Issues management in strategic planning / William L. Renfro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renfro, William L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Issues management.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

viii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. ; London : Quorum Books, 1993.

Summary:

This book highlights the influence of business on culture and traces the increasingly dominant role that business plays in shaping social and cultural experience. In argues that in the contemporary world, the dividing line between commerce and culture is becoming increasingly blurred and that business practices and values now dominate the material, intellectual, and spiritual life of the community.

Contents:

Part I Issues Management: Origins, Concepts, and Models

1 Issues Management: The Need 5

2 Modeling the Public Issues Process 25

3 The Link to Strategic Planning 57

4 Issues Management: Overview of the Process 63

Part II Issues Management: The Organizational Process

5 Key Stages of the Issues Management Process 67

6 Purposes and Missions 93

Part III Organizational Design

7 Building an Issues Management Function: The First Steps 103

8 Major Issues Management Design Alternatives 121

9 Growing Issues Management into the Organization 125

Part IV The Evolving Issues Process

10 The Issues Media 133

11 The Future of the Issues Process 143

A Scanning Resources 159

B Issues Management Periodicals 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

089930785X

OCLC:

27431357