Organizing and Institutionalizing Local Sustainability : A Design Approach, P...

Description: Organizing and Institutionalizing Local Sustainability : A Design Approach, Paperback by Deslatte, Aaron, ISBN 1009101366, ISBN-13 9781009101363, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Sustainability reflects perhaps the greatest combination of design problems facing local governments today. To look at the future, crises are everywhere, and they are contagious: climate change hastens pandemics and exacerbates systemic inequity. Yet, there is precious little theoretical or empirical consensus about how public managers should systematically address these challenges. This Element explores the role of public managers as designers. Drawing from systems-thinking and strategic management, a process-tracing methodology is used to examine three design processes whereby public managers develop strategies for adapting to climate change, build the requisite capabilities and evaluate outcomes. Across three cases, the findings highlight the role ofmanagers as "design-oriented" integration agents and point to areas where additional inquiry is warranted"--

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