Organizing and institutionalizing local sustainability : : a design approach / / Aaron Deslatte, Indiana University Bloomington.

• Superior document: Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration,
• VerfasserIn: Deslatte, Aaron,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (86 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Nov 2022).

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 of managers as 'design- oriented' integration agents and point to areas where additional inquiry is warranted. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Table of Contents

Introduction : Design processes in local sustainability -- Strategy assemblage : Designing conceptual futures in South Bend -- Recovery and realignment : Organizational capabilities and their codification in Bloomington -- Reverse-engineering performance : Outcome identification in Indianapolis -- Institutionalizing design processes : Challenges and future directions for managing city sustainability.