Strategic Planning in the Humanitarian Sector: A Manual to Foresight and Futures-Focused Thinking

This book provides a manual for humanitarian practitioners and policy makers to apply foresight and strategy in their work, demonstrating how embedding futures-focused thinking can enhance impact and fit for the future. It offers a step-by-step guide to an innovative combination of tools and methods, grounded in the broader ambition of making humanitarian action more effective.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 224 pages
\n Publication date: 28 October 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This comprehensive book serves as a valuable resource for humanitarian practitioners and policy makers, offering a practical guide for integrating foresight and strategy into their work. Through extensive research, it demonstrates how embedding futures-focused thinking into practice can enhance the impact and adaptability of humanitarian actors, ensuring their relevance in an ever-changing world. The book provides a step-by-step roadmap, encompassing a diverse range of tools and methods that have been meticulously tested and refined over several years. Moreover, it goes beyond a mere toolkit, grounding the approach in the broader goal of making humanitarian action more effective.

The analytical and strategic processes outlined in this book guide decision makers at every stage of crafting a robust, agile, and impactful long-term strategy. This accessible guide is a must-have for practitioners and decision makers within the humanitarian ecosystem, as well as students studying humanitarian affairs, global development, conflict studies, and international relations. By leveraging the insights and methodologies presented in this book, individuals and organizations can better prepare for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, ensuring a more responsive and sustainable approach to humanitarian work.

\n Weight: 308g\n
Dimension: 138 x 215 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367556969\n \n