Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2008
Publication Title
PA Times
Publisher
The American Society for Public Administation
Volume
31
Issue
1
Abstract
As we begin the New Year, it is important to look at the trends that need to be considered in the future and how or if these driving forces will define what strategic management means in 2008. It is also important to understand that looking to the past alone for guidance may skew our view of present facts even when those facts are supported by sound data. Strategic managers make sense out of what is going on around them and what is possible in the future by looking and listening to forecasts for the future, to what is critical for their organization now and to what their inner voice of responsible innovation is saying to them. They manage with foresight and insight by first cross-examining every precedent, doing After Action Reviews, requiring proof of common knowledge, encouraging others to challenge their thinking, and never relying on only one precedent when making a decision.
Keywords
Administrative agencies; Organizational change; Public administration – Forecasting; Strategic planning
Disciplines
Organizational Behavior and Theory | Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Policy History, Theory, and Methods | Public Administration | Strategic Management Policy
Language
English
Repository Citation
Springer, C. G.
(2008).
Managing with foresight and insight.
PA Times, 31(1),
The American Society for Public Administation.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sea_fac_articles/325
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