NCJ Number
63206
Date Published
1979
Length
52 pages
Annotation
DUE TO THE EXPANDING SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF OFFICES OF STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, PLANNING HAS BECOME AN IMPERATIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE FOR WHICH THIS BOOKLET IS A LEARNING TOOL.
Abstract
THE CONCEPT OF PLANNING IS EVALUATED AS AN ONGOING, MANY-SIDED, RESULTS- AND FUTURE-ORIENTED PROCESS OF DECISIONMAKING. WIDESPREAD BUT RESPONSIBLE STAFF INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS IS RECOMMENDED. MANAGEMENT-BY-OBJECTIVES, PLANNING-PROGRAMMING BUDGETING AND ZERO-BASE BUDGETING ARE THREE SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES INTRODUCED IN THE BOOKLET. A 12-STEP OUTLINE OF THE GENERAL PLANNING PROCESS, CONSTITUTING A DIDACTIC TOOL FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION, IS DIVIDED INTO 4 SECTIONS: SETTING GOALS, DEVELOPING THE PLAN, IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN, AND EVALUATING THE RESULTS. THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED ARE THEN APPLIED TO A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OPERATIONS, AS A HYPOTHETICAL PLANNING EXERCISE. THE LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBLE MISUSES OF THE PLANNING PROCESS ARE DELINEATED. FOOTNOTES AND A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE APPENDED. (MRK)