Private Sector Strategies for Social Sector Success

KEVIN P. KEARNS is associate professor and director of the Master of Public Administration program at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), University of Pittsburgh. He is also the author of Managing for Accountability: Preserving the Public Trust in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1996).

• PREPARING FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING. 1. Embracing New Challenges and Opportunities: Strategic Management in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. 2. Understanding Three Models of Strategy Formulation. 3. Using Environmental Scanning to Track TrAnds and Prospects. 4. Analyzing Your Organization's Portfolio. CHOOSING THE RIGHT STRATEGY. 5. Growth Strategies. 6. Retrenchment Strategies. 7. Stability Strategies. 8. Collaborative Strategies. STRATEGY IN PRACTICE. 9. Implementing Strategic Decisions. Conclusion: Balancing Politics and Strategy.

"Kevin Kearns provides a well-structured overview of fundamental strategic options that leaders need to consider in shaping the destiny of their organizations and of individual programs and services. He offers busy nonprofit executives a practical, readable, and useful framework for strategic thinking." (Margaret Tyndall, chief executive officer, YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh) "Kearns has demystified strategic planning in the private sector and made its best attributes useful to public and nonprofit organizations. Private Sector Strategies for Social Sector Success will help public and nonprofit officials better serve citizens and clients in the increasingly competitive marketplace." (William Dodge, executive director, National Association of Regional Councils, and author of Regional Excellence) "This is a first-rate book, a truly useful guide. Kearns presents a comprehensive, highly readable, and practical approach to thinking and acting strategically about critical issues facing public and nonprofit organizations." (Thomas J. Pavlak, associate director, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia) "The National Alliance for Nonprofit Management has presented the 2001 Terry McAdam Book Award for the best book about nonprofit organizations published in 2000-01 to Kevin Kearns for Private Sector Strategies for Social Sector Success." (Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 2, 2002)