This book summarizes the current state of research on strategic planning and offers an agenda for future research.

John M. Bryson is McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of the award-winning Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, 5th Edition (2018). He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Lauren Hamilton Edwards is Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her work on the strategies and tools employed by public and nonprofit organizations is published in top journals, including the American Review of Public Administration and Public Administration Review.

David M. Van Slyke is Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the Defense Business Board at the U.S. Department of Defense.

Introduction: getting strategic about strategic planning research 1. Cognitive styles, user acceptance and commitment to strategic plans in public organizations: an empirical analysis 2. Collaboration, strategic plans, and government performance: the case of efforts to reduce homelessness 3. How an agency's responsibilities and political context shape government strategic planning: evidence from US Federal agency quadrennial reviews 4. Impacts of strategic planning and management in municipal government: an analysis of subjective survey and objective production and efficiency measures in Norway 5. Does strategy rhyme with austerity?