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020			_a0750663731
035			_a(Sirsi) u127949
041			_aeng
050			_a711.1
100			_aFriend, John
245			_aPlanning under pressure _bthe strategic choice approach
250			_a3rd
260			_aOxford _bButterworth Heinemann _c2005
300			_axxiii,387p. _c25cm.
350			_a29.99
520			_aOffers managers, planners, consultants and students a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Strategic Choice Approach, which has gradually been attracting worldwide recognition as a fresh, versatile and practical approach to collaborative decision-making under uncertainty. Starting from basic principles, the book uses helpful diagrams and clear explanations to demonstrate practical ways of approaching daunting decision problems; of devising possible ways forward; and of working effectively towards agreed courses of action. Along the way, decision makers are helped to cope with diverse sources of uncertainty ₁ technical, political, managerial ₁ in a strategic manner. In this extended third edition, the authors have added short contributions from 21 users from seven countries. These new contributors present lessons from their varied experiences in adapting the Strategic Choice Approach to guide decision-making and learning in settings ranging from the re-routing of a controversial city carnival procession to national policy for the management of nuclear waste [publisher]
650			_aSTRATEGIC PLANNING
690			_aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
700			_aHickling, Allen
942			_n0
999			_c103839 _d103839