Research Catalog

Title

Scenarios in public policy / Gill Ringland.

Author

Ringland, Gill.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©2002.

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Details

Description

xii, 265 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In this guide Gill Ringland shows how scenario thinking can help public sector organizations think about uncertainty in a structured way and manage their own future." "In use at Royal/Dutch Shell since the 1960s: scenario thinking is now widely accepted as a valuable method for making informed decisions. This book focuses on the use of scenarios for developing public policy, whether by engaging the public or for use within government. Drawing on a wealth of global examples Scenarios in Public Policy will provide managers at all levels with the knowledge best practice guidelines and a practical toolkit to use scenarios in the .̃" "It is worth remembering that everything possible today was at one time impossible. It therefore follows that everything impossible today may at sometime in the future be possible. But, most importantly, in the end the future is not something that happens to us. The future is what we do. This book is for anyone who realizes that the future will no longer replicate the past but is still struggling to come to terms with and cope with the uncertainties of the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Political planning
• Public administration > Forecasting
• Public administration > Decision making
• Strategic planning
• Beleidsvorming
• Scenario-methode
• Planification stratégique
• Administration publique > Prise de décision

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Scenarios in Public Policy -- Four scenarios for public education in Seattle -- Rotterdam and Arnhem -- Mission and consequences in Bueren -- Scottish Enterprise's use of scenarios -- Tackling big issues in 24 hours -- Scenarios for sustainable development -- VISIONS scenarios on the future of Europe -- Foresight Futures 2001 -- Lessons learned -- Scenarios in the Public Sector -- US General Services Agency--scenarios for the federal workplace -- Consignia and scenario thinking -- Scenarios at the dti -- Scenario planning goes to Rome -- Decision making in the public sector -- Lessons learned -- Making Scenarios Work -- The environment for scenario thinking -- The stages of a project -- Deciding the question -- Interviews and workshops -- Scenario creation -- Scenarios to plans -- Linking scenarios into the organization -- Main points -- Scenario Thinking -- Scenarios and strategy -- Strategy and scenario planning in the public sector -- Where are we now? -- Forecasts -- Evolutionary models for cultural change -- Comparison of global scenarios -- Where next?

ISBN

• 0470843837
• 9780470843833

LCCN

2002283345

OCLC

• ocm48753145
• 48753145
• SCSB-1255329

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library