ICMA Textbooks

Advanced Supervisory Practices

Budgeting: A Guide for Local Governments

Capital Budgeting and Finance: A Guide for Local Governments

Economic Development: Strategies for State and Local Practice

Effective Communication

The Effective Local Government Manager

Effective Supervisory Practices

Emergency Management

The Future of Local Government Administration: The Hansell Symposium

Human Resource Management in Local Government: An Essential Guide

Local Government Police Management

Management Policies in Local Government Finance

Managing Fire and Rescue Services

Managing Human Resources: Local Government Cases

Managing Local Economic Development: Cases in Decision Making

Managing Local Government: Cases in Decision Making

Managing Local Government Finance: Cases in Decision Making

Managing Small Cities and Counties

The Practice of Local Government Planning

The Practice of State and Regional Planning

Service Contracting: A Local Government Guide

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gordon, Gerald L.

Strategic planning for local government / by Gerald L. Gordon.—2nd ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-87326-784-7

1. Local government--United States. 2. Strategic planning—United States. I. Title.

JS356.G66 2005

352.3′4214--dc22

2005006217

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