Look for documents from 1 your own organisation 2 other public sector organisations and compare their use of strategic v

1. Look for documents from 1) your own organisation 2) other public sector organisations and compare their use of strategic vocabulary. What conclusions do you draw from their similarities and differences?

2. The Strategy Industry Over 2,000 titles in print Business School/Managament Consultancy driven Big business - $500m pa Emphasis on novelty rather than continuity Predilection for elaborate typologies and models

3. Strategy Safari – A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management’ H. Mintzberg, B. Ahlstrand and J.Lampel – 2001 Writers on Strategy and Strategic Management ‘ J.I.Moore - 2001

4. The Historical Perspective

5. Classical/Rational Planning School Ex-ante analysis, thinking and reasoning. Assumes all relevant factors can be objectively analysed Assumes that this analysis precedes and dominates action – implementation follows as a separate stage. Separates thinking from doing and often implies a hierarchy – senior management thinks – others implement. Option appraisal is conducted logically on the basis of analysis. Control systems reflect this hierachic and rational approach: budgets, cascading objectives. Often described in normative terms.