Strategic Management in the Public Sector: Reflections on It's Applicability to Iranian Public Organizations

Public Organization Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-406

  Fard, Hassan Danaee ^a   Moshabbaki, Asghar ^a   Abbasi, Tayebeh ^a   Hassanpoor, Akbar ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Public organizations; Strategic management; Strategic planning; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555194474     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-010-0140-5     Document Type: Article

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