions Avivah poses on the gender issue is: “how can you be sure to have hired the best candidates when you only recruit men?”
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Reform of the State and Public Programs
Historically, there is the concern of evaluating public programs in general and social programs in particular. For years, the production of technical knowledge in the pursuit of improved standards of management in the public sector has always been much more oriented to the processes of formulation of programs than those related to its implementation and evaluation.
The negative economic growth caused a demand for action and social services, especially the nature of compensation.
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