TY - BOOK AU - Netting, F. Ellen., O'Connor, Mary Katherineв, Fauri, David P. TI - Comparative Approaches to Program Planning SN - 0470126418, 9780470126417 PY - 2008/// CY - Canada PB - John Wiley and Sons KW - Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare N1 - As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides a guide for the manager, administrator, executive director, strategic planner, and CEO to embrace multiple planning strategies and the understanding of each. This is extremely worthwhile in a dynamic environment and an ever- changing landscape and worldview. -Paul D. McWhinney, ACSW, Director of Social; 0 N2 - As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides a guide for the manager, administrator, executive director, strategic planner, and CEO to embrace multiple planning strategies and the understanding of each. This is extremely worthwhile in a dynamic environment and an ever- changing landscape and worldview. -Paul D. McWhinney, ACSW, Director of Social ER -