Planning Under Pressure: The Strategic Choice Approach

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Elsevier, 1997 - Architecture - 372 pages
'Planning Under Pressure' offers a versatile and practical set of planning methods for collaborative decision making, which is ideally suited for reaching decisions in conditions of uncertainty. This approach is equally valid for planning and development decisions in local government and strategic business planning. When 'Planning Under Pressure' appeared in 1987, it was the first mature exposition of the Strategic Choice Approach. Since then, the approach has been gathering support among decision makers, while also becoming widely taught in management, planning and policy schools. The second edition reflects the diverse range of contexts in which the Strategic Choice Approach is now put to work: management, urban planning, public policy making, community action, and sustainable development in third world countries. New material includes a chapter on the role of software, and coverage of recent theoretical advances. * Versatile and practical set of planning methods for collaborative decision making * Valuable approach for a wide range of professions and markets * Clearly presented for ease of reference
 

Contents

Foundations
1
Skills in shaping
107
6
141
7
166
Skills in comparing
173
8
180
Skills in choosing
207
9
238
10
256
The electronic resource
285
Extensions in process management
297
12
323
A guide to further reading
337
References
343
Answers to exercises
353
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