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Johanson portrays an image of strategic management as government activity in which public administration plays an important role. Strategic planning and evaluation, administrative reform and government regulation are the most important tool of government in advancing it’s strategic goals. The new public management is not the only option for government reform. The regulation is not only government responsibility. Economy and civil society offer possibilities of self-regulation.

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Johanson, JE. (2019). Strategy Formation in Government. In: Strategy Formation and Policy Making in Government . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03439-9_3

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