Two Sectors and scales
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Janice Morphet
Abstract
Planners are employed almost equally in the private and the public sectors (RTPI, 2014). Most of the research and literature that specifically deals with planning and management issues is directed at the public sector and at its policy, planning and regulatory roles. In the private sector, advice for practitioners is available from the websites of professional bodies (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Royal Town Planning Institute and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). It is also important to consider the management issues of professionals in specialist consulting and corporate organisations.
Planners are also active in the third ‘not for profit’ sector in community and charitable organisations (Wates and Knevitt, 2013). While the numbers of planners employed in the third sector is small, many planners also volunteer for planning aid activities. In the third sector, planners may also be involved in lobbying government or working within community technical aid or in development trusts directly with groups or individuals seeking to respond or participate on local issues (Warburton, 2013). These may range from a planning application, a local or neighbourhood plan or a national infrastructure project. This chapter discusses the ways in which planning is managed and delivered within organisations in each sector and at different scales of organisation.
Planning responsibilities in the public sector are held by a range of different bodies and organisations. These include central government and its agencies, local authorities including neighbourhood and parish councils, and national parks. Each of these organisations is accountable to democratically elected politicians and this is what distinguishes all public sector bodies from those in the private and voluntary sectors.
Abstract
Planners are employed almost equally in the private and the public sectors (RTPI, 2014). Most of the research and literature that specifically deals with planning and management issues is directed at the public sector and at its policy, planning and regulatory roles. In the private sector, advice for practitioners is available from the websites of professional bodies (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Royal Town Planning Institute and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). It is also important to consider the management issues of professionals in specialist consulting and corporate organisations.
Planners are also active in the third ‘not for profit’ sector in community and charitable organisations (Wates and Knevitt, 2013). While the numbers of planners employed in the third sector is small, many planners also volunteer for planning aid activities. In the third sector, planners may also be involved in lobbying government or working within community technical aid or in development trusts directly with groups or individuals seeking to respond or participate on local issues (Warburton, 2013). These may range from a planning application, a local or neighbourhood plan or a national infrastructure project. This chapter discusses the ways in which planning is managed and delivered within organisations in each sector and at different scales of organisation.
Planning responsibilities in the public sector are held by a range of different bodies and organisations. These include central government and its agencies, local authorities including neighbourhood and parish councils, and national parks. Each of these organisations is accountable to democratically elected politicians and this is what distinguishes all public sector bodies from those in the private and voluntary sectors.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes vi
- Abbreviations viii
- About the author ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction 1
- Sectors and scales 21
- Theories, tools and techniques 37
- Strategy and planning 59
- Managing resources in planning: people and communications 79
- Managing resources for planning: finance and assets 101
- Managing planning processes 121
- Managing planning: projects, plans and programmes 143
- Sustainable management and risk 161
- Personal management in planning 177
- References 191
- Index 225
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes vi
- Abbreviations viii
- About the author ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction 1
- Sectors and scales 21
- Theories, tools and techniques 37
- Strategy and planning 59
- Managing resources in planning: people and communications 79
- Managing resources for planning: finance and assets 101
- Managing planning processes 121
- Managing planning: projects, plans and programmes 143
- Sustainable management and risk 161
- Personal management in planning 177
- References 191
- Index 225
