Title
Broad-Based Consensus Building
Keywords
Alliances; Business strategy; Government departments; Organizational policy
Abstract
Discusses the purposes, structure, processes, and pitfalls associated with government-business alliances built through very broad-based strategic planning. The need for these aliances often arises from issues or threats that neither party can resolve by itself. Geovernment and business alliances exist in all societies, varying only in frequency of use and effectiveness. Very broad-based strategic planning (VBBSP) efforts seek a broad consensus through an inclusionary approach that reaches out to embrace representatives of the relevant constituencies. Paralleling the examination of VBBSP skills and efforts, addresses the use of VBBSP approaches as a technique for developing an organizational vision among various constituents who make up an organization. Concludes not only that government-business alliances are common and essential but also that VBBSP may be the most effective way to address the different processes and outcomes related to these alliances. VBBSP also offers considerable promise for building intra-organizational consensus.
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Publication Title
International Journal of Public Sector Management
Volume
9
Issue
3
Number of Pages
61-72
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559610124496
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
0013492683 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0013492683
STARS Citation
Berman, Evan M. and Werther, William B., "Broad-Based Consensus Building" (1996). Scopus Export 1990s. 2451.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/2451