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Strategic Planning

The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning: Reconceiving Roles for Planning, Plans, Planners
by Henry Mintzberg, The Free Press, 1994 Read Review | See Details
This is a superb book addressing the area of strategic issues; focusing on the distinction between strategic planning (old school) with strategic thinking (new school).

Strategy: Seeking and Securing Competitive Advantage
edited by Cynthia A. Montgomery and Michael E. Porter,
Harvard Business Review, 1991. Read Review | See Details

Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices
by Peter F. Drucker, HarperCollins, 1990. Read Review | See Details
An excellent general work on management of organizations that don't face direct competitive pressures for profit. Written to describe managing a nonprofit organization, quality professionals will have no trouble using this model for managing an internal QA function. Provides an excellent description of the roles and quality criteria associated with well written mission and vision statement.

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