Recommended Resource List:
Strategic Planning

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • Collins, James C. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap—and Others Don't. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2001. Call number: SR CD 658 Coll
  • Hamel, Gary. Leading the Revolution. St. Paul, MN: HighBridge Company, 2000. Call number:  SR CD 658.4012 Hame or SR 658.4012 Hame

• Books
  • Allison, Michael and Kaye, Jude. Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2005. Call number: 658.4012 Alli
  • Bruce, Andy. Strategic Thinking. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. Call number: 658.4012 Bruc
  • Bryson, John M. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide for Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2004. Call number: 658.4012 Brys
  • Bryson, John M. and Farnum K. Alston. Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2005. Call number: 658.4012 Brys
  • Collins, James C. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap—and Others Don't. New York: HarperBusiness, 2001. Call number: 658 Coll
  • Hamel, Gary. Leading the Revolution. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000. Call number: 658.4012 Hame
  • Kaplan, Robert S. The Strategy-focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001. Call number: 658.4012 Kapl
  • King, Jan B. Business Plans to Game Plans: a Practical System for Turning Strategies into Action.  Rev. ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. Call number: 658.4012 King   
  • Light, Paul Charles. The Four Pillars of High Performance: How Robust Organizations Achieve Extraordinary Results. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. Call number: 658.406 Ligh  
  • Roney, C. W.  Strategic Management Methodology: Generally Accepted Principles for Practitioners. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. Call number: 658.4012 Rone
  • Welch, Jack. Winning. New York: HarperBusiness Publishers, 2005. Call number: 658.409 Welc
• Periodicals

  State agency employees may request access information for periodicals by emailing Ask a Librarian or by calling the State Library Reference Desk at (502) 564-8300, ext. 342 or toll free at (800) 928-7000, ext. 342. All other users should contact their local public library to request articles via Interlibrary Loan.

  • Berry, Frances Stokes. "State Agencies' Experience with Strategic Planning: Findings from a National Survey." Public Administration Review. 55, no. 2 (March-April 1995).
  • Kissler, Gerald, R., Karmen N. Fore, Willow S. Jacobson, William P. Kittredge, and Scott L. Stewart. "State Strategic Planning: Suggestions from the Oregon Experience." Public Administration Review. 58, no. 4 (July-August 1998).
  • Kittredge, William P. and Gerald R. Kissler. "Oregon Shines: Updating the Oregon State Strategic Plan." The Social Science Journal. 35, 4 (October 1998).
• Videos
  • Strategic Planning in Government: Not Business As Usual. 20 min. CRM, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.012 Stra
• Websites
  • http://www.mapnp.org/library/plan_dec/str_plan/str_plan.htm.
    Strategic Planning (in Nonprofit or For-Profit Organizations) offers information about goals-based strategic planning. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on February 27, 2007.