EVALUATION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AT CALTRANS

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has completed the first two cycles of an annual strategic management process. In this report, the author documents and evaluates the process through these cycles. First, a background review of the need for this type of management tool is covered. The process, schedule of events, and products that were developed to provide department management with a means for more effective decision making are then outlined. An evaluation of the process at the end of the second cycle includes a discussion of the problems encountered and of where the process fell short in delivering anticipated improvements. This evaluation also includes the benefits derived from the process to date. Finally, the proposed modifications to the process for the start of the third cycle, including changes to the content of the resulting products, are covered.

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• Authors:
  • Roberts, Noreen
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 25-34
• Monograph Title: Economics, finance, planning, and administration
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1229
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Decision making; Implementation; Management; State departments of transportation; Strategic planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategic management
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495107
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309048214
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM