Strategic planning in the humanitarian sector: a manual to foresight and futures-focused thinking

By:

Kennedy, Eilidh

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge London 2022Description: xviii, 224 pISBN:

9780367556969

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

361.260684 KEN

Summary: Book Description This book provides humanitarian practitioners and policy makers with a manual for how to apply foresight and strategy in their work.　 Drawing on extensive research, the book demonstrates in practical terms how embedding futures-focused thinking into practice can help humanitarian actors to enhance their impact and fit for the future. The book provides readers with a step-by-step guide to an innovative combination of tools and methods tested and refined over the course of several years. However, it also goes beyond this, by grounding the approach within the broader ambition of making humanitarian action more effective. Overall, the analytical and strategic processes outlined in this book will accompany a decision maker through every stage of creating a robust, agile and impactful long-term strategy.　　 This accessible guide will be an essential point of reference for practitioners and decision makers in the humanitarian ecosystem, as well as students studying humanitarian affairs, global development, conflict studies and international relations.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Public Policy & General Management	361.260684 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		003988

Table of Contents
Forward by Jeanne Gapiya-Niyonzima
1. Strategic foresight for transformation
2. Embracing uncertainty with foresight
3. Developing a strategy for effective change
4. A toolkit for humanitarian action
Annex 1: Glossary
Annex 2: Platforms for virtual facilitation/engagement

Book Description
This book provides humanitarian practitioners and policy makers with a manual for how to apply foresight and strategy in their work.　

Drawing on extensive research, the book demonstrates in practical terms how embedding futures-focused thinking into practice can help humanitarian actors to enhance their impact and fit for the future. The book provides readers with a step-by-step guide to an innovative combination of tools and methods tested and refined over the course of several years. However, it also goes beyond this, by grounding the approach within the broader ambition of making humanitarian action more effective. Overall, the analytical and strategic processes outlined in this book will accompany a decision maker through every stage of creating a robust, agile and impactful long-term strategy.　　

This accessible guide will be an essential point of reference for practitioners and decision makers in the humanitarian ecosystem, as well as students studying humanitarian affairs, global development, conflict studies and international relations.

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