Planning under Pressure offers managers, planners, consultants and students a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Strategic Choice Approach, which has gradually been attracting worldwide recognition as a fresh, versatile and practical approach to collaborative decision-making under uncertainty. Starting from basic principles, the book uses helpful diagrams and clear explanations to demonstrate practical ways of approaching daunting decision problems; of devising possible ways forward; and of working effectively towards agreed courses of action. Along he way, decision makers are helped to cope with diverse sources of uncertainty - technical, political, managerial - in a strategic manner. In this extended third edition, the authors have added short contributions from 21 users from seven countries. These new contributors present lessons from their varied experiences in adapting the Strategic Choice Approach to guide decision-making and learning in settings ranging from the re-routing of a controversial city carnival procession to national policy for the management of nuclear waste.
Autorentext
John Friend, Allen Hickling
Inhalt
Chapter 1 Foundations; Chapter 2 Working into problems; Chapter 3 Working towards decisions; Chapter 4 Orientations; Chapter 5 Skills in shaping; Chapter 6 Skills in designing; Chapter 7 Skills in comparing; Chapter 8 Skills in choosing; Chapter 9 Practicalities; Chapter 10 The electronic resource; Chapter 11 Extensions in process management; Chapter 12 Invention, transformation and interpretation; Chapter 13 Learning from others; Chapter 13_1 Controversy on the Streets, Jonathan Rosenhead; Chapter 13_2 Communicative Learning, Democracy and Effectiveness, Knut Strömberg, Jaan-Henrik Kain; Chapter 13_3 Delving into the Toolboxes, Frans Evers; Chapter 13_4 Less is More, Richard Ormerod; Chapter 13_5 Feet on the Ground, Arnold van der Valk, Gerrit J. Carsjens; Chapter 13_6 Designing Electronic Support, Dave Friend; Chapter 13_7 Neighbourhood Renewal in Rome, Alessandro Giangrande, Elena Mortola; Chapter 13_8 Fast Forward with Strategic Choice, Rebecca Herron, Dennis Finlayson; Chapter 13_9 The Plutonium Predicament, Richard Harris; Chapter 13_10 Dealing with the Dumps, Rob Angell; Chapter 13_11 Cross-organisational Learning, Mike Cushman, Alberto Franco; Chapter 13_12 Capacity Building in Venezuela, Elisenda Vila, Ana María Benaiges; Chapter 13_13 Differential Learning, Brendan Hickling; Chapter 13_14 Building Commitment in a Rural Community, Jackie Phahlamohlaka; Chapter 13_15 Commitment is the Key, Leny Bregman; Chapter 14 The developmental challenge;