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Strategic Management: A Tool For Public Management?

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A TOOL FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT?
AN OVERVIEW OF THE BELGIAN FEDERAL EXPERIENCE
International Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 21, 2008

Abstract

Purpose of this paper The aim of this contribution is to propose a first overview of the strategic plans in the Belgian Federal Administration and to analyse the process of strategic planning itself.
Design/methodology/approach In the first part, the strategic plans are analysed in order to understand the intentions regarding various public policies. A content analysis will be provided in order to propose a typology or at least a comprehensive framework of the intentions. In the second part, the strategic process itself is investigated more into details on the basis of interviews of the presidents of the Federal Public Services. The contribution tries to formalise several behavioural hypotheses in accordance with a model of strategic action in a public context. Finally, the article concludes on the......


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